People are just realizing there’s an iPhone ‘trick’ that frees up storage

IPHONES have a little-known iMessage feature that can you help you clear up storage space.

You’ve probably experienced the frustration of having your storage fill up on your iPhone.

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And not having enough storage on your iPhone can present problems like not being about to capture photos or videos.

In some cases, you can’t even install the latest iOS software updates, which can put your device at risk.

Thankfully there are options – that don’t cost money – which can help you free up space.

One way includes erasing your SMS and iMessage, which your iPhone keeps forever by default.

While it can be handy to keep your messages forever, they take up a significant amount of space on your device.

To modify this, you can head to your Settings app and then tap on Messages.

Tap the icon, then head to Message History and tap on Keep Messages.

You should see the option to keep messages for one year, 30 days, or forever.

Pick either of the first two options and confirm that you want to erase older messages.

You should now have a lot more free storage on your device.

MORE WAYS TO FREE STORAGE

If you still need more space on your iPhone you can take additional measures.

You can delete old apps that you no longer use to free up a lot of space.

Clearing your browser’s cache can also help remove a lot of data from your device, like cookies.

Another good option is to back up your photos and videos to the cloud.

This is a good move if you have a lot of content on your iPhone but want to remove them without losing them.

And if the worst comes to worst, you can always restore your iPhone to factory settings to free up your storage.