The 2 Apps That Are Taking Up Way More Storage Than You Realize—We’re Removing Them Right Away!

1. Spotify

Spotify is one of our favorite apps for enjoying music and podcasts. As you can imagine though, all of the media files that it stores quickly clog your storage space. Storing data locally is a number one storage consumer, and Spotify keeps downloaded podcasts and albums stored on your device until you delete them.

The key words here are “delete them.” We would never suggest getting rid of your Spotify app because it’s simply too useful and fun to have on your device. But periodically going through your Spotify files and deleting old songs, podcasts, and playlists via Settings > Storage is the way to go.

2. Instagram

You aren’t alone in loving Instagram for its video and image content. But every time you post on IG, the app saves your images and videos and all of that stored data adds up fast. Deleting the Instagram app is the only surefire way to make a significant improvement in your storage capabilities, but that’s a difficult habit to break. You can make an instant difference in your storage by heading to Settings > General > iPhone Storage > Instagram and offloading the app. This will remove the app, but retain your data so that you can return to it any time you’d like.