How to Create More Space on Both Android and iPhone

 Many of us run out of space because of all the pictures and movies we take. It frequently occurs at inconvenient times, such as during a baby's first steps, a celebrity sighting, or amusing pet antics. Follow these easy instructions to ensure you always have space for the next crucial shot.

1. Cloud-based intelligent phone backup

If you want to save all your media files or don't have the time or patience to sort through old images and videos, back them up to a cloud storage service and delete the ones you don't need locally on your phone. You can decide to have your images automatically backed up whenever you have access to WiFi using cloud storage services like Dropbox. so you can have a copy in high resolution.

The process is automatic if you have the iCloud automated backup service enabled and use an iPhone.

• Launch Settings.
• Choosing "Apple ID."
• Choose "iCloud." All the apps you want to backup to iCloud should be toggled on. Select "Photos" and turn on "iCloud Photos" to backup your images and videos. However, once you activate iCloud Photos, every action you perform on your smartphone will be transferred to iCloud. Therefore, deleting a photo or video also deletes it from your iCloud backup. We advise performing a local backup of your phone as described below if you wish to delete images from it.
• The "iCloud Backup" option.
• Turn "iCloud Backup" on. You can view the most recent iCloud backup if you already have it enabled. Go to Settings > Apple ID > iCloud and choose "Manage Storage" if you're running low on iCloud storage. You can select "Backups" there. To free up space, erase any outdated phone backups you don't need. For your iPhone, you should always have one backup.

Go to Settings > Apple ID > iCloud > Images and turn on iCloud Photos if you decide to back up your photos and videos. Then decide on iPhone Storage Optimization. Your images are in iCloud at full resolution and in a lesser solution on your phone. To avoid exceeding your data plan while traveling and having a restricted data plan, go to Settings > Photos > Cellular Data and turn "Cellular Data" off.

You may automatically back up your Android device to Google One.

• Launch Settings.
• Choose "Google." Scroll down and ensure "Back up using mobile or metered WiFi data" is toggled off if you're worried about mobile usage.
• Select "Backup." A list of the objects that were backed up, if any, will be provided if you have already backed up your phone. Continue to the next step if everything is backed up or if this is your first time backup to Google. Open the Google One app and choose "Storage" if you don't see everything being backed up. 
• Select "View details" next. The data you want to backup can now be chosen by selecting "Manage backup."

Consider Google Photographs (for iOS and Android), which can be used to automatically back up photos and videos via WiFi for users of Android and iPhone devices. Make sure you choose Original as the image quality if you want to save photos in their entirety. Select Original under Settings > Back up & Sync > Upload size. The Free Up Space tool in Google Photos also lets you delete pictures you've already backed up to the cloud. You must also remove them from the Photos app for iPhones (the Apple Photos app). To do so, open the Photos app, choose "Recently Deleted," and remove the items.

2. Local backups of your phone

Back up your information to your computer to avoid cloud storage fees and restrictions. Of course, the drawback is that you can only do this if you have a wired or wireless connection to your computer.

You may recover your iPhone by using the Finder application if you have an iPhone and a Mac running macOS 10.15 or later. After starting the Finder program, go to General > Back up all the data on your iPhone to this Mac. Then, by selecting "Encrypt local backup," you can decide whether to password-protect your backup data. 

(You can use iTunes for macOS versions older than this. Here are Apple's guidelines to follow.) Check out our detailed instructions on downloading iPhone photographs to a computer if you're only interested in backing up your photos and movies to your computer. You can transfer files with AirDrop without using a USB cable to connect your phone to your PC. iTunes for Windows is available if you use a Windows computer. Open iTunes, pick "Summary," click "Back Up Now," then click the Device button in the top menu bar.

If you have an Android device, connect it to your computer using a USB cord. Since your laptop should identify your phone as a mass storage or media storage device, you should be able to drag and drop your photographs, videos, and other material from your smartphone to the folder on your desktop computer. Install the free Android. If your Mac has file transfer software, you can drag and drop files onto it from there.

3. Get rid of pictures, videos, and other big files.

While having access to photographs and videos in your messaging app is excellent, you frequently don't need to store them for very long. It is easy to find and delete these obsolete files.

Go to Settings > General > iPhone Storage > Messages on an iPhone. You can remove any attachments you've sent or received from the "Photos," "Videos," "GIFs and Stickers," and "Other" folders located there. Go to the Files app and choose "On My iPhone" for other files. You'll find folders for each app that saves files to the Files app in the "On My iPhone" folder. Search the folders' contents for huge files. Each file's size is displayed beneath its name. By holding down the file name until a menu appears and choosing "Delete," you can delete any unnecessary files.

Open the My Files app on Android (also called File Manager). A folder labeled "Executable files" will be visible. You can access all of the downloaded files by opening the folder. Selecting files to remove requires pressing and holding a file name.

4. Remove any programs you no longer use.

While photographs and videos typically take up the most capacity, programs, especially games, can also do so. Remove any programs you don't use frequently.

Go to Settings > General > iPhone Storage on the iPhone. You'll see a list of applications arranged according to how much storage they consume. You have the choice to delete or unload an app after choosing it. Offloading an app will delete the app from your device but leave the data intact in case you ever decide to reload it. Additionally, you have the option to offload any apps that you haven't used recently automatically. "Offload Unused Apps" can be enabled by going to Settings > App Store.

Navigate to Google Play Store > Profile icon > Manage applications & devices > Use a Smartphone or tablet to manage. You'll find a storage usage indicator next to each application's name. Tap the app's name and then "Uninstall" to remove it.

5. Record videos at a lower resolution

Many of today's high-end smartphones can record videos with an 8K resolution. These high-resolution videos are sharper and contain greater detail when viewed on a 4K or 8K enabled TV or monitor. However, videos with greater resolutions require much more storage space than HD ones. If you don't need 8K or 4K videos, set your camera to snap photographs at a lower resolution to save storage.