There are high chances that storage is getting used up by duplicate files. Files like images, videos or even audio files created by your phone. So clearing them up will make a small but significant memory space. There are lots of apps that can be used for deleting duplicate files like Files Go, cCleaner or Clean master.

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Google Drive provides a storage space of 15 GB. If you sync your google account and with which it will auto-upload all pictures to google drive. This will definitely save a lot of internal memory. Also, there are many similar services like mega sync, etc.

Best of all if you have an amazon prime subscription you can get free storage space for android via their play store app.

Every app you install has specific data that is stored in your Phone > Android > data/obb. This data may remain even after uninstalling the app, so deleting the unnecessary app data before uninstalling any app may prove helpful. The same goes for cache memory.

In the phone settings section, you can delete the cache memory, as shown above:

Many apps have leftover temp files after uninstalling. The temporary files are mostly internet files, so deleting cache memory or cleaning most files that are with extensions of “.tmp” is recommended. Use the CCleaner app from the android store or Files Go from Google. Both work great.

You can manually clean by using es explorer to get the extra storage space you need.

Do note: Do not delete temp files of apps that you use.

The files of WhatsApp and Facebook take large space for their junk and downloaded files. So taking them out acts like taking out trash from your phone. Having many images and videos makes the phone cluttered and also makes the phone very slow filling valuable storage space with videos you do not watch.

So just delete all the auto-downloaded files and posts.

There are many unnecessary apps or bloatware on your phone which you don’t use but still haven’t got rid of it. Get rid of that and see the difference in performance as well as storage. If saving space is your end goal, then make sure you remove all the unnecessary apps and files you do not require.

There are lots of applications that come in their lite version, which takes less space and consumes less data (FB lite, Uber lite). These apps are tiny in size. They require fewer internet data as well as processing power.

If you want to get the maximum free storage space, then uninstall and replace apps with their lite versions

For, e.g. Facebook app is over a 100mb

But the Facebook lite is only 5mb

You can transfer app data to the SD card, thus freeing more space to install any other app. This method is limited to a few branded devices because the newer phones either don’t support memory cards or do not support the move feature. If your device supports it, then you should definitely try this one out.

In the Phones running Android Nougat or higher have a feature/functionality to use SD card as internal storage. This will clearly solve a lot of problems with internal storage.

Especially if you have a high-speed and large sd card says a 32gb or 64gb card which is class 10 or above.

By using this card, you can free storage space for all your favorite apps and games without any additional costs.

If all the answers given above doesn’t prove as fruitful as you expected, then you can reset your phone to factory settings. Do not forget to take the backup of your device data before proceeding. This method is a last resort and should be used with caution.