Tech Experts Say You Need To Change This Social Media Setting ASAP–It Saves So Much Space On Your iPhone

Using social media apps can be a fantastic distraction, but it can also be a real drain on your iPhone. Not only can they drastically reduce battery power, but they can take up a ton of space on your device. Your best solution may not be to delete Snapchat, Facebook, or Instagram, but you can take steps to reduce the impact these apps have on your device. Tech expert Daniela Sawyer, founder of FindPeopleFast, says you need to change this social media setting ASAP — it can save so much space on your iPhone. 

Most of your favorite social media apps rely on you taking and sharing numerous photos and videos, but storing them forever is the action that will clog up your phone’s storage. You can find out how much space photos and recordings take up on your phone by opening the Settings app > General > Storage & iCloud Usage > Memory management in Breakpoint location settings, according to Sawyer.

Another strategy to prevent the Camera app from consuming extra space is to disable the setting that causes copied photos to remain on your iPhone in HDR, Sawyer notes. “Unsurprisingly, your iPhone settings are set to ‘Keep Photos Normal’ in the HDR area, and this allows you to reliably save discovered photos regardless of the HDR structure,” Sawyer says. “Turning this off will essentially preserve the HDR type of the photo. You can change this setting by going to the Settings app > Photos & Camera > Scroll down to the stand that says HDR (High Dynamic Range).”