We here at TechDekh
recommend people to buy phones with inbuilt storage only; we don’t recommend
people to buy phones with expandable storage. People often ask us how they
should make some space on their phones; well here is the solution for it.
Step 1: Delete
WhatsApp Message Database
WhatsApp
automatically creates back-up of messages every day and stores it on internal
memory. The size of this backup depends on the messages you have on WhatsApp.
We recommend to clear chats, group chats and delete unwanted images and videos
from gallery.
For deleting WhatsApp
messages database:
Android Users:
Go to File Manager (ANY) -> WhatsApp Folder -> Database and delete
everything in that folder.
If you need
WhatsApp chat backup then store it on Google Drive rather than storing it on
your phone’s memory
iPhone Users: iPhone stores database directly on iCloud so
there is no need to manually delete anything from phone, well you can choose
whether to take backup of your data on cloud.
This can free up
a lot of space on your device.
Step 2:
Disabling Applications
Every phone has
lot of inbuilt applications and most of them are useless but still it occupies
a lot of storage. To make up some free space:
Android Users:
Go to Settings -> Apps -> All Apps -> Select application you want to
disable -> Clear cache then Force Stop it, then touch on uninstall updates
and disable it. (You can enable it anytime you want from the list of disabled
applications for that go to Settings -> Apps -> Disabled Apps and click
on the application you want to enable)
Warning: Never
disable android system applications, Google play store and Google Play
Services. Disable inbuilt applications at your own risk!
iPhone Users :
There is no specific way to disable system applications in iPhone but you can hide
it in a folder.
Step 3: Clear
Cache memory
To clear cache
memory from your phone,
Android Users:
Go to settings -> Storage -> Cached data -> clear data
iPhone Users:
Press Home Button twice to open multi-tasking view and close the applications
which you are not using, it will auto clear cache data of that application.
Clearing cache data is safe and it will certainly clear some space
on your device.
Step 4: Use
Cloud storage
Rather than
saving photos and videos on your phone, it is always safe to move them on cloud
storage. You can do that by using various applications like Google Drive,
iCloud, dropbox, etc. You can access the photos anytime you want even if you
lost your device, which will surely help you to make a lot of space on your
device.
Step 5:
Uninstall Applications
Uninstalling
applications will clear lot of memory but there is a way to do it :
Android Users :
Settings -> Apps -> Select the app you want to uninstall for example UC Browser
-> clear data first then force stop the application, after that uninstall the
application.
After uninstalling it, go to file manager and search for the folder created by that
application here in this case it will be UC Downloads and delete the folder. (If
the folder contains any important data then move it to another folder before
deleting it.)
iPhone Users: Uninstall
applications from settings is recommended.
Always remember
to reboot the phone after uninstalling applications or clearing cache data for
smooth performance of the phone.
Step 6: Factory
Data Reset
This is the most
effective way to wipe out complete data from your phone. If you are tired of
notification saying “Your System space is running low” then resetting your
phone will help you.
Android Users:
Go to Setting -> Backup & reset ->Factory Data Reset
iPhone Users: It
is recommended to factory reset your iPhone from iTunes.
Always remember to
back up your contacts and important data from your phone before proceeding to
reset your phone.
There are lots
of low space applications in Apple Appstore & Google Play Store like
Facebook Lite (Facebook original application >200 MB; Facebook Lite ~650 KB)
using these applications will help you clear lot of memory on your device but
you need to compromise with the quality! If you love to keep lot of media on
your phone or you love to play high graphic games or use heavy applications on
your phone then 16 GB Internal storage phone are NOT made for you. We recommend
to buy more than 32 GB internal memory phones for avoiding low system space
problems.
If your phone
supports external memory card then keep all your media on external memory.
Media from WhatsApp and Facebook is saved on internal memory, you need to
manually move it to external SD card. For moving application data to memory
card install Apps2SD application from Google Play Store which will move data to
SD card for you.
If you have any
other suggestion about storage problems or you want to ask us any problem
related to your phone then comment it down below!
