Android Tips 📱💾 Free up storage on your Android phone - DIY in 5 Ep 116
Don’t you hate it when Android devices don’t have expandable memory? Do you need more storage? Free up some space! Here are some tips on how YOU can free up storage on your Android device.
Use the Free Up Space ToolFirst, we’ll start with some simple house cleaning. Android has a built-in “Free Up Space” tool in the settings. Go to your settings and select “Storage” then simply tap on the blue “Free Up Space” button. If your photos are backed up, this will delete them off your device and free up quite a bit of space. To free up even more space, go to your Photos app, and you should see a “Free up to” option that will delete photos and videos already backed up to Google Photos, if you have that enabled. Another option is Android has a Smart Storage function where you can give your phone permission to auto delete backed up photos after a certain period or when your storage is almost full. It’s incredibly useful. While you are in the Storage section, might as well check out what is taking up so much space. You can tap a category like Music or Games and get a list of all the apps taking up storage in that category. Clearing cache is usually fine to free up space but clearing storage might hijack your data or user experience so tread cautiously.
View My Apps and Games by Last UsedNext, if you have ancient apps on your phone that you no longer use, the easiest way to find them is by going into your Play Store and selecting My Apps and Games from the menu. Tap Installed and sort by Last Used. If you go to the very end of this list, chances are you will find at least a few apps you haven’t used in long time.
Expandable Storage via microSD cards and Flash DrivesAnother thing to consider, if you’ve had your phone for the better part of a year, you may have amassed junk files, duplicate files and more. Good news is file managers will let you search through and seek out those pesky storage-wasters and delete them on the spot. There are still some smartphone manufacturers that see value in expandable storage like Samsung, Sony, and Asus. If you are lucky enough to have a phone that still prioritizes expandable storage, Kingston has you covered with the Canvas Plus SD cards, which all have A1 or A2 app support, making them a prime candidate for all your storage needs. For those of you who weren’t blessed by the expandable phone gods, you can still use a USB-C Flash drive like the Kingston DataTraveler MicroDuo 3C flash drive.
So, what’s taking up all the space on your phone and what phone are you holding out for? Let us know in the comments.
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I really wished more phone companies would have expandable storage
@potatogirlandsam9415
3 жыл бұрын
Same
@sebaslikesanimations1447
3 жыл бұрын
Same
@sundassajid5815
3 жыл бұрын
IKR
@flakk880
3 жыл бұрын
Same my phone only has 8gb
@skyc02
3 жыл бұрын
@@flakk880 my first smartphone had 8 gb but was used up mostly from os so I had like 2.5 free it was a samsung on5
The fact that my storage is almost full when I only have 2 apps is incredible
@ggogglez
2 жыл бұрын
RELATABLE
@madlyclumsy5598
2 жыл бұрын
IKR
@rosecats6847
2 жыл бұрын
Ikr I only have a few apps- and most of the storage is taken up by the things you can't install on the phone
@F34RLESS410
2 жыл бұрын
Same i got 3 games and low storage
@uppedthescore3k
2 жыл бұрын
Me rn help
The problem I have is that whenever I do home cleaning like clearing data and cache, it would either do absolutely nothing, or it would go down around 7-8%, but the VERY NEXT DAY, it will fill up back to full. The point is, every time that happens it gets harder to free up space and makes it nearly imposible to do it again. I can't send any texts, I can't receive any text messages, I can't take any photos or videos, and my storage gets filled up when I do nothing! Why do I have this problem? This has been going on for YEARS and I have not found a solution. It's very irritating. What's even weirder is that I don't have any games on my phone, and I've never had games. I only have one installed app that I use, which is Instagram. I've recently found out that if I delete Instagram, I still won't have any storage.
@jasonh9787
3 жыл бұрын
I feel you I only have 3 apps 😂
@skyejacques
3 жыл бұрын
It's just a strategy to make us upgrade probably. I've just lost a lot of functionality and trying to fix my Moto G7 becs I bought wireless earbuds not realising I need to now download an app. Annoying
@speedracer1945
2 жыл бұрын
They want us to buy a new phone
@skullsnipez2606
2 жыл бұрын
Wipe ur phone
@speedracer1945
2 жыл бұрын
@@skyejacques my phone is so full I cant add a app and tranfered my pictures to cloud and deleted alot of stuff and still full .
Starts at 1:00 Sorry Trish!
@kimtiara5208
3 жыл бұрын
❤
I was today years old when i find out that cache is pronounced as "cash" and not "ca-ché".. lol Edit: great video 😊
@novasapphire8900
4 жыл бұрын
Omg I thought I was the only one!
@cywoods60
3 жыл бұрын
lol me too
@levi9613
3 жыл бұрын
I pronounced it cake lol
@koyo5088
3 жыл бұрын
I thought it was pronounced like that too lol
@charmainesheek3309
3 жыл бұрын
I thought it was 'cake'
Bummer. My Android is too old, none of the functions like "free up space" are my phone.
@creamydxyss7879
4 жыл бұрын
Same ;-;
@andrearrington7325
4 жыл бұрын
TUFF
@azurite2380
3 жыл бұрын
Same lol
@ststststststtsts
3 жыл бұрын
Me tooo
@meritosagie4394
3 жыл бұрын
Download google file go
Yup so my number one rule when buying a phone... Does it have SD card slot.. I store almost all my stuff on sd card and upgrade to bigger size when price drops 😉..
@jeomarkurequiron7075
4 жыл бұрын
Literally any phone but iPhone.
@Waba305
4 жыл бұрын
@@jeomarkurequiron7075 nope knock oneplus and pixel off the list
When I pressed free up space in photos, I found out that I had 6,24gb worth of stuff to free up. My phone works so much better now that I've cleared all that and my storage problems are solved. Thanks so much!!
These were awesome tips! This really helped me clear up my storage space! I had so many photos and videos in the trash! Thanks!
Thanks for the help...my storage was almost totally filled.
OMG THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH I'VE BEEN CRYING BUT NOW THAT YOU FOUND OUT MY PROBLEM I LOVE YOU THANK YOUUUUUUU!!!!!!
Thank You !! That was very helpful !!
I wish every Device contains 100TB
@denisdavid1339
2 жыл бұрын
Me too
@mitski6317
2 жыл бұрын
It would overheat lmaoo then it's gonna need nasa cpu
THANK YOU SO SO SO MUCHH! THIS MEANS A LOT TO ME
Currently watching this with 98MB space on my storage.
@TalhaDaBot
2 жыл бұрын
I got 453 kb😏
@sagebluer
2 жыл бұрын
And I thought my 1 gb was bad 💔
@tgducsfdifxdt4533
2 жыл бұрын
@@sagebluer I have 3.5 gb
@sagebluer
2 жыл бұрын
@@tgducsfdifxdt4533 I got 6 gb now 😳 Cause Ibis was a bitcy
@nothing-te7nf
2 жыл бұрын
I have 15gb
Thank you this was very helpful and informative 👍👍
How do you download the gaming apps? I can only get maybe about 3, or 5 on an Android with a 16 GB capacity why?
@NurseOrysia1
4 жыл бұрын
Ikr
@nobodyimportant5597
3 жыл бұрын
Excatly
@aid3963
3 жыл бұрын
sameeee
@anamesofheart
3 жыл бұрын
Same thing with me
@_haoru_
3 жыл бұрын
Half of the GB is actually used for the update for your phone.. So that's why you can only download a few games
Thank you so much you help me clear storage on my phone you are a lifesaver
Why haven't I found your page sooner?! I'm a recently divorced 53-year old woman. My ex was the techie in the family. So this really helps me out
I'm so grateful that I don't have to delete all my apps
My storage is 32GB while my system take up 24GB....
Great Info Thanks, and Your right the Note Series phones are great!
Finally!!!...no more "memory running low" notifications. Thanks for this video as it was very helpful to me.
Thanks for the video @DYI in 5
Lots of phones has come up with an SD Card memory slot. But what's the real point if no storage permission provided ?
Thanks alllot...worked for me 😊
That Google phots one heaped a lot thx!!
I have 490mb free and I can't even download a 1.9mb app.why?
This lady is a super hero bruh
Thank you so much this help me a lot
Thank you for the tips
Loved the video but the intro was extremely long. The training that started at the 2-minute time code was excellent!!! Thank you.
Thanks for this tips
Ur my life saver thanks!!!👍
I see Trisha and I click simple as that!
@NurseOrysia1
4 жыл бұрын
*Simp* -le
many thanks for this video
See my android says that I have 115mb worth of photos but when i go in storage settings it says i have 4.1gb worth of photos
I would love to grind your usb port
when i chk under storage "MY FILES" it shows 62.96 used out of 64.00 GB. But when I Go to internal Storage Select All items and check size in details Tab... It shows Total size 23.72 GB ...then what is eating up about 38 GB space. Pls guide
Oh my goodness thank you for helping me my phone I can take pictures and videos now and I am so happy and proud that you did this for me and that you made this video because if not I probably would have never been able to figure this out thank you so much 😍 😍 😍
I now have two phones and the fight to free up space is definitely a job! I think that it's time for me to invest in some more SD cards because I don't want to run this low on storage space ever again!
Omg thank you so much it worked!!!! Thank you!!!!!!!
How do i delete system storage because it keeps adding up and i cannot seem delete the system storage
But how to delete the Other file besides of the Photo? Other files take a lot of my space.
thank you Trisha!
Thanks for this video❤
Thanks mam this video felt helpful.
Thank you very much ❤
Hi people if u delete and it doesn't take out data then go to trash in files and clean the trash that helps alot! And also thaks for making this vid its rlly helpfull
@ashlxserii
2 жыл бұрын
Where is that, i dont get it
For me it doesn't seem to work there is no blue button to click on
Many Thanks My dear for sharing this
This channel, it’s very professional,
Thank you so much
Very useful video thanks
Thank u so much!!!
"LIKE' Thank You..... Princess Of Information... That I can understand.... Old school...
@gp.pacman7310
Жыл бұрын
Now..... After I watch this a few times I'll know what I'm Doing. GP.
My phone has a micro SD slot, but it anything I put into it always ends up corrupted and everything gets deletedm
Oh yes!! This video was very helpful indeed. Thank you so much for the awesome tips Trisha Hershberger/Kingston Technology.
i was wondering why my phone said i had used 63,1 gb of 64 and i couldn't figure out where all that data was coming from, but i decided to clear out my recycle bin in my gallery because i'm an editor so it's constantly full of pictures and videos. yeah, that was a wise decision because now my storage claims i've used up 35,2 gb and not 63,1 gb. if anyone has a recycle bin in their gallery and your storage is full, i recommend emptying it.
@bora3434
2 жыл бұрын
Omg girl literally the same my phone has 64 and it says it's full it sucks
Thank you
If I update my files will my screen shots in my gallery will delete? Please give me a answer because I'm paranoid. Also if I update my gallery will my photos delete?
Dude my apps need an update, so when I do free up enough storage to update IT STILL DOESN'T LET ME
Great thank you
Can I free up space if I compress my phone by putting it in a vise and tightening up on it? Just kidding I will try some of your tips and thank you very much for the info!
Thank you a lot
I have a sd card but i rarely use it since all my apps in my phone are from the phone itself which means i can't move it its stuck to internal storage
So, I have an Android and I have LTE wifi but then all of a sudden it stopped working and My own LTE wifi won't Work fast I deleted some photos and Cleared up some apps too. But it seems to still be working kinda slow. If there's anything I would appreciate if anyone could tell me.
Absolutely love to be able to
🤔🤔🤔 Do things like undeleted email and text messages eat up your memory? Do the lists we create on KZread eat up memory? I'm not clear on how that works. Thank you in advance! 😊
@dafrog6301
3 жыл бұрын
I'm not a tech person but from what I've discovered in trying to clean up my own storage is that both of those things can and it depends usually on what messaging app one uses and where it stores that info and if it allows one to choose the storage location. Voicemails are also being stored somewhere unless deleted. The Google drive connected to your phone also affects your internal storage. These are the details that aren't usually covered in these tips which are sometimes most important in how storage fills up quickly as well as unused apps or clearing the cache. If you have an android, some things are because of what Google allows or not, like being able to put game apps and some other non essential apps on the sd card. From what I can see Google now has it where some nonessential apps have to reside on the phone which takes up unnecessary space.
my phone is now 3 years old (I might get a new one lol) and it's not really working anymore, because when I delete like 800 photos and take 50 again, my storage is full again. how does this even work?
Could anbody help me? Evry time i open youtube or google the other files numbers grow fast!
I have will Harry 2 and 4.8 gb and low mamory Soo what do I do
It helps me a lot :D
Thanks
Good idea for a vid ;-)
Any code to be used in aiding to clear videos and other photos from the device
Thank you very much misss
Question, can i put games on external sd card???
But my school doesn't let me uninstall the apps they gave me bc I have a school tablet and whenever I try to uninstall it says that the device monitor or whatever won't let me uninstall and the apps that I have are kid games so it sucks for me and most of those kid games take up most of the space right now I only have two apps that I use Snapchat and KZread so can you help out 😅
U are so smart but it was so an to easy an i ty sooo much
On top of screen every time it is appearing you have not cleaned you phone in long time.I cleaned, but it appears all the time on screen and I am not able to see the contents on upper line
I've deleted my internal files from my storage on my android phone trying to free up space and I need the all back but unfortunately Im having trouble doing so...help
@dafrog6301
3 жыл бұрын
This is kind of the issue with these "quick" diy's. They some times gloss over information that may be important to know B4 one performs the task they suggest, especially if the person is NOT tech savvy as the people making these videos. There are alot of hidden files/folders using storage or there may be things being duplicated where you can get rid of copies like thumbnails, but are not sure, etc. There are also things that may be deleted that should not be deleted if you just use a automated tool to sweep everything. These things are not discussed on quickie tips and could be a problem.
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I just got the s21 ultra like last year and I'm already running out of storage 🤦♂️ maybe I should have opted for the 256gb version. But they didn't have it in silver. You can see where my priorities are.
Bro i have 32 gb of storage,i have a game that is 6gb big installed and some other totalling about 7 to 8 gb at max so what is taking up the remaining 20 gb?
@purple02.
Жыл бұрын
Idk what yours is but I have the same amount and the "system" thing is what's taking up most for me.
so wait i need a SD A1 or 2 to actuli move apps?
What about getting rid of system storage?
Yeah, same sentiment. Non-exploding Notes rule, but Pixels have dem updates. lol
Do you have a video how google drive works in an android cell? i am about to trade my Galaxy S20 ultra (horrible camera ) for a google pixel 5 ( not an expendable memory ) i have like 70 GB of videos and pics in my Sdcard, and i want to know how to use google drive / photos ,Thanks
I deleted everything, but in my internal storage there's a file called "animator data" and it's in a infinity loop, and it doesn't delete.
I am transferring service from one company to another they're going to give me their SIM card so how do I save my phone numbers so I don't have to write them all down
-You need about 144MB *Deletes a game over 144MB* -You need about 34MB *Deletes a game over 100MB* -You need 1MB *Deletes another game over 100MB* google is trolling me
The thing taking up my storage is an apk file... But I need the storage to download it
Such Rambling!!
None of this worked... I still have all of my photos.. do I have to put them all on a flashdrive first or computer 1st?
Many people run out of the internal memory from app games install. many of those game are in 3.5gb in one game. They rip off us with cheap 32gb smartphone. expandable Micro SD storage is for music , photos and media . All the companies say expandable storage for the apps is to slow on the micro SD storage so tough luck with that!
I have 15gb data on my photo's app but I have like 25 pics and 8 vids, any tips?
Yes thanks😀