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Move USB Drive Apps back to Internal storage So the work around this is, go to Settings > Applications > manage installed applications > select app moved to USB drive > launch. However, when you select an App moved to the USB drive, Fire TV will instead take you to the download page which is odd. The usual way of launching any App on Fire TV is by going to the Apps on the main menu and browsing through a list of installed apps. So if you don’t see the “move to USB storage” option next to the app, then it probably can’t be moved to external storage.Īlso when you download big Apps from the App store, the default location will now be the USB drive especially if you don’t have any more space left on your Fire TV Stick’s internal storage. This is especially true for Amazon’s built-in apps and services. Now note that not all apps can be moved to the external USB drive. Select USB Only to show Apps moved/installed on USB Drive Fire TV showing USB Apps onlyĪs you can see from the screenshot above, I moved all my games to the USB drive. You’ll see a little USB icon next to Apps moved to the USB drive. Alternatively, you can also go to Settings > My Fire TV Stick > USB Drive > Manage Installed Applications. To view only apps that have been moved to USB Drive, Under Manage installed Applications, select Show all applications > Show USB only. Settings > Applications Fire TV Settings > Manage installed Applications Move Application to USB Storage

You’ll see your Flash drive shown as External space meaning that you can move Apps to it. To move your already installed Apps to the USB drive, go to Settings > Applications > manage Installed Applications. You can now either install or move Apps to your USB drive.

Once the formatting is complete, your USB drive is now available to the Fire TV as internal storage. You should not interrupt this process by unplugging the USB drive from your Fire TV. It takes between 2-5 minutes depending on how big your USB flash is. Settings > My Fire TV Settings > USB Drive Format USB Drive to internal storage All content on the USB drive will be erased, so be sure to first backup any valuable data. To do that, go to Settings > My Fire TV > USB Drive > Format to Internal storage. This will make the external USB drive to be used for installing Apps from the App store. To use your USB drive as location for installing Apps, you’ll have to format it as internal storage. When used as external storage, the USB drive can only be used to store and read data such as movies, files, music etc. There are two ways Fire TV stick can use external storage as internal storage and as external storage.

I connected a 32GB Samsung EVO micro SD Card to it and then plugged the USB adapter to the the OTG cable.