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When you reconnect the drive, those apps will automatically return.

In Amazons current lineup of Fire TV models, the 2020 Fire TV Stick Lite, 2020 3rd-gen Fire TV Stick, and the Fire TV Cube (both 1st and 2nd-gen) support expanding their internal storage through the use of an external USB drive.

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Doing so allows you to move supported apps onto the external storage device to free up space on the Fire TV Stick and Fire TV Cubes internal storage space.

The Fire TV Stick 4K, while it does support external USB devices to some extent, does not currently support moving apps to external storage.

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Here are what accessories you need for external storage, instucritions for how to configure your Fire TV device correctly, and how to move apps off of the internal storage.

Even though the Fire TV Stick and Fire TV Cubes USB ports are only USB 2.0 ports, it is recommended that you use a USB drive capable of USB 3.03.1 speeds.

This is because USB 3.03.1 drives tend to perform better than USB 2.0 drives, even when connected to USB 2.0 ports.

Connecting a poorly performing USB drive to your Fire TV will result in very slow load times for apps that are stored on the drive.

Its best to use a USB 3.03.1 Flash Drive from a reputable brand, such as this compact Samsung drive or this compact SanDisk drive.

For use with a Fire TV Stick, you will need a Y cable that includes a power cable, such as this DSYJ OTG Cable or this 2-Pack of AuviPal OTG Cables, both of which I have personally used successfully.

For the Fire TV Cube, you can use either a Y cable and ignore the extra power cable portion or you can use a straight micro USB OTG cable, like this Monoprice Straight OTG Cable or this 2-Pack of UGREEN Straight OTG Cables.

Alternativly, for less cable clutter, you can use something like this AuviPal 90-degree Right Angle OTG Adapter with either a Fire TV Stick or Fire TV Cube, but be aware that it does restrict the size and placement of the USB drive a bit.

Prepare USB Drive First, connect your OTG cable to your Fire TV Stick or Fire TV Cube and power on the device WITHOUT the USB drive connected.

Once the Fire TV is powered on and at the Home screen, plug the USB drive into the USB OTG cable.

You do not need to format the USB drive to a specific file system format ahead of time.

If your USB drive was not formatted with the FAT32 file system, you will be asked what you would like to do with the drive.

If you want to use the drive for storing apps, you need to select the Device Storage option.

Note that this means you will not be able to use the drive for anything else unless you later eraseformat the drive.

Instead, you need to navigate to Settings My Fire TV USB Drive and then select the Format to Internal Storage option.

This also means the drive cannot be used to store anything else while it is formatted for Fire TV app storage.

If the option to Format to External Storage is present, then the drive is prepared correctly.

To free up the most internal storage space, select an app that has a large Application: value.

The portion of the app listed under Data: or Cache: will not be moved to external storage.

If the option is not there, then the app cannot be moved and must remain on the devices internal storage.

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If you install a new app that can be moved to external storage while you have your USB drive connected, the new app will automatically be installed to your external USB drive.

Ejecting or removing the USB drive while apps are installed on it will cause those apps to disappear from your Fire TV.