YOUR iPhone is full of junk you
don’t need. And a recent class action lawsuit against Apple has brought
to light that even if you buy a 16 GB iPhone, you can’t actually use all
16 GB of storage.
So let’s try to make the most of what you have. We have identified 10 simple ways you can manage and clear space on your iPhone:
1. Check your usage
First thing: Find out what’s taking up the most space on your phone. You may have some unexpected storage hogs.
Open the
Settings app then go to
General > Usage > Manage Storage.
At
the top, you’ll see how much space you’ve used and how much you have
available. Below, there’s a list of your apps ranked by how much space
they’re using. (It will take a minute to load.)
You may be surprised at what’s taking up all that room. Picture: Kerry Flynn
Source: Huffington Post
2. Beware of apps’ internal downloads
The numbers you see in
Manage Storage
include how much space the app itself takes up combined with the data
inside it. Some apps are small by themselves but can store a lot of
files.
For example, the Spotify app is only 56 MB. But if you have
a lot of music downloaded to your phone, the app takes up a ridiculous
amount of space. I have about 800 songs downloaded, which takes up about
2 GB.
You can tap any app icon in Manage Storage to see the app size versus the downloads within it.
An app can be dwarfed by the size of its contents. Picture: Kerry Flynn
Source: Huffington Post
3. Delete those unused games
Many gaming apps are
small, but there are some that can take up more than 1 GB of space
because of 3D graphics. Oregon Trail, for instance, uses 1.2 GB.
You
may have some old games hidden on your phone that you’ve either
finished or don’t play anymore. Angry Birds? 2048? Candy Crush? Go ahead
and delete them. You can do that within Manage Storage by tapping on
the app.
It’s time to let that Angry Birds obsession go. Picture: Kerry Flynn
Source: Huffington Post
If you ever want to play them again, you can always re-download them from iTunes. But, no, your score won’t return.
4. Remove old podcasts and videos
All those
Serial podcasts
... are you really going to listen to them again? All right, I wouldn’t
judge you, but a 30-minute podcast can be 25 MB. So if you have a bunch
of podcasts downloaded to your phone, they can really add up.
Apple’s
Podcast app sorts which ones you have played at the bottom of each
list. Just swipe left on the individual podcast to delete.
Make it a habit to delete it once you’ve listened to it. Picture: Kerry Flynn
Source: Huffington Post
Same thing goes for videos — an even larger space invader. Swipe left and tap delete within the
Video app.
5. Set your messages to automatically expire
With
iOS 8, you can now automatically delete older messages. If you like
going back through old messages, don’t go this route. But do you really
need those conversations after a year? This option is much easier than
manually deleting old threads.
Go to
Settings > Messages. Under
Keep Message, select 30 days or 1 year.
If you’re not sentimental about your texts, give them a time limit. Picture: Kerry Flynn
Source: Huffington Post
You can also adjust how long your video and audio messages are stored. You can set them to expire after two minutes, or never.
6. Use Google+ or Dropbox for storing photos
You
might not want to take all your photos off your phone, and you don’t
have to. But you can save space by having your photo library back up
automatically to a cloud storage system.
We recommend using the
Google+
app because not only does it give you an unlimited amount of storage —
for photos less than 2048 x 2048 pixels (which covers anything you’ll be
taking on your phone) and videos less than 15 minutes long — but it’s
also free.
You can keep your photos online and still have phone access. Picture: Kerry Flynn
Source: Huffington Post
All you have to do is download the Google+ app, create a Google account if you don’t have one already, and select
Auto Back-Up under the app’s
Settings. Be sure to select to have it back up
Over Wi-Fi Only so you aren’t charged for data use. You can also use Dropbox
(instructions here) or Apple’s iCloud.
7. Stop using Photo Stream
Your iPhone’s
Photo Stream automatically
syncs your last 1000 photos across your iOS devices. But that means
it’s storing 1000 photos — about 1 GB — twice. So unless you need to
share your photos from your iPad to your iPhone all the time, turn it
off.
Under
Settings, scroll down to
Photos & Camera and toggle off
My Photo Stream.
You probably don’t need all your photo synched. Picture: Kerry Flynn
Source: Huffington Post
8. Only save HDR photos
If you have your photos
automatically backed up and are deleting them (see Tip 6), that should
no longer be your space hog. But you may have noticed that your phone
can store two images of the same photo. That’s your phone using HDR (
High Dynamic Range). See the difference here:
Life looks better in HDR. Picture: Kerry Flynn
Source: Huffington Post
This will happen if you have HDR on Auto or selected as always
On. The camera setting is best for capturing images in low light or
with shadows. If you choose to
shoot in HDR, then you don’t need to keep the normal photo as well. Go to
Settings > Photo & Camera. Scroll to the bottom and deselect
Keep Normal Photo.
There’s nothing worse than “normal”. Picture: Kerry Flynn
Source: Huffington Post
9. Sign up for a streaming music service
The days of storing all your songs on your device
are over. Download the albums you love, and stream the rest.
If you’re devoted to iTunes, sign up for
iTunes Match.
For $25 per year, you can have every track in your iTunes library
accessible via the cloud. You can download any song or album directly to
your phone by tapping on the cloud icon next to it.
Even downloading is over. CD-fans, catch up. Picture: Kerry Flynn
Source: Huffington Post
Or, if you want to have access to a larger library, consider the music streaming service
Spotify.
10. Explore the “Other” section on iTunes and restore your phone
The
“Other” category, shown in your phone’s storage on iTunes, includes
your email, music and web-browsing data. Sometimes the files can get
corrupted and take up more space than they should. The easiest way to
clear this out is to back up your data and restore your phone on iTunes.
11. PhoneClean
If all of above options do not create sufficient space for you then this step would definitely do.
Search and Install the PhoneClean on your PC and connect your iphone to it. And Run Clean process. This will definately clean 500-1500 MB space on your iphone depends upon different circumstances. PhoneClean is not free but you can easily find its key on internet. So, it would be free for you :-). I used it and got around 1.2GB space free from my Iphone 4S.
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