How to free up space on your Galaxy phone or tablet?

Last Update date : 2023-04-02

It's quite likely that you'll use up a lot of memory or storage space on your Galaxy smartphone over time. Fortunately, there are a few methods to free up memory on your smartphone, giving you extra space for crucial documents and priceless pictures. Your device's efficiency can be increased by deleting unnecessary apps, movies, or downloads, freeing up space for all of your upcoming data.

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You may remove temporary data that can make your apps perform more smoothly by clearing the cache for each individual program. Moreover, you may wipe an app's data to restore it to factory settings.

Clear an app’s cache:

1 Navigate to and open Settings, and then swipe to and tap Apps.
2 Search for and select the app you would like to clear.
3 Tap Storage, and then tap Clear cache.

Delete an app's data

1 Open Settings, then slide to and select Applications.
2 Look for and pick the program you want to uninstall.
3 Choose Storage, then select Clean data.
4 To confirm, tap Delete on the pop-up.

You may free up space on your smartphone by deleting unwanted photos, movies, music files, and other data. You'll then have extra space for more stuff! To improve the responsiveness of your apps, you may also clean out the RAM on your smartphone.

Clean your storage

1 Open Settings, then select Battery and device care from the menu.
2 After selecting Storage, select the file type you want, such as Photos, Videos, Audio files, Documents, etc.
3 To choose a file, touch and hold it. To select all of your files, hit All at the top of the screen.
4 Tap Delete or Delete all, and then tap Move to Trash to confirm.

Clean your memory

1 Open Settings, then select Battery and device care from the menu.
2 To release memory and prevent background programs from slowing down your smartphone, choose Memory, then select Clear immediately.
3 If you want to keep specific applications running, go to Excluded apps and then Add (the plus symbol) to pick your apps.

You can move the storage you want to save onto an SD card rather than wiping your device's memory or data. After that, you may replace your SD card with a new one. If you need to utilize your SD card for another purpose in the future, you may also erase files from it.

Transfer files to an SD card

1 Insert your microSD card, then find and launch the My Files app.
2 Locate the files you want to transfer, then tap and hold each one (s).
3 Next, select Move from the screen's bottom menu. Go back to the My Files Home page.
4 Go to the folder where you want to save the files by tapping SD card and then doing so.
5 To put the files on the SD card, tap Move here.

Transfer apps to an SD card

1 Open Settings, then choose Apps from the menu.
2 Next choose Storage after selecting the program you wish to migrate. It should be noted that many apps cannot be transferred to an SD card.
3 This app cannot be relocated if Change does not show up.
4 After selecting SD card, click Move.

If you need to finish the relocation, do so by according to the on-screen directions.

Delete files from an SD card

1 Navigate to and open the My Files app, and then tap SD card.
2 Then, tap and hold the file you want to choose to choose it. To choose all of your files, press All at the top of the screen.
3 Choose Delete or Delete All, and then select Move to Trash to finish.

You may use Samsung Cloud to backup and sync your device's data, as well as remove unwanted items from your Samsung Cloud account. You can, for example, delete a complete backup or particular categories.

Step 1. Go to and open Settings, and then, at the top, touch your Samsung account.

Step 2. Swipe to and touch Restore data, then tap Samsung Cloud.

Step 3. Tap the device containing the backups you want to remove.

Step 4. Next, select More choices (three vertical dots), and finally, hit Delete backups. Choose which file types you want to remove, such as Contacts, Clock, and so on.

Step 5. Tap All at the top to remove the full backup.

Step 6. After you're finished, hit Delete, then Delete again to confirm. Once finished, tap Done.

App deletion or uninstallation may free up a lot of space on your device. Some applications cannot be removed, although they can be deactivated.

  • Go to the program you want to delete or disable, then tap and hold its icon.
  • Tap Uninstall to uninstall the program, and then Ok on the confirmation pop-up.
  • Or, you may select Disable instead. To confirm, tap Disable on the pop-up.

 

If you're worried about third-party applications on your phone, you can simply identify and uninstall them by utilizing Safe Mode on your phone or tablet.

With the My Files app, you may simply erase downloaded files from your smartphone. You may also utilize the Device care options from the Settings menu.

1. Go to and launch the My Files application. Tap Downloads under Categories.

2. Then, choose your preferred file by touching and holding it. You may also choose all of your files by tapping All at the top of the page.

3. Hit Delete or Delete All, and then confirm by tapping Move to Trash.

4. Other file kinds, including as photos, movies, installation files, and system files, can be deleted using the My Files app or the Device care choices.

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