you are frequently a message that the apps cannot be installed or simply that the storage is full. That is of course very annoying, but often you should be rowing with the oars you have. Hence, we 5 simple tips for you in a row have taken to free up space on your smartphone.
Internal memory, microsd card and adoptable storage
On a smartphone, there is always internal memory, this is the Android operating system and by default, all kinds of things stored, such as app data, photos and downloads. In addition, certain smartphones have the ability to make use of a microSD card. Here there are two possibilities.
This is used as an external storage and is suitable for storing videos or other files. Although the microsd card is not part of your Android system (not for installing apps) are files that are approaching.
Starting with Android 6.0, there is support for so-called adoptable storage. This is to say that there is chosen by the user can be to the microsd card as part of the internal memory. In this way, you have to use a external extension for your storage, which is seen as internal storage. This has the great advantage that there is here any also apps can be installed. The exact location (internal or microSD) is in this case by the system is determined by looking at the amount of space available.
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so far the theory, now what if you really have no more space and still those pesky message, or extra apps to install? We give five tips!
1. Clean up your photos with this handy trick
Photographs that are made with modern smartphones now have the necessary space. They are at least 1MB, but often even greater. Then if you shoot, on average, also have multiple photos to ensure the right to have it, then it can quickly add up. Therefore, it is useful to get your photos on to clean it, but not manually…
This is easy to do with Google Photos, a very comprehensive app. In the Google Photos app, there are several possibilities to automatically back up your photos and videos. If you choose to make them compress by Google, there is unlimited storage. This photos may be a bit smaller made in terms of format, but this is practically not noticeable for the quality and if you do not have the ambition to do all of your photos on abri-size print, this is more than good enough.
you Have chosen this option, make sure that all photos stored in the cloud, this might take a while. Once this is complete, open the side menu and choose to ‘free up Space’. Then Google will search for pictures which already are stored in the cloud and also stored locally on the storage of your smartphone. Then click on ‘delete’ and this will your unit be removed. So, solved. This saves you the often necessary MB’s and therefore allows for a lot of new space. In addition, everything is in the cloud, so you’re no photos will be lost.
2. Delete contents of downloads folder
Just a picture or file to download from the internet or your e-mail, we all do that. These go in the downloads folder. Clean this folder regularly and remove files that are no longer needed. This can be done in two ways.
Look for the downloads app on your smartphone and then delete the files. The second possibility is via a file manager app like Solid Explorer (or any other), where there is often also a standard app installed is (‘My files’ or similar). Navigate to downloads and select and remove files that you no longer need.
3. Remove cache and unnecessary files
This tip is not a permanent solution, but it provides acute relief for your storage. By the cache (stored files) to remove, erase you, as it were, the temporary memory. This will result in the images of the sites that you frequently visit, again have to be loaded. This ensures that over time the memory is full it will walk. Keep also in mind that the re-download of all content provides more data usage and this is at the expense of your data plan.
to achieve this, you can once again two ways to proceed.
Method 1: manually
1. Go to settings>apps (or applications)
2. Search for great apps, such as Chrome (or other browser and Facebook)
3. Choose delete cache (not clear data, then all data will be reset).
4. Repeat this for every app
Method 2: automatically with an app
1. Download SD Maid
2. Select cache and delete temporary files
3. Set this automatically so that it periodically repeats.
in Addition, it provides SD Maid is still a lot of features that are useful to maintain your smartphone and remove it from storage.
4. Look very critically at your installed apps and games
in Addition to photos, apps are often the culprit when it to storage space. There are many apps that you have installed and maybe not used anymore, or have very little. This can ensure that you have a lot of storage used for nonsensical matters. You can do this by following these steps.
1. Go to settings>apps
2. Sorts on size (often via filter settings)
3. Find the biggest apps and ask yourself whether you really need it
4. Remove the apps via the settings-menu
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Unfortunately, not all apps to remove. There are plenty of apps that will be installed by the manufacturer in the system memory. How much you want to, these are not easy to remove. Here is roottoegang needed and this requires quite a lot of technical knowledge and, perhaps, patience. You do not know exactly what this is about, don’t start…
5. Use alternative apps or shortcuts
Now that you have made a selection of apps, you will see that there are still a number of players that you would like to use but a lot of space. Consider, for example, the Facebook app, which we here further, as an example will take.
This app is known to a lot of data to use, but also takes a lot of storage space. There are many of these popular apps are good alternatives. So there are many possibilities for a lighter Facebook app to use. In addition, it is a consideration to make use of a web-based version of a service, which means that you will not even have a app (and thus space can save).
5 alternatives to the slow Facebook app
do you Want to create a shortcut on your homescreen, visit the website and choose from the menu for ‘add to home screen” and a shortcut will appear. Very useful!
Bonus: use services such as Google Drive and Dropbox for storage of files
you May have a lot of files on your smartphone. For photos and videos we have already found a solution in Google Photos, but services such as Google Drive and Dropbox can also be a lot of hands. This cloudopslagdiensten make it easy to save files, so that they then no more space to occupy on your smartphone. They are with the apps, however, always accessible from your smartphone, very handy! More storage is needed in Dropbox, check out these tips.
5 tips to extra, free storage space for Dropbox to receive
With these tips, you have at least a bit of space on your smartphone. Do you have any tips, please let especially know in the comments!
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