Running out of space on your smartphone? Here's how to free up space without deleting apps.

No matter how much storage your phone has, it eventually runs out. If your phone's storage is full, you can free up space without deleting apps.

People often buy phones with more storage than they need, but even that becomes insufficient over time. Once the storage is full, the first thought is to uninstall unused apps. This method works, but sometimes it means deleting a favorite app or game. Now there's a solution for this too. You can free up space on your phone without deleting apps.

This method works on Android smartphones

If you have an Android smartphone, you can free up space without deleting apps. Android 15 and later versions offer an option to archive apps, eliminating the need to delete them while preserving your data and progress.

What are the benefits of archiving an app?

When you archive an app, its code, resources, and temporary files are removed, and only your login information, settings, and app data are stored. Archiving doesn't delete the app; it replaces it with a lightweight archived version. This significantly reduces the space the app occupies, freeing up phone storage. When you restore the app, it downloads the latest version from the Play Store, and you'll get your old settings and progress back. When you use the app again, you won't even notice that you ever archived it. After archiving, the app takes up 50-60 percent less space.

Archiving and restoring are easy

Archiving or restoring any app is very easy. Simply go to your phone's settings and then to Apps. Here you can archive any app you want. After archiving, the app icon will still be visible on your phone, but it will be dimmed, and a cloud icon will appear on it. To restore it, simply tap on the app icon and select the restore option. The app will then be restored.