Free up memory for Windows phone

    Some of the Windows 8 phone users will be facing a problem that a large amount of space will be used by a non-specific category “other” in the Storage sense of your phone. So that the users can’t install many app or update because of low space. It will always show a low storage message.

      But in Windows 8.1 non-specific category “other” will be changed to many number of named storage categories. So the users may not affect any type of low storage issues.

      Go to settings -> phone -> storage -> storage sense to see the “other” non-specific category. This includes all the files which doesn’t belong to known categories like the temporary files of your social network news feeds. Follow the various methods or apps to free up your phone memory.

1. Free up phone memory in Windows 8 (Lumia)

Remove unwanted stuff

• Use Storage Check application to remove the unwanted applications or stuffs from your phone. For that go to settings -> storage check, swipe left to see amount of storage used by Apps, Temporary files and Downloaded Maps.

• Select apps then click uninstall option from the details of each unwanted apps. So that it will get removed an increases your phone memory.

• Click on Temporary files then select option clear the files to remove all files.

• By selecting maps will show all the maps which you are downloaded. Long press on each map will give an option remove it or delete all maps.

Clear browsing history

• Go to settings -> applications -> Internet Explorer -> delete history. This will delete browsing history, cookies, saved passwords and temporary files.

• Go to settings -> applications -> search -> delete history. This will delete all Bing search histories like Bing music, Bing Vision.

• Go to settings -> applications -> Maps -> delete history. This will delete all map searches.

• If you would like to remove any of your old Office documents then, press start to select Office-> locations (places) -> phone. Long press on individual documents then select delete.

• To remove offline mixes from MixRadio, press start to select NokiaRadio -> Offline mixes. Long press on any mix to remove it.

If you’re having a computer then, connect your phone with a compatible USB cable. So that you can view all your stuffs. Right click on it then select cut option if you want to move this to your PC. Go to a location right click to select paste option.

2. Using apps for Windows 8/8.1

By using application it will remove the storage space occupied by a non-specific category “other” and all temporary files in your phone memory. There are various apps which can be used for this purpose such as

• Storage Cleaner

• Shrink Storage

I prefer Storage Cleaner is because Shrink Storage will sometimes get crashed. More over using this try to remove your files manually (Step 1).

3. Reset your Windows phone (Low space for new update)

• Before resetting your Windows phone make sure that you’re having the Backup.

• During resetting process don’t sign in with your Microsoft account.

• Update your phone when process gets completed.

• After update is completed, if you want to restore a backup then reset your phone again.

• During the second time reset sign in with your Windows account and restore it.

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