How do I free up memory on my phone?

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If you are using an old smartphone or even a new one, but from the budget price segment, then you can easily run into a lack of internal memory. Here's what you can do to fix this problem.

1. Remove unnecessary applications. Surely there are programs in the memory of your smartphone that you practically do not use.
2. Clear app data (cache). Programs can "eat" absolutely all the memory of a smartphone. After all, they, for example, know how to save media files from chats so that you have access to them even offline.
3. Move photos to the cloud. They can also take up a lot of space. Lifehacker has selection best cloud services.
4. Use a trash cleaner app. For example, Google Files for Android. Its main advantages are smart search and neat removal of unnecessary files. It can be old data from other programs, empty folders, temporary files, duplicates, or something that you haven't used for a long time. There are such applications for IOS: PhoneClean, PhoneExpander, iFunBox, iMazing.
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5. Transfer files to your memory card. On it, you can drop not only video files or music, but also heavy applications. In this case, the card can work as part of internal storage.

You can read more about clearing the memory of an Android smartphone in this article Life hacker. And here article with tips for IOS.