How to free up storage space on your Android phone - Android Police

Simply installing all your favorite apps and getting set up can get you well over the halfway mark on such a phone, and as app cache, media, and photos and videos begin to build up, you can quickly find yourself running out of space.

In this guide, we'll go over the best ways to get more storage on Android without resorting to the sketchy 'Cleaner' apps that dominate the Play Store!

Google Photos is the tool built into Android for backing up your photos and videos to the cloud.

There are a million cleaner-style apps for Android, but the best one for cleaning leftover files from apps and games is probably Files by Google.

It's honestly one of the best storage cleanup apps on the Play Store, and because it's from Google, you know it's trustworthy and won't do anything weird to your phone.

You can download Files by Google from the Play Store below.

Many Android phones (the main exception being Google's Pixel line) have a microSD card slot, which can be used to store photos, videos, apps, and other data.

If your phone is running a recent version of Android, you can use a feature called Adoptable Storage to turn the SD card into an extension of the phone's internal storage, so you don't have to manually move apps and data to the SD card (Android handles it for you)?

If you don't like any of the above options, services like Dropbox or Google Drive can be a great way to maintain access to your files and data without having to delete them