GoPro cameras are popular among professional and hobbyist photographers, as well as videographers and skit makers. Unlike Canon cameras, GoPro cameras do not have built-in storage and require external storage, such as SD cards. To format an SD card for a GoPro camera, you must completely erase all existing data saved on the storage.

Formatting SD Card For GoPro

This process can fix corrupted SD cards, change the file system format, or clear out everything on the drive to save new data.

There are different file system formats for SD cards used in digital cameras, including NTFS, FAT or FAT32, exFAT, and EXT2/3/4. The recommended file system formats for GoPro SD cards are exFAT for SD cards 64 GB or larger, and FAT32 for SD cards less than 64 GB.

How To Format SD Card For GoPro

Common reasons to format a GoPro SD card include providing more space, putting an old SD card into a new GoPro camera, and fixing common errors. You can format an SD card using a third-party software or your GoPro camera. Alternatively, if you have a Windows OS PC, you can format an SD card using your PC, and you don’t need to download or install a third-party application. GoPro cameras that come with WiFi support can easily connect to the GoPro Quik app installed on your smartphone, allowing you to format the SD card.