Apple only offers 5 GB of free storage space on iCloud. Therefore, you have to be very smart when using your iPhone storage space. If you don’t use your storage space wisely, you will have to start erasing apps and files from your device. But there are at least three efficient tips to save storage space on your iPhone.
In this article you will find the 3 most useful methods to save storage space. If you check them regularly you will make the most out of your own iPhone storage capabilities. The best of all is that you can perform these actions very easily.
Check WhatsApp and Telegram to save iPhone storage space
It doesn’t matter which messaging app you use the most. You need to know that both of them use a lot of storage space. When you compare the data storage consumption of your apps, they will surely appear as the most demanding.In order to check the apps that use storage space you need to follow this route:
- Settings –> General –> iPhone storage.
In WhatsApp you should always disable automatic download for photos and videos that go to Apple Phothos. You can disable this feature directly from the settings of WhatsApp in the Chats section. Go to the storage management section from Storage and data – Storage management and you will see the amount of space you’re using. You can also eliminate the bigger files quickly to free space.
In Telegram it’s even easier. You can initially set the maximum of storage space you want to allocate for the app. It works for cache memory as well as photos, videos and other files you download on the app.
Go to Settings –> Storage and data –> Storage use. From here you can set the maximum data levels.
Erase cache from apps
Not every app is as easy to clean as Telegram. In iPhone you can’t easily erase the apps cache memory as you can do in Android. That’s why you should erase apps that don’t include cache memory management
First of all you should check which apps are the heaviest ones. Then you can uninstall them completely. Go to Settings – General – iPhone storage. Choose the app you want to eliminate and confirm the order. You will immediately erase all the unsaved data. Then you should install it again and start over. It’s the most effective way to erase cache memory for apps you use for a long time. It can be tedious, but it works. If the app is synched with iCloud you won’t lose any important information.
Eliminate duplicated videos and photos
In WhatsApp and Telegram you can easily spot the culprits of iPhone storage space consumption: photos and videos. The iPhone gallery is similar because you tend to have duplicated content for multiple shootings of the camera.
If you eliminate duplicated and similar content you can save a lot of GB and the Photos app has a feature for this. You can find the duplicated content eraser in the More items section of the menu.
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