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It’s super intuitive and allows you to quickly pinpoint apps and files that are literally just wasted space.

The main interface will show you some pretty interesting stuff right out of the gate: Unused apps (if you have any), low-res files, duplicate files, temporary files, downloads, and files that are taking up a lot of space. You’ll need to grant storage permissions and app access when you fire it up, so run through that to jump into the main part of the app. It’s free in the Play Store, so go ahead and give it a download. For this, you’ll need a new app called Files Go from Google.

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RELATED: How to Manage Files and Use the File System on AndroidĪndroid’s built-in tool is helpful for visualizing the space used by different types of data, but not the exact amount of space used by individual folders and files. See Which Folders and Files Are Taking Up the Most Space with Files Go You can see how much space an app is using for those data files and remove the cached data for an individual app by tapping it in the Apps list, accessible by tapping Apps on the storage pane or by tapping Apps on the main Settings screen. In the screenshot below, Google Play Music is only 40.66 MB in size on its own, but it’s storing 2.24 GB of cached music.

Any app that caches data for offline use will function like this. You could clear Spotify’s cache to forcibly remove this all, or launch the Spotify app and tell it to cache less data for offline listening. For example, if you have Spotify installed and you’ve cached lots of music offline, Spotify may be using over 1 GB of space. When dealing with apps, bear in mind that the app itself, its data, and its cache all add up to the total space used by the app. Use the other options to view which files are taking up space and remove the ones you don’t want. Tap downloads to view your downloads list where you can remove files and tap cached data to clear the data of all installed apps. For example, you could tap Apps to see a list of apps using up the most space and remove them.

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Once you’re in the Storage menu in any version of Android below Oreo, just tap an option to see exactly what’s using up space and delete it. Clear that out to save yourself a ton of space. Pay close attention to apps and how much data they’re storing-for example, apps like Google Play Music (or other music streaming apps) can store quite a bit of data as they stream. If that doesn’t clear up enough for you, however, then it’s time to dig through each option manually. Choose what you want to delete, and poof-free space in the house.

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Doing this will basically bring up a list of Downloads on your device, as well as any photos and videos that have already been backed up (this is a simple check option, not a full list), and any “Infrequently used apps” if applicable.

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