We’ve probably all been guilty of an overly stuffed cell phone at some point or another. Hell, some of us are probably still guilty of having so much junk on our phones that we’ve forgotten why we saved half the things we saved. Dude, I get it; I’ve done it all before. And that’s pretty much how I got inspired to create this blog post. I had so much crap on my phone that I sometimes had a hard time trying to find that picture I took last weekend, or that really inspirational quote I saved on my phone. Well, you get the idea. So here are some really easy ways that you can get rid of all that phone clutter literally with your eyes closed.
1. Delete the repeats from your camera roll.
I absolutely love taking a ton of pictures of every plate of food I eat, fuzzy animals behind bushes, and New York City sunsets just as much as the next person, but there’s no need to have 10 pictures of the same slice of cake on your phone. I like to save my pictures to my computer (even all five angles of the same one) so that I can delete all those repeats from my camera roll. I do still like to keep just one angle of that pie or just one shot of my nail art just to show people.
2. Delete badly taken pictures.
You’re probably not going to post it on Instagram or use it in a portfolio — it may pretty much never get to see the light of day, so you might as well get rid of it. All it’ll do is take up space on your phone and clutter all your nice pictures. I’m super guilty of this — I have so many photos that I’ve taken impulsively or at the very last minute and they’re just not my best work at all.
3. Get rid of apps you don’t use or don’t like.
Sometimes I download games that I’m so addicted to for like three months straight, but then at some point I lose interest or forget to play it again, and it just sits there on my phone. Believe me, it was so difficult for me to delete Dragon Story (yes, Dragon Story) once and for all. I’d be saying goodbye to the big, bad dragons I had been raising for months, and the habitats I had created. But I hadn’t touched the game in almost a year, so it was time to say see ya. I also really didn’t want to delete Flappy Bird or Candy Crush, or Temple Run, but I’m so glad I did because they were all just taking up space.
3. Delete old to-do lists from your notes.
I’m in absolute love with to-do lists and will write one on literally anything I can get my hands on. I even do grocery lists too! I have found to-do lists from January that I saved as notes on my phone! There’s really just no point to keeping these notes stored on your phone anymore.
4. Delete text messages from more than two months ago.
Oh man, don’t even get me started on the number of text messages I had sitting on my phone from 2015!
See what I mean? These can easily be deleted, and they should be. Oh, and while we’re talking about messages, delete those texts that you get from companies and things offering you something that you probably don’t want.
5. Try to de-clutter your phone every couple of months.
This is another super simple way to keep your phone de-cluttered. I’m going to try to clean things up every three months because it’ll be less overwhelming than building everything up from the beginning of time!
Ah, now doesn’t that feel better? Doesn’t your phone feel squeaky clean? Good as new, ain’t it? Well, not exactly, but it still feels like a weight has been lifted from your spirits when you clean out your phone!
What are your tips for de-cluttering your phone?
