Learn how to view free space and free up storage on the Samsung Galaxy J7.
Aug 31, 2020 Next, select “Storage” in the “Settings” menu. On a Samsung Galaxy phone, you will need to tap “Device Care” first to get to the “Storage” option. Toward the top of the screen, you will see how much storage you have used, and how much is available. Underneath, there’s a list of storage categories. In fact, if you want to remove all cache files, jump back into Storage details, then tap the “Cached data” section. As you can see in the screenshot below, my device still has 496MB of cached files. When you tap on “Cached data,” a popup will appear letting you know that this will clear all cached data for all apps. Samsung Phone: Optimise, Clean storage and Memory Last Update date: Apr 12. 2021 Samsung Device Care (or Battery and device care) lets you boost your device performance as well as clear up some storage space on your device. When your Samsung Galaxy runs low on memory or starts behaving strangely, you should clear the phone's cache. The cache is filled with temporary data that's used by apps. This cache can help apps.
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Adjust storage settings
Messaging
Set text and multimedia message limits to delete messages automatically. The default is 200 text and 20 picture messages. You may use this setting to start with, and decrease it if you continue to have problems.
- From any Home screen, tap Messaging.
- Tap the More or Menu icon.
- Tap Settings.
- Tap More settings.
- Tap Delete old messages.
- Slide the Delete old messages Switch right to the ON position.
Gmail
Change Gmail synchronization setting to every three days
- From any Home screen, tap the Apps icon.
- Tap Gmail.
- Tap the Menu key and then tap Settings.
- Tap your email address.
- Tap Days of mail to sync.
- Swipe down until 3 is selected.
- Tap OK.
Clear storage regularly
It must be over 150 MB for your device. The Android system cannot work properly if the internal device storage is below 150 MB. If under 150 MB, use the following tips to clear more storage:
- Delete unnecessary text messages (SMS) and picture messages (MMS)
- Transfer pictures and media to a computer to remove them from the phone memory
- Clear the browser cache, cookies, or history
- Clear Facebook app cache
- Manage applications. See section below
- Delete the call logs
Manage applications
Android 7.1
- From any Home screen, tap the App tray.
- Tap Settings.
- Tap Apps.
- Tap the desired application in the default list or tap Menu icon > Show system apps to display preinstalled apps.
- Tap Uninstall and then tap OK.
Android 6.0
- From any Home screen, tap the App tray.
- Tap Settings.
- Tap Applications then tap Application manager.
- Tap the desired application in the default list or tap MORE > Show system apps to display preinstalled apps.
- Tap Uninstall and then tap OK.
View free storage space
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Android 7.1
- From any Home screen, tap the Apps icon.
- Tap Settings > Device maintenance.
- Tap Storage.
- View the Available space value.
Android 6.0
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- From any Home screen, tap the Apps icon.
- Tap Settings.
- Tap Storage.
- View the Available space value.