Headline : Save Space on Your Phone by Offloading and Archiving Apps

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If you're looking to free up some space on your phone, one of the recommendations often put forward is to uninstall the apps you've not making much use of. You save on the space they're taking up and the bandwidth required to keep them updated, and you stop them from collecting data on you as well.

However, if you're not keen on completely removing your lesser-used apps—just in case you might need them—there is another option. Both Android and iOS enable you to remove a good chunk of the data and files linked to an app, without actually uninstalling it. The app icon and some data stay on your phone. If and when you need it again, the rest of the necessary data gets fetched from the web, and the app is fully restored.

Android calls it archiving apps, and on an iPhone it's called offloading apps. Once you've enabled the feature, you can have everything handled automatically for you—meaning your less commonly used apps aren't taking up a huge amount of room on your device, but are still within easy reach if they're needed.

Starting with Google's mobile operating system, archiving an app "removes its software, permissions, temporary files, and stops notifications, but retains the app icon and data" in Google's words. You can manually choose which apps to archive, or let Android make that decision based on which apps you use the least.

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