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It\u2019s a bit of a paradox. In a world of cheap, ubiquitous storage, most smartphones don\u2019t have a lot of storage, and what\u2019s available to you can fill up quickly. If you don\u2019t keep a close eye on it, you could find yourself running out of room almost before you know what hit you. Fortunately, there are some quick and easy ways to free up badly needed space for the things you care about most. We\u2019ll hit the high spots just below:<\/p>\n
Photos and Videos<\/strong><\/p>\n For most people, their photo and video collections are the single biggest space stealing culprit. It\u2019s just so easy to shoot a short video clip or snap a photo of something interesting. These days, we do it reflexively. The good news here is that there are lots of great cloud-based options you can use to minimize the number of files you\u2019ve actually got to keep on the phone itself. In fact, Google offers a fantastic service called Google Photos, which allows you to store an unlimited number of pictures on the cloud, free of charge.<\/p>\n Before you move your photos though, you\u2019ll probably want to take the step of going through them to delete duplicates or ones you ultimately don\u2019t want or need. It makes the process of keeping them organized much easier.<\/p>\n Apps<\/strong><\/p>\n Consider doing some \u201cspring cleaning\u201d where your apps are concerned. We\u2019re all guilty of seeing something that looks interesting at first blush, try it for a day or two, and then never actually get around to using it regularly. You\u2019ve probably got a dozen or more of these taking up space on your phone right now. Every few months or so, do a quick audit, see what you\u2019re not actually using and get rid of them. Quick, easy, and it will save you quite a lot of space.<\/p>\n Invest in a Memory Card<\/strong><\/p>\n If you\u2019re dead set on keeping most of what you\u2019ve got, buy a memory card and store as much as you can on that, preserving your phone\u2019s native storage for the things that matter most. This isn\u2019t a perfect solution, because some smartphones don\u2019t have memory card slots, but it might work for you, depending on how much extra storage space you need and what model you have.<\/p>\n The day will probably come when smartphones have more storage than we\u2019ll need, but that day is not yet here. Until it is, these types of tricks are necessary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s a bit of a paradox. In a world of cheap, ubiquitous storage, most smartphones don\u2019t have a lot of storage, and what\u2019s available to you can fill up quickly. If you don\u2019t keep a close eye on it, you could find yourself running out of room almost before you know what hit you. Fortunately, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":24396,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n