How to free up space on your android phone

Running out of storage space on our phone is one of the things that bothers us the most. It is a notable problem. Since we will not be able to have all our applications, photos and files stored on the device. A quite important limitation and to which nobody wants to be forced. Fortunately, there are ways to avoid this situation.

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How to free up space on your Android phone

When our Android phone is full, we get a warning. We cannot install more applications or save more photos on the device. Also, there is a possibility that the performance of some applications will be affected. So we have to take action and do something to solve this situation. What can we do? We can free up space.

By freeing up space we are going to make our phone work normally again. In addition, to regain space to install applications and games. Or to be able to save files again. There are several ways to free up space on your Android phone. We tell you all below.

Clear cache

One of the available solutions to this problem is to clear the cache of the device. We have already explained how this can be done. It is a very simple process that can be extremely useful for us to recover space. What we have to do is go to Settings> Storage. Once there we find an option called Cached Data.

We simply have to click on that option and we will proceed to clear the cache of our device. This option is available from Android 4.2. For users with old versions it is necessary to install an application that helps them free up space.

Delete apps and games you don't use

One mistake we often make is downloading too many apps and games on the device. On many occasions we have installed applications that we do not use or hardly use. Therefore, in case we hardly have space on the device, it is good to review the applications that we have installed on our Android device.

So, surely we find some that are not necessary. They are only taking up space on the device. Leave only those applications that you use regularly on your phone. The rest should not be installed. Once you have done this you will see how you have managed to recover a large amount of space on your phone. In a very simple way.

Delete photos and videos

A first step to prevent our phone from being filled with photos, videos and other types of files is to disable the automatic download of files from some applications. Thus, we only download those photos that we want. Not all that a contact sends us. This option is especially recommended if you are present in groups on WhatsApp. Since otherwise all the photos that are sent in the group are downloaded regularly.

It is recommended to clean your image gallery from time to time. Uploading your photos to the cloud is a good way to store them without worrying too much about space. So you can upload them regularly. Thus, you can delete photos more frequently from the phone. Especially if you are not going to use them for something. The same is true for videos and files. Only important ones should be on the phone. The rest upload them to the cloud or delete them directly.

It is recommended that you use an SD card whenever possible. Thus, you can store all the photos and files in it in a much more comfortable way. Without affecting the storage capacity of our phone.

Delete downloads

This step is closely connected with the previous one. Since in the end we are deleting files. But, on many occasions we have files that we have downloaded and they remain in the download folder. Therefore, it is good to go to that folder from time to time and check if there are files that we want / need to save. We can delete the rest directly and forget about them. Thus, we recover a little more space on our device.

Clear app data

Another option that we have available to free up space on our Android phone is to erase the data from the applications. It is a step that can be useful, although we have to be very careful. It is important to know that it is NOT possible to do this with all applications. There are applications in which if we do this we delete the entire application from the device.

Therefore, extreme caution is recommended with this step. To delete the data of an application we have to go to the information of the same. There, we have presents the option to delete data. Next to the option to clear the application cache.

Applications free up space

Many users bet on downloading applications that help them free up space. On paper they seem like a good idea, although the reality is very different. These applications are usually not useful. They are going to carry out tasks that we can do ourselves. In addition, the only thing they will do is take up space and may even cause our phone to run slower. So it is not recommended to do so.

As you can see, there are many ways to free up space on our Android device. In Huawei phones we have a space liberator that frequently helps us to free up space on the device. Generally it clears the cache and application data. So it makes the process that much easier.