How to free up space on your phone and avoid the dreaded ‘storage full’ messages
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. You never want to see a ‘storage full’ message pop up on your phone. It means you’re not going to be able to install new apps, or capture new photos, videos, or audio messages, because there’s nowhere to put them. You won’t be able to sync music or podcasts, if the storage is all filled up. The good news is, you can preemptively prevent this from happening by doing a little bit of regular digital housekeeping. Android and iOS now come with features to make it easier for you to manage local storage, whether it’s deleting files completely or sending them off to the cloud for safe keeping. These are your options for keeping a sizable chunk of space available on your phone for when you need it. How to free up space on Android Android comes with a Google app called FIles, and if you load this up you can begin diving in and deleting files manually. The …
