The little internal storage space is one of the most frequent problems that occur to you if you have an ANDROID device. For that reason, today we will explain quickly and easily what you should do when you have that warning on your device.
The first thing to know is that if you don’t quickly fix low storage space, your device will start to struggle. Well, you will not be able to download or update your applications and you run the risk that the ones you have will stop working.
However, you should not panic, because below, you will know what you should do if you have little storage space and the tips to avoid having it.
What to do if I have little internal storage space?
If your ANDROID device has already indicated that you have little internal storage space, all you have to do is follow the steps below to clean your device. If you do it to the letter, you can be sure that your device will work great and you can install game or any application you want on it.
- Clear cache data of your apps, you can do it one by one or you can do it globally. To do this, you click on “settings”, “internal storage” and “clear cache data”, in this way you directly clear the cache of all applications.
- Delete the downloads you have, it is normal that when downloading any document it is stored on our device, occupying a significant space. For this reason, we must select the download option and delete all those files that we are not using, or we can save them in Google Drive.
The important thing is this step is that, by saving them to Google Drive, we no longer need to have a backup on our device. Therefore, you can create a backup of those downloads, you can delete it, because you will find them in Google Drive.
- Select the photos and videos that are no longer needed and delete them and if you don’t want to lose them forever, you can make a backup copy. For this you can use applications such as Google Photos and as in the previous step you will not need to have the backup on your device.
Therefore, delete the backup of your device and every time you want to use the photos and videos, go to Google Photos.
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Delete everything that you are no longer using and in case you use it, but very little, you can move it to the external card.
Tips that you should follow so as not to have little internal storage space on your Android
You have already been able to read what you should do if you receive a warning on your device that you have little internal storage space. However, it may happen that, even if you follow these instructions to the letter, later on you will get the same message.
To do this, we will give you some practical tips that, when combined with the previous steps, will help you have more space on your device.
- It uses an external memory of enough GB, remember that generally ANDROID devices have an internal memory of 16 to 32 GB. But, this capacity can be expanded depending on the case up to 128 GB, so you can save applications, photos, video, and games that take up a lot of internal space in it.
- Another important aspect is that when you insert the memory card for the first time, your ANDROID will give you the option to save the photos from the camera to it. This is an excellent option to prevent your device from becoming congested, since photos usually take up a lot of space.
- Use the clouds that we previously named Google Drive and Google Photos, in this way if you lose your device, you will keep your photos and files. Best of all, you won’t take up storage space on your internal memory, since everything is in the cloud.
- Also, you can use apps like Files by Google to keep your device clean and save you the low storage warning.
As you will see, it is very simple, being able to keep that message that scares us so much when our Android tells us that we have little storage. If this information has served you, continue reading the articles of this interesting blog.
