SD card was "full" but had no data on

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I was trying to take a photo on my Canon camrea however it was saying my SD card was full. I plugged the card  into my cumputer, dragged the 4 photos that were on there on to my desktop, deleted the file “100 CANON”. 

This is what I normally do when downloading and emptying my SD card but I am unsure if its the correct way of doing it as i have never been taught! 

Any help would be appreiciated! 

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if you have a Mac and delete files you have to empty the trash before disconnecting the card or the space will not be freed up. Easiest way to fix the issue is to format the card in the camera or computer. Once that is done it should free all the space. next time deleting files from the card make sure and empty the trash before disconnecting the card.  

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Thank you!! But how do I format the card??? 

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instructions for formatting on a mac linked below. If you want to format on your camera check the camera user manual

https://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/203/

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How about formatting your  SD Card, I think the problem maybe caused SD card is not property formatted.

  1. At first, insert the SD card in the camera.
  2. Go to “My Computer”.
  3. Now after the SD card is detected, select to the SD card and right click.
  4. After this, select the option “Format”
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and here are some ways, hope it can help you: https://www.r-datarecovery.com/sd-card-not-full-but-says-full.html

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And maybe you can apply the Bitwar to ensure that you donot suffer from data loss.

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Hii no need to format memory card, Open memory card in desktop (windows OS) just enable hidden files and you can see “.trash” folder and “.temp” in Memory card just delete those folders

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Unfortunately, there’s no one universal reason for this problem to show up. Some common ones include:

  1. Files on the SD card might be hidden by you or malware.
  2. Your SD card might develop bad sectors over time.
  3. File system corruption
  4. The OS doesn’t support your SD card’s file system.

Note: Yes, as drlucky said, until you delete items from the Trash, they will continue to occupy space on your SD card. That’s why your SD card is full even though there’s nothing on it.

Generally speaking, the most effective solution is to reformat the SD card using Diskpart. （For Windows users）Try this method. It will really work. Check out this blog post to learn more about how to fix the “SD card full but no files on it” issue.

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The easiest solution is to format the SD card. Well, it may seem the easiest one but you may lose the valuable data stored on it as well. However, there are a few ways to fix this issue. Check this article here, How to fix “SD Card is Full or not Accessible” error message? - Stellar

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Thank you drlucky, you just helped out the ONU football film staff big time! Stay great babyyyyyy!