3 Quick Tips Apple Experts Swear By For More iCloud Storage

Is there any iPhone user who wouldn’t benefit from more storage space? Probably not. Storage space is usually in high demand and it can be costly to actually buy more of it — that’s why it’s so important to learn how to maintain our devices so that so we aren’t doing things that hog up precious storage and are occasionally cleaning up our phones when we can. A lack of storage space will result in an inability to use your phone efficiently — something you already know well if you’ve ever tried to snap a photo or video and been confronted with pop-up that alerts you to a lack of storage. Here are three quick tips Apple experts swear by for more iCloud storage — with a few additional suggestions for good measure (because you can never have too much storage space).

Emails on your phone are complete storage hogs, according to Michael Jan Baldicana, SEO and technical content specialist with Dream Chasers. “You may want to switch over to Gmail, or at least delete some of those old emails, so they don’t take up any space on your phone or tablet,” Baldicana says.

Most iCloud storage tips start and end with ways you can adjust your photo storage settings. There’s a reason for that: they take up a lot of space and many users forget to delete old photos and videos so they just sit on your device. One solution is to reduce photo size. “You can reduce the size of photos from full resolution to high or medium quality, which will help you save space on your device and in your iCloud account,” Baldicana says.

If you have an iPhone, then you can delete apps on your device to get more iCloud storage, Baldicana suggests. “For example, if you don’t use the Camera app anymore then you should delete it,” he says. Do the same with old messages that are taking up space to further increase your storage capabilities.

After removing the files from your Drive, you must clear your Trash folder, says Tech Expert Kevin Wang, co-Founder of Inyouths LED Mirrors. “Select the files you wish to remove permanently, right-click on them, and then click Delete permanently,” Wong says. “Until a file is permanently removed from your Drive, it will continue to consume space.”