Optimizing IPhone X Storage: Tips and Tricks

While iPhones and most technology are developing every day, not all features are keeping up with our needs, such as limited storage space. Whether you use your smartphone for photography, apps, or music, you've likely hit a breaking point once in your life when it comes to storage.

There are many ways to get more storage available on your phone, such as buying a higher spec iPhone with more memory, but this is quite an expensive option. There's nothing worse than the message "no storage available" popping up when you're just about to take a picture.

Your first thought might be that you'll have to delete all your favorite pictures from the holiday you went on, or your favorite songs from your playlist.

You may not know it but there are many other ways to regain some space on your iPhone without deleting the things that are important to you. Being ruthless with deleting files on your iPhone will always help, but there are several tips you can follow before you get to that stage. Here are some suggestions for a quick phone clean up.

The first step is finding out what exactly is taking up the most space. Go to the settings app and click through to storage and iCloud usage. Then go to manage storage, where you should be able to see a list of every app, in order, and just how much space they are taking.

Clicking on a specific app will show you two key pieces of information:
1. The amount of space used by the app
2. The amount of space used by the app’s documents and data.

For example, if you were looking at your photos and camera app, it will tell you how much space the app itself is taking and how much the photos themselves are using.

You should be able to use this information in the storage usage section to guide you through your iPhone. Think about what apps you prioritize and what apps you haven't used recently. For example, if last summer's holiday app is taking up space and you haven't used it in over a month, it probably isn't very important to you, so consider whether you really need it? Remember, if you do delete it, you can download it again whenever you like.

After perusing all the apps, I guarantee there will be at least one app that you forgot was even on your phone and you probably haven't used it since you first downloaded it. So, be brutal and just delete it.

Even if it's an app you've paid for, your details will have been saved, so you can still download it at any time, free of charge.

While photos and videos on your gallery may hold a lot of meaning for you, they do take up far more space than you realize. While you shouldn't delete these forever, it is a good idea to back them up so that they are available to download at any time. You can use Google Photos or iCloud to back up images and videos rather than storing your entire photo and video history on your device. Another great option is to use a Dropbox account linked to your iPhone – this allows you to back up your files directly from your phone, rather than connecting it to a laptop or desktop Mac.
If you don't want to back up your photos and videos somewhere like Dropbox, then I would recommend going through your gallery and deleting photos/videos that may have been duplicated. For example, you may have a photo that has been sent to you multiple times. Photos and videos that you don't need anymore can be deleted, as they all add up, and before you know it, you have deleted 100 photos.

Deleting conversations such as text messages or WhatsApp messages is a very good way to free up your storage. If you have conversations from over two months ago, or if you sent a lot of images in a text, then it will be using up a lot of space. Chances are, you don't need those 100 messages or the photos, either, as they are already in your gallery, so deleting your conversations is a good option.

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