Your phone has a hidden feature to free up space by automatically ditching the apps you're not using — here's how it works on Android and iOS
The storage space on your phone can quickly fill up, what with movies, music, photos, videos, games, and apps to consider, and you don't want your handset to get close to running out of room — what if you need to download some movies for a flight or record a moment with the kids and there's not enough space on your phone for it?
Among the many tricks you can turn to to free up some space on your device, one of the lesser-known options is reducing the room taken up by apps you're not really using any more. You can do it on any phone model: Android calls it archiving, and iOS calls it offloading, but the process works in a similar way.
This isn't uninstalling apps (which is also an option for freeing up space): it's stripping them down to the bare bones. It works best for those...
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