Using a combination of different apps (yes, yes, adding insult to the injury), uninstalling apps, clearing caches, and being ruthless about downloaded files, I was able to clear more than 1 GB of data in a matter of minutes. Look Up Storage in Settingsįirst, go to Settings -> Storage and take a look at what’s taking up so much space. Is it apps, photos, or videos? Tap on an option to see the complete list. Although, deleting files from here is not possible for some reason. This lists all the extra files left from apps you uninstalled, old backup files, or any other file type. l Available options depend on the payment app(s) you have set up on your. I found over 1 GB of data taken up by such miscellaneous files. You can update your phones software using the System Update option. Analyze Storage Using Disk Usage & Storage Analyzer Deleting the old ROM backups, ROM images, and more was an easy way to free the space. Sometimes a visual representation of data helps. That’s where Disk Usage & Storage Analyzer comes in. Once the app scans your storage, it will show you a breakdown of your entire storage directory, folder by folder. It displays this using a branched circle structure. You can use the Directory tab to go deeper into the folders. Tapping a folder/file brings up the Delete option. If you’re a fan of RSS readers or offline reading apps, app caches can build up pretty fast. I’m talking about a couple hundred MBs here. You can either go to Settings -> Apps, choose the app and clear the cache manually or you can use a cleaner app. When it comes to cleaner apps, you can either use Clean Master or CCleaner ( our review here), Clean Master being the choice of Android veterans. When you launch Clean Master, you’ll see a Junk Files option. This will include system cache, app caches, system junk files, residual files from old apps and more. It freed nearly 300 MB using this feature. Not bad for literally 15 seconds of work. As caches build up with time, you’ll have to do this cleaning at set intervals. Upload Photos to Dropbox and Delete Local Copiesĭropbox’s Carousel app has a “Free up phone space” feature (available in Settings) that deletes local copies of photos that are already backed up to Dropbox. They can be accessed from the Carousel app anytime. Carousel will show thumbnails of all the photos.
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