Clear Memory: iPhone - how to make room

Pictures, videos, and apps quickly take up all the memory on your iPhone. Once the memory is full, not only can it affect performance, but new content and apps can no longer be saved. To get the smartphone working properly again, you need to clear the memory.

How to free up memory on your iPhone

Unlike other smartphones, the iPhone's memory cannot be expanded using a memory card. This is deliberately done by Apple to encourage iPhone users to use iCloud. Accordingly, you cannot avoid cleaning out when the storage space is running low. In the settings of your iPhone, you will find a memory overview and learn which apps and data occupy how much space.

• Unused apps are real memory blockers and should be uninstalled. All apps purchased and downloaded from the App Store are not completely lost, but can always be downloaded again via the Store app.
• Pictures and videos often also occupy a not insignificant amount of memory. Therefore, remove photos and videos that you no longer need.
• Also, regularly clear chat histories and the browser cache, because here, too, quickly accumulate amounts of data.

Source data to the iCloud - what you need to know

Apple also offers you the option to outsource apps, data and media content to the iCloud. The free storage space of iCloud is thereby limited to 5 gigabytes and can be expanded up to 2 terabytes with one of the paid storage plans if required.