How come my storage is full?
When your phone storage is full, it basically means your device is clogged with large files — videos, photos, apps and the like. The culprit could also be memory-hogging junk files…
- Identify what takes up most storage. ...
- Find out which apps you're using the least. ...
- Free up your WhatsApp storage. ...
- Delete downloaded movies, podcasts and TV shows. ...
- Go through your old messages. ...
- Don't forget to clear your app caches. ...
- Lastly, spring clean your photo gallery.
- Windows Storage Sense.
- Uninstall Programs.
- Remove Duplicate Files.
- Delete Large, Unnecessary Files.
- Delete local backups of your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch.
- Disk Cleanup.
- Remove Temporary Files.
- Take out the Trash.
Here are a few possible explanations: Cached Data: Sometimes, apps store temporary data or cache files on your phone's internal storage. Even if you delete files, these cached data may still occupy space.
Sometimes the “Android storage space running out but it's not” issue is caused by the overwhelming amount of data stored on your phone's internal memory. If you have many apps on your Android device and use them simultaneously, cache memory on your phone can be blocked, which leads to Android insufficient storage.
Delete old text messages
You'll be surprised to see how much storage space your text messages take on your smartphone. You may not even realize those messages are being saved to your phone. Don't worry, you can delete them. Be sure to delete messages with photos and videos first — they chew up the most space.
Remove videos, books, and music stored on your phone
Sometimes what's taking up the most amount of storage are the data and documents stored within an app on your phone. You can find out if that's the case by once again heading to Settings > General > iPhone Storage and then clicking on an app.
- Move files to the cloud for free. ...
- Delete your unused files. ...
- Delete old podcasts. ...
- Delete apps you never use. ...
- Disable or delete pre-installed apps. ...
- Clear app caches. ...
- Stop messaging apps saving media to your phone. ...
- Remove old messages.
Buy storage via the Google One app
On your Android phone or tablet, make sure you're signed into your Google account. From the Play Store, download the Google One app. In the Google One app, at the bottom, tap Upgrade. Choose your new storage limit.
- Close apps that don't respond. You don't usually need to close apps. ...
- Uninstall apps you don't use. If you uninstall an app and need it later, you can download it again. ...
- Clear the app's cache & data. You can usually clear an app's cache and data with your phone's Settings app.
Why is my iPhone saying storage is full?
If your device is almost full and can't free up space, you might get a Storage Almost Full alert. If you see this alert, check the storage recommendations or offload some less-used content like videos and apps.
You can use Google Photos to save space on your device when you delete photos that are safely backed up. Before you use this feature, you must ensure that you've already backed up your photos properly.
- Find out what is taking up space and delete the biggest culprits. ...
- Delete apps from the Home screen. ...
- Work through Apple's recommendations. ...
- Delete app data and cache. ...
- Delete text messages. ...
- Delete photos you don't need. ...
- Delete images from Messages.
When you clear data or storage of an app, it deletes the data associated with that app. And when that happens, your app will behave like a freshly installed one. You will have to log in again, grant necessary permissions, change notification settings, and similar things. That holds true across all the apps.
- Clear All Apps' Cache.
- Delete Unnecessary Downloads.
- Transfer Apps to SD Card.
- Transfer Photos via USB Cable.
- Vicky Carter.
Regular emails do not take up a lot of space. To free up the most space in Gmail, you can delete emails that contain attachments, such as documents, photos, songs, etc.
"Clear data" clears the files stored inside the data directory of your app. Your pictures are not saved inside the data directory of that app, so rest assured that the images won't be lost.