Although the standard on Android is that the base storage at this point is at least 128 GB, if you have an old device like me, it is easy that with time on the one hand and the initial capacity of somewhere else, you end up running out of space on your mobile: applications, photographs, videos… are to blame.
Yes, there can be many practices to save GB of space like simply deleting apps you don’t use and other unnecessary files or freeing up, but when Android storage space is running out, nothing like one of the latest measures put in place by Google: application archiving. I used it with an old phone and good luck: it’s possible to free up up to 60% of space.
This is how I freed up storage space on my phone without deleting anything
With the ability to archive apps to the Google Play Store, it is possible to save a lot of storage space maintain both applications, their data and their settings that we carry, so that we can use them whenever we need them. In addition, we do not need to do it manually, since it is the system itself that archives them automatically.
Keep in mind that app archiving is a disabled option by default, so it is necessary to enable it manually. As? Open the Google Play Store app and tap the profile picture to access settings. Then we enter’General‘ and slide the toggle from ‘Automatically archive applications‘.
Under this option, the explanation: applications that we use little will be archived when you run out of space. So if after reading this article you activate it and you don’t notice anything, the reason is that this tool will only come into action when you run out of storage space. This, yes, it’s worth activating it now so that in the event of a possible update or download, when the time comes, the system can act.
How do I know which applications have been archived? Again we open the Google Play Store and tap again on where the photo is located. And There you go’Manage apps and devices‘ > ‘Manage” and there, in the upper left bar, look for “Archived”, so you can view them and, if necessary, return them to their normal state.
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