---
title: "Digital Signage Storage Extend"
description: "Learn how to extend storage on your digital signage screens with EasySignage. Step-by-step guide to optimize storage and enhance screen performance!"
url: https://easysignage.com/help/screens/digital-signage-extend-storage/
---

# Extend Storage

Learn how to increase the storage capacity of your digital signage screen to accommodate more media, playlists, and content for smooth and uninterrupted playback.

An external SD Card can be used to extend the internal storage of a screen to store apps, files and media for large digital signage playlists.

This feature can be used on screens with Android 8.0 and above that have an SD Card slot.

## How to Extend Storage on Your Digital Signage Screen

On your screen, open Settings:

To open Settings:

-   Remote control: Press on Menu or Settings or long press for 3 seconds on arrow down
-   Keyboard: Alt+M or F5
-   Touch Screen: Long Press on the top left corner

![Password](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/extend_storage/password.jpg)

-   Enter the screen’s password and hit Enter

![open Settings](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/extend_storage/open_settings.jpg)

-   Press on **Open Settings**

![Settings](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/extend_storage/settings.jpg)

-   Press on Storage

![SD CARD](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/extend_storage/sdcard.jpg)

-   Make sur eyour SD Card is inserted, it might show as incomaptible, if so, press on it to format it

-   Otherwise, by pressing on it it will open and you can view the files

![Storage Settings](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/extend_storage/storage_settings.jpg)

-   Go to the three dots menu on the top right and press on it
-   Press on **Storage Settings**

![Format as Internal](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/extend_storage/format_as_internal.jpg)

-   Press on **Format as Internal**

![Format](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/extend_storage/format.jpg)

-   Note that the SD CARD content will be totally erased
-   Press on **Format SD CARD**

![Formatting](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/extend_storage/formatting.jpg)

-   Wait for the format to finish, do not eject it or turn of your screen while formatting

![Continue](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/extend_storage/continue.jpg)

-   Press on Continue

![Move](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/extend_storage/move_content.jpg)

-   Press on Move Content

![Done](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/extend_storage/done.jpg)

-   Press on Done

![Internal SD CARD](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/extend_storage/internal_sd_card.jpg)

-   Your SD Card will show as an internal SD Card that can be used to extend your digital signage media storage

### View your storage

-   Go to the management console
-   Click on Screens
-   Click on the settings of your screen
-   Click on your screen details

![Screen Details](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/extend_storage/screen_details.jpg)

-   Check if the total storage shows your newly extended storage

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