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Smart phone storage getting full - advice please
RainbowsInTheSpray
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After a few years of use, my android phone has started giving me alerts about storage space getting used up and that performance will soon start to suffer.
System 'cleaning' doesn't seem to make much impact. The alerts continue to arrive showing 90+% of storage space already in use.
Can anyone offer advice about what I can safely get rid of from the device by way of apps which, on the face of it, seem to be the main culprits.Most of them came already installed and a lot only offer 'clear data' or 'clear cache', not 'uninstall'.
System 'cleaning' doesn't seem to make much impact. The alerts continue to arrive showing 90+% of storage space already in use.
Can anyone offer advice about what I can safely get rid of from the device by way of apps which, on the face of it, seem to be the main culprits.Most of them came already installed and a lot only offer 'clear data' or 'clear cache', not 'uninstall'.
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Without knowing the model nobody can advise properly.However its not always Apps that take up space... videos and pictures can as well.(assuming Android of some sort)
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Move your photos and videos on to an external drive (flash drive)0
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Do you have photos on the phone memory or SD card?0
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Are you sure this is Android telling you this and not one of those pop ups which are actually trying to get you to install dodgy system cleaners?RainbowsInTheSpray said:Hi After a few years of use, my android phone has started giving me alerts about storage space getting used up and that performance will soon start to suffer.
System 'cleaning' doesn't seem to make much impact. The alerts continue to arrive showing 90+% of storage space already in use.
Can anyone offer advice about what I can safely get rid of from the device by way of apps which, on the face of it, seem to be the main culprits.Most of them came already installed and a lot only offer 'clear data' or 'clear cache', not 'uninstall'.
Which phone is it and can you post a screenshot of the alerts?0 -
Do you use WhatsApp quite a bit? It saves all the photos and videos to your phone by default. You can change the settings to not save and then manually save any you might want to keep.2
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Can you tell me how to do this please.chrisw said:Do you use WhatsApp quite a bit? It saves all the photos and videos to your phone by default. You can change the settings to not save and then manually save any you might want to keep.I choose the rooms that I live in with care,
The windows are small and the walls almost bare,
There's only one bed and there's only one prayer;
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In the WhatsApp apptrickydicky14 said:
Can you tell me how to do this please.chrisw said:Do you use WhatsApp quite a bit? It saves all the photos and videos to your phone by default. You can change the settings to not save and then manually save any you might want to keep.
Hamburger (3 dots) top right
Settings
Storage and data
Media auto-download
Go into each of the three "When..." options and unselect each medium4 -
Click on the "files" app and see what's using up the space0
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go to settings (cog)
go to device care
click on storage
you'll get a display of what is using your storage ie how much is used by apps, how much by photos, how much by videos etc0 -
If you don't have an SD card for additional storage, get one and move as many apps as possible to that.
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