No need to delete apps: steps to free up phone storage
Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - Freeing up phone storage without deleting apps is straightforward. Phone storage can fill up over time. When this happens, a common solution is to delete apps to free up space. However, some apps are essential and cannot be removed. In such cases, there are still ways to free up storage without deleting them. For example, users can clear app cache data and remove unnecessary files within the apps themselves. Additionally, other methods exist. Here are steps to free up phone storage without deleting apps.
How to clear cache on Android phones
System files can also be deleted if you don’t want to remove photos and videos. Android users can do this individually through each app.
Quickly delete system files via phone settings
Open Settings
select ’ Apps’
go to ‘Manage apps’
choose the app in question
click ‘Delete data’
select ‘Clear cache’
repeat for other apps
Alternatively, system files can be deleted via the phone’s storage settings:
Open Settings
Tap ’ About phone’
select ‘Storage’
choose ‘Free up space’
Delete system files using Google Files app
System files can also be deleted using the Google Files app. Steps:
Open Google Files
select the three-line menu in top-left corner
click ’ Delete’
go to ’ junk files’
select ‘Delete’
Delete files in WhatsApp
Photos, videos, and files from WhatsApp groups often fill up storage. To free up space, manage these files within the app. WhatsApp typically alerts users when storage is nearly full, which can hinder sending or receiving messages, photos, videos, and documents. This can make it difficult to send or receive messages, photos, videos, and documents. Several steps can help prevent WhatsApp from filling up storage.
First, disable auto-download in WhatsApp:
Open WhatsApp settings
select ’ Storage and data’
under ’ media auto-download’, toggle ‘Off’ for photos, audio, video, and documents
Delete WhatsApp chats
Another solution is to delete unnecessary WhatsApp chats to free up storage. Before deleting, check how much space WhatsApp is using:
on ’ Chats’ tab, tap ‘…’ (three dots) > ’ Settings’
select ’ Data and storage’ > ’ manage storage’
the space used will be shown at the top of the screen
Delete photos and videos in WhatsApp
On ’ Chats’ tab, tap ‘…’ > ’ Settings’
select ’ Data and storage’ > ’ manage storage’
options include large media, repeatedly forwarded items, or specific chats
to delete all, select ’ select all’; for specific items, long press and multi-select
tap ’ Delete’. choose ’ delete starred items’ or ’ delete all duplicates’
then tap ’ Delete’