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10 Ways to Overcome Low Storage Space on Android Samsung, Xiaomi

10 Ways to Overcome Low Storage Space on Android Samsung, Xiaomi, Lenovo, Oppo, Etc

The problem that is most often experienced by Android users is the frequent notification that the internal storage is full or the storage space is running low. This notification often appears, for example, when you want to install a new application from the Playstore, save a file from Google or even when you are taking a photo using your cellphone. Of course getting these notifications is an annoying thing because you can’t install new applications, or save files that you need even just to take one picture.

So, for those of you who are confused about how to deal with running out of storage space or how to overcome a full internal storage, mixotekno has some tips that you can do so you can free your android smartphone from this problem. But before going into the discussion on how to deal with running out of storage space, you need to know first what are the main causes of the internal memory of your Android smartphone getting full quickly as follows:

  • Too many applications are installed on the smartphone.
  • Too many cache files that come from browsing, gaming and from applications on smartphones.
  • Too many save video files, mp3 songs, images and other files.
  • Internal Memory is too small (HP Low Spec)

So, after knowing what causes the internal memory problem to fill up quickly, here are some tips and how to solve it.

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Tricks & Ways to Overcome Low Storage Space on Android

Trick 1: Delete Cache Files Manually

A cache file is a temporary file that is generated from various activities carried out on your smartphone. The point is to save some system data on the application so that if you access the application several times, the application access speed will be faster than when opening the application for the first time. Imagine how many applications you use? Or how many sites do you visit and result in cache files that accumulate on the system?

So, don’t hesitate! As soon as you can, you have to manually delete the cache to give space back to your Android’s internal storage.

  1. Enter menu Settings / Settings >> Apps (Applications) on your Android phone
  2. Then select the application that you often use, for example the Whatsapp, Instagram, Facebook, Chrome, Games and so on.
  3. After that select “Clear Data / Clear Data”.
  4. A notification will appear “Delete Apps Data?” Select OK.

Clearing the cache will not delete the data in your application, so there is no need to worry. Do this cache file cleaning regularly as a way to deal with low storage space.

Trick 2: Delete SMS Message Files or Messages in Chat Applications

The files that occupy the most Android internal storage space besides of course photo and music files are message files. It’s trivial, but do you realize how many messages/chats you receive from SMS or chat applications like Whatsapp, LINE, FB messenger, etc.? In this trick, we don’t tell you to delete all existing chats/messages because there must be some chats/messages that are important to you. So, do the following tips to delete sms/chat files:

  • Remove spam SMS, SMS like OTP etc. Now not many people use SMS, usually SMS that come in not far from spam SMS, fraudulent SMS, online loan SMS, etc. which would not hurt to be deleted.
  • Delete group chats in the whatsapp/LINE application. Because group chats take up the most of your Android’s online storage space.
  • Select some less important WhatsApp/LINE chats and delete them.

Trick 3: Don’t Activate & Immediately Turn Off Auto-Save Images in Chatting Applications

Well this is sometimes forgotten for some android users. Unknowingly, the auto-save media feature in chat applications like whatsapp & line makes your cellphone memory full quickly and makes your internet quota run out quickly, of course. So it would be nice to turn off the auto-save media feature, especially in group chats in the following way:

  1. Tap on the chat group profile or private chat room on your whatsapp buddy.
  2. On the menu Save To Camera Roll select never.

Trick 4: Set Storage of Camera Shots to SD Card

Every single photo shot from your smartphone camera has a size of 3-5 MB depending on the camera specifications, the better the camera specs, the larger the photo file size will be. So, make sure that the file storage of camera shots on your Android is set to the SD card in the following way:

  1. First open the application”Camera” on your smartphone buddy.
  2. Tap on “Gear Icon/Icon Settings“.
  3. Then look for the menu “Storage Location select/change to SD Card“.
  4. Finished.

Trick 5: Move Photo, Music and Video Files in Internal Memory to SD Card

Who knows, there are some image files, music, videos, photos and other files that are still stored on the internal memory after you set the storage to the SD card. So, make sure to move the photo, image, music and video files that are on the internal memory to an external one in the following way.

  1. Open the app”File Manager“Then select Internal Storage.
  2. Choose several folders that allegedly still store photos, music and videos such as camera, gallery, music, download, DCIM, etc. folders.
  3. If you find files that can be moved, tap on the file then select the option “Move (move)” or “Copy (copy)“.
  4. Navigate “Paste” to the storage folder on the sd card.

Trick 6: Delete Rarely Used & Unneeded Apps

Not all applications installed on your Android are often used, right? Maybe you first installed it because the application was hype, or there was a default application that was installed when you first bought a new cellphone. Sort the applications that you rarely use and don’t really need, then delete the application by:

  1. Open menu “Settings / Settings”.
  2. Then select “Settings > Application Management“ and choose which apps you want to delete.
  3. After that tap “UninstallWait until the process is complete.

Trick 7 : Use Memory Cleaner Application Help

The memory cleaner application is very useful for detecting the presence of junk files stored on your android system which can be deleted to give more space in the android internal memory. Indeed, most of the latest Android releases are equipped with storage/memory detection features, but for those of you who use old school Android, you can install a memory cleaning application to help you. Some well-known applications include CC Cleaner, clean master, Du battery saver, and many other applications.

Trick 8: Clear Offline Data On Some Apps

Now several online applications provide offline features that are intended so that users can still enjoy the content in the application offline or when they do not have access to the internet. Examples of some of the applications we mean are Youtube, Joox, Spotify, etc. These offline files are stored in your internal memory and fill the space. So it is wiser to delete those files to free up some space in the internal storage.

Trick 9 : Enlarge External Storage Space

Choose an SD Card with a size of 16GB and above as a ‘support’ storage space on your Android. Technology is getting more advanced, automatically the quality of the files produced from the latest smartphones will also get bigger. Buddy also really need to have an SD Card with a large space.

Trick 10: Change Your Android To An Android With Higher Specifications

These tips are the last tips intended for mixo friends who use low spec android aka old school android. Why did we include these tips? Because once again we emphasize, technology is getting more sophisticated, applications on Android will also continue to make updates and of course these updates will increase the application file size. So if there is an excess of sustenance, replace your smartphone with a smartphone with a higher specification.

So, those were tips & tricks and how to deal with running out of storage space. Hopefully this article is useful for my friend mixotekno who reads it.