These Are The Best Storage-Freeing Hacks For Your iPhone, According To Experts
May 26, 2022 by Lisa Cupido
One of the most frustrating iPhone experiences is the one where you’re about to take a photo or video or download an app and a pop-up appears denying you that freedom because you’re nearly fresh out of storage. You need extra storage on your iPhone — and you needed it yesterday. It’s time to, once and for all, figure out how to add back storage to your device — without spending a single dollar to get there. There are several steps you can take to free up storage and all of them require little more than a few minutes of your time (hurray for that). These are the best storage-freeing hacks for your iPhone, according to experts.
Limit how many texts are storedUnless you are emotionally tied to all of your texts, Tanner Arnold, President & CEO of Revelation Machinery, suggests adjusting the setting for where your texts are stored in order to save up space on your device.
“A trip to the settings page allows you to alter the behavior of the app, which by default will save all of your texts indefinitely,” Arnold says. “Choose Messages, Message History, and Keep Messages from the menu that appears under Settings. You have the option here of selecting either 30 Days, 1 Year, or Forever. Change Eternally to either One Month or One Year. If you want to remove earlier messages, a pop-up will ask you if you want to do so; selecting “Yes” will free up more space.”
Delete unused apps and games on your deviceAnother tip? Get rid of apps and games that no longer serve you. “You can delete apps and games you no longer use on your device or if you have a limited amount of storage, but you can also delete them by going to Settings > General > Storage & iCloud Usage and tapping on each app or game individually,” says Michael Jan Baldicana, SEO and Technical Content Specialist with Dream Chasers XYZ.