Constant “storage full” pop-ups, photos can no longer be taken, and app updates are blocked.
Everyone knows and loathes it when their phone storage is full and the device is virtually unusable.
Deleting a few photos here and there doesn’t help much, though; it just delays the inevitable task of finally dealing with the problem.
However, using storage space efficiently in the long term only requires a few simple habits that will make those pop-up notifications disappear.
Here are some practical tips for improving your phone’s capacity and methods that you can implement immediately.
1. Get Rid of Apps You Don’t Use
Which apps do you really use?
When you scroll through your list of apps, you’ll probably soon realize that you only use about 30% of the apps you’ve downloaded on a regular basis.
Game apps in particular are often downloaded when needing to pass the time at the airport or in a queue.
Game apps are a lifesaver in such situations, but afterward, they should be deleted if they are not used regularly.
Even for hobby gamers and gamblers, online platforms can be a better solution.
Most games and betting sites can be accessed directly in the browser, where they don’t take up any storage space and still offer the same quality.
Non-GamStop betting sites that are accepting UK punters, in particular, have advantages for users, as they even allow access to players who have been restricted by GamStop.
Additionally, they typically offer faster payouts and bigger bonuses.
Since these sites are not registered with the GamStop system and are instead licensed outside the UK, they are often only available via browsers.
In short: get rid of apps you don’t use and take advantage of websites that can be accessed through a browser without wasting your phone’s storage.
2. Automatically Offload and Archive Apps Instead of Deleting Them
If you don’t feel like giving up some apps, even if you don’t use them regularly, there’s another solution: offload and archive automations.
Most operating systems on modern smartphones offer features that remove rarely used apps but keep the data.
You can usually find and activate this feature in the storage settings on your phone to automatically offload and archive apps.
These functions will deal with smart storage without you needing to take any further action.
This means you don’t necessarily need to uninstall those rarely used apps.
Instead, you can just securely archive them until the next time you want to use them.
In the meantime, it frees up space while saving your data.
3. More Storage Space Means Better Performance
As storage fills up, the overall capacity of a phone slows down.
However, many users don’t realize that a lack of free storage space is the main culprit behind these functional problems.
Modern devices use flash memory (NAND).
This works most efficiently when there are still enough empty memory blocks available.
Even with just a few gigabytes of free memory, you can see a noticeable difference in the loading and writing speeds of modern cell phones.
However, if the storage is almost at its full capacity, the system has to rearrange data to fill gaps, which slows down the writing process and loading time.
A lack of storage space can even lead to app crashes and issues with overall performance.
This means, to help your phone maintain optimal speed and performance, keep 10–15% of your storage free.
4. Photos & videos: tidy up instead of hoarding
Photos and videos are probably the biggest storage hogs.
Whether you’re partying, hiking, or visiting a museum, you pull out your phone at every opportunity to capture that “special moment.”
But let’s be honest, how many of these photos and videos do you actually look at again?
And how many disappear into the depths of your phone, where they do nothing but eat up storage space?
So make it a habit to delete duplicate and blurry images immediately.
This will help you keep track of your photos and save you hours of tidying up your storage later on.
You can also use features like “large attachments” and “review storage” to find videos and uncompressed media that take up a lot of storage space.
Deleting these frees up more storage than just getting rid of a few pictures.
When is it time for a new cell phone?
We all love stretching our tech for as long as possible, but at some point, you will have to face the harsh reality that your phone’s hardware may be reaching its limits and that it’s time to part ways.
When updates no longer help and charging times, battery life, and writing times do not improve despite constantly freeing up storage space, it might be a sign that it’s time to replace your phone.
Hope you’ve found our article, Make Space: 4 Tips to Keep Your Phone Storage from Becoming a Never-Ending Issue useful.
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