Some Androids allow you to clear all apps’ caches at once from the Storage section of the Settings app. If this option is available, you’ll see a Cached option here; tapping it will give you the option of clearing all cached data.
Repeat this process to delete all the apps that you don’t want or don’t use. If the app in question is a system app, you may not be able to uninstall it. You can, instead, disable it and reclaim your data space. To disable the app, tap and hold it’s app icon in the App Drawer, then tap Disable. [1] X Research source
Open the Google Play Store and see if you can download the app you want. If you can, you’re done and can skip the rest of this section. If, however, you are still getting the “Insufficient storage” error, try the next step.
Open the Google Play Store and see if you can download the app you want. If you can, you’re done and can skip the rest of this section. If, however, you are still getting the “Insufficient storage” error, try the next step.
You shouldn’t get the message in error again; if you do get the error message, you don’t have enough space (your OS may be using all the free space) on your phone and need to free up space. [2] X Research source youtube. com/watch?v=tiAFZ6Z0WJE
If you don’t have Google Photos set up, that’s a pretty nice cloud service that you could be using if you don’t have the ability to install an external SD card. Once you have it set up and all your photos and videos are backed up, your photos and videos will save in both your phone’s local storage and in the cloud. You can delete them from your phone’s local storage to free up space. [4] X Research source
If you don’t have Google Photos set up, that’s a pretty nice cloud service that you could be using if you don’t have the ability to install an external SD card. Once you have it set up and all your photos and videos are backed up, your photos and videos will save in both your phone’s local storage and in the cloud. You can delete them from your phone’s local storage to free up space. [4] X Research source
You can check your Android’s storage from within the “Storage” section of the Settings app. If your phone has more than 15 megabytes of storage, you may be encountering an error not related to your storage. Most of your storage may be part of your operating system, so it’s not actually available for you to use.
Restarting your phone will reset your system’s RAM. Doing so will both speed up your phone and potentially solve the “insufficient storage available” error if the error is unrelated to your phone’s memory. Some Androids (like the Samsung s22) have a feature that lets you reclaim memory while your phone is powered on. Go to Settings > Battery and device care > Memory > Clean now. [5] X Research source
Restarting your phone will reset your system’s RAM. Doing so will both speed up your phone and potentially solve the “insufficient storage available” error if the error is unrelated to your phone’s memory. Some Androids (like the Samsung s22) have a feature that lets you reclaim memory while your phone is powered on. Go to Settings > Battery and device care > Memory > Clean now. [5] X Research source
If you don’t want to delete certain photos or videos, you can back them up to Google Drive instead. To see how much storage you have as each media type, like videos or audio files, go to Settings > Battery and device care > Storage. Tap each section to see suggestions on how to free up space.
If you do have an SD card but you’re not using it, consider transferring your apps and data over to it. You can do this by tapping an app in the Application Manager and then tapping Move to SD Card.
