Today, few people can imagine life without a smartphone. While just a few years ago we had phones primarily for calling or texting, today they are used for much more. We use them to visit social networking sites, shop online, study on them, keep track of our kids or partner, and many other things. For this we need phones with more and more memory.

Unnecessary files

Smart and modern phones basically clean themselves when they need to. Still, it’s a good idea to remove unnecessary files from your phone. This could be photos that are automatically downloaded from WhatsApp, for example , or a PDF you downloaded to read a restaurant menu and no longer need. In addition, it’s also a good idea to clean your phone’s cache. In fact, manual cleaning can have positive effects. Specifically, clearing your cache can help when a game or app isn’t working properly. Then it’s ideal to use the settings to clear the cache.

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However, if you don’t want to deal with each app individually and deal with annoying manoeuvres, you can of course simplify things. There are apps for device maintenance, some manufacturers offer them, but there are also universal apps. It’s a good idea to use these really regularly. They will optimize the battery, clean the storage and protect your entire phone.

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What takes up space on your phone

Although phones are nowadays made with really big memory, it’s still not enough, because our phones have apps for practically everything, and photos or videos that we take almost every day also take up a lot of space . When storage starts to run out, we usually look for big videos or apps and delete them. This helps, but there’s another way to find space.

That’s because your phone often has leftover files from uninstalled apps. Android often leaves configuration files, downloaded content and data in the cache. Over time, the leftovers logically accumulate and end up taking up a lot of space. So it’s definitely a good idea to look for such files and manually delete them one by one. How to do it? You need to find Internal Storage, Android and obb. Then locate the folders that are named as deleted apps.

Offline maps

Do you ever download offline maps to your phone so you can use them without an internet connection? If you’re a hiker or someone who likes to go into the outdoors where the signal is poor, then you probably do this quite often. However, each of the downloaded maps takes up several megabytes. So go through your old downloaded maps and simply delete the ones you no longer need from your phone.

Duplicates

It may surprise you, but you may also have many duplicates on your phone. These are often in multiple folders and are not easy to track and detect. However, if you want to figure them out, just open Settings, Device Care, Storage. There you’ll find Duplicate Files, where you can view and delete them.