Why do I get so little space on my SD card after moving apps?

[AC Question]

Why I get so little space on my SD card after moving apps?

Hello guys,

I have a problem, I guess. I am tring to clean my brand new samsung galaxy s7 edge and get some extra free space on inner memory. I moved all the apps that I could and I noticed that I barely got any space back. I made a test with my Fifa 16, this app takes 1.46 gb of space on the phone. I moved it to SD and I got just 80 mb of space back on the phone! What is this kind of moving app? I would want to move an app, but move it completly to the SD card, so in this case I would want to get 1.46 gb memory back. I contacted samsung support but they told me that phone moved what it could. But seriously? From app which is 1.46 gb I can move only 80 mb? Then I find SD unsless in terms of saving space on apps. Is there any solution for that? Or maybe my phone is broken?

 

[mike_leonidas]

When you "MOVE" an app to the SD card, really all you're moving is the APK. Perhaps you get to move the Library files too.
- Private Data remains on INTERNAL storage
- Data remains wherever the app put it
- Dalvik Cache remains on internal storage

Moving an app to the SD card really only moves a piece of it. Sad, I know. But that piece CAN be a large fraction of the app's total storage use though, so it's really depends on each app.