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Clearing Android’s internal memory with 10 methods

Clearing Android's internal memory with 10 methods

If the capacity of your Android phone’s internal memory is total, to solve the problem, follow this article on how to clear the internal memory of your Android phone.

Let’s say you buy a phone with 128 GB of internal memory and think that this amount of space is enough for the life cycle of that device. Time flies, and you suddenly realize that all those photos and videos you’ve taken, all the apps you’ve installed, and all the downloads you’ve saved are taking up the entire memory of your device.

You’ll laboriously free up some space to install a third-party app that promises to free up your device’s storage space and speed up your device. Immediately after running and fiddling with the program, you will conclude that they are right that many third-party memory-cleaning programs are ineffective and should be avoided.

Now you are desperately wondering what the solution is, what to do or how to increase phone storage.

This may be a concern in early versions of Android, or it may scare off a new Android user, But the truth is that the latest versions of the Android operating system have made it easier than ever to free up storage space on your device.

Table of Contents
  • 1- Identification of large programs
  • 2- Clear the cache memory
  • 3- Transfer images to the cloud
  • 4- Delete files
  • 5- Delete trash files
  • 6- Clearing the memory of unnecessary information
  • 7- Deleting duplicate and bulky files
  • 8- Clear other Android memory
  • 9- Third party programs
  • 10- Other solutions

Join us in this tutorial to review the methods of clearing the internal memory of Android. We have reviewed most of the steps with a Samsung phone. Therefore different brand devices or in other versions of Android, the names of some features may be additional.

Note that usually, what can be seen in the Samsung Storage section can be found in the Xiaomi File Manager and the Deep Clean section. Xiaomi Deep Clean provides users with more options than Samsung Storage.

1- Identification of large programs

How many apps have you installed on your Android phone? Do you use them all? What is clear is that we all have installed and followed a few games and many apps related to education, news, and weather on our smartphones. A large number of programs that we install take up a lot of space, and. With a simple check, we will discover that they need more space to run than we thought. To identify these programs:

In Storage, you can get good information about everything occupying your phone. At the beginning of this page, see the type of files stored on your system and the amount of space they occupy.

Instead of going through the above steps, you can:

2- Clear the cache memory

Android apps use cache for better performance. This stored data can save time, But the files they hold are not always necessary. Clearing the cache or cache can be the best option if you need to remove a part of your smartphone’s storage space as quickly as possible.

Some apps allow you to save content to your device so you can access it anytime. If we want to say it more simply, we should refer to programs like Spotify that allow you to store music directly in the storage memory of the device. Browsers also allow users to save different websites for offline reading.

Saving content for offline use can be great if you have enough space; Otherwise, you’ll run into storage capacity. By preventing the downloading of large and bulky files from cloud services and clearing the cache or even the data of applications, you can save the phone’s internal storage space.

It is not harmful to know that using valid third-party programs for this is possible. Among the programs that can clear all cache files, the SD Maid app is a good option.

3- Transfer images to the cloud

Cloud services are a safe and convenient option for those limited in storage space. Many of these services are free or cost very little. For example, you can use Google Photos to upload all your high-quality images for free. Just keep in mind that unlimited high-quality Storage ended in June 2021. Additionally, services like Google Drive and Dropbox simplify backing up your content. You have to see which option convinces you to take advantage of it.

As you know, image files can take up a lot of space, and by saving images to Google Photos, you can clear them from the storage memory. This will save storage space, and thus, you can increase the device’s storage memory.

You can click on your profile picture and select the Free Up Space option by logging in to Google Photos. This will scan your phone thoroughly to see how many images have been backed up so you can delete them from your device’s Storage to free up storage space.

If you’re struggling to free up space on your device and have a vast music collection on your phone, we recommend migrating to an online service like SoundCloud or Spotify.

4- Deleting Downloads files

After downloading, audio and video files and various documents are automatically stored in the device’s Downloads folder. You probably don’t need most of the downloaded files; Of course, this issue is related to your final decision after the necessary investigations.

To check and clear storage information in the Downloads section:

5- Delete trash files

The files you delete may remain in the phone’s trash for 30 days and not be deleted there. Therefore, to immediately delete any file from the phone, immediately after pressing the Delete button, you must go to the Recycle Bin and delete the file from there.

Usually, the Recycle Bin folder is accessible in any space where you perform the deletion action. For example, if you delete a file in My Files. You can completely delete it from the phone by tapping on the three-dot icon in the upper right corner and selecting Recycle Bin.

The general method to access all the files in the different file bins is as follows:

6- Clearing the memory of unnecessary information

There are usually a series of unnecessary programs and unwanted information on our phones that we are unaware of. Fortunately, your smartphone makes it easy for you by identifying these unnecessary and unused apps. We recommend deleting apps that you haven’t opened in a while. To access these unnecessary apps:

7- Deleting duplicate and bulky files

Your smartphone can detect large files and duplicate files. By deleting these files, you can free up storage space.

8- Clear other Android memory

Other files are data that do not belong to any main categories (applications, music, images, videos, etc.). These items appear as a result of installing and working with programs in the device’s memory or are created by the user. Other files contain the following data:

Most files in this category are not required for system operation. They take up space, slow down and prevent new items from loading.

Files cannot be viewed or deleted anymore. There is no way to see what Other includes. But that doesn’t mean you can’t delete them or at least reduce their Size.

The easiest way to remove Other is to use third-party apps like SD Maid, Clean Master, CCleaner, or any app you know. These apps can find all the items listed in the Other files and suggest you delete them.

Suppose you don’t want to install another program on your phone. In that case, one of the best ways to delete Other files is to delete unnecessary programs, cache apps, and even delete their data, which we explained at the beginning of the article.

If all these methods do not work, you should factory reset the phone. We do not recommend this because if you continue to use the phone as before, this volume from Other will be occupied again.

9- Third party programs

If you think your phone’s memory management program and tools are unsuitable, you can get help from third-party apps to free up space.

One of the reliable apps for this is the Google Files app. The files app will automatically check and evaluate all your storage space. This process can identify and display all files and anything; Of course, it is you who will make the final decision to delete all data.

After installing the app, follow the steps below to clear the Android internal memory:

You can also use this app to back up files to the Google Drive cloud to save space on your device.

10- Other solutions

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