This article describes steps one can take to move apps installed from the Microsoft Store to another drive on Windows 11.
There are two main types of apps one can install in Windows. Apps from the Microsoft Store and standalone apps that are packaged with their own installers typically from third-party vendors.
Apps installed from the Microsoft Store can be moved from one drive to another. If you are running low on your system storage, moving apps to a larger drive should help reclaim free space.
The apps you download and install from the Microsoft Store are saved on the “Windows (C:)” drive within the %ProgramFiles%\WindowsApps and %LocalAppData%\Packages folders by default.
You can choose to move the Microsoft Store apps packages to any internal or external NTFS drive, including SD cards and USB drives.
How to move apps to another drive on Windows 11
As described above, apps installed from the Microsoft Store can be moved from one drive to another. If you are running low on your system storage, moving apps to a larger drive should help reclaim free space.
Here’s how to do that in Windows 11.
First, open the Windows Settings app.
You can do that by clicking on the Start menu button and selecting Settings. You can also use the keyboard shortcut ( Windows key + I ).
When the Settings app opens, click on the Apps button on the left.
On the right, click Apps & features tile to expand.
On the Apps -> Apps & features settings pane, locate the Windows Store app you want to move to another storage drive.
Then click on the app’s options menu ( 3 vertical dots ) and select Move.
When you click on the Move command, a pop-up window will appear notifying you that the app is currently installed on Windows (C:).
Choose the drive you want to move to the app to. Select the drive, and click the Move button.
The app will be moved to the drive you specified. Two new folders WindowsApps and WpSystem will be created at the root of the drive you specified.
That should do it!
Conclusion:
This post showed you how to move Microsoft Store apps from one drive to another in Windows 11. If you find any error above or have something to add, please use the comment form below.
