During normal use of your smartphone, you often have to clean it of unnecessary information. But few people realize that cleaning only partially takes place if you use the standard capabilities of the device. This article will provide examples of how to completely clean your phone from unwanted debris that can slow down the system.
There are several ways to solve this problem and all will require additional software installation. It should be understood that when working with such utilities, all data will be deleted irrevocably and it will be impossible to restore them. So it's best to think about deleting files a few times and decide if they are important to you. Alternatively, I recommend backing up all your data and then reloading it from the cloud after cleaning your phone.
Method 1: cleaning using an app on your phone
There are quite a few programs for deleting files, but it is important to find the one that will actually work. One of these is Andro shredder , it will easily clean your smartphone.
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At first glance, the program may seem very simple, and it is. It is intended solely for working with files, without requiring you to have any programming knowledge. The algorithm of actions will be given below:
- Download and install the application to your phone. Give him all the necessary permissions.
- We launch it and on the start screen at the top we see 5 buttons, we need to click on the one where it says 'Clear' to delete unnecessary files.
- After that, you should select the directory in which the cleaning will be carried out: the internal storage of the phone or a memory card.
- When you have decided on the location, you will be given a choice of cleaning algorithm. For inexperienced users, it is best to leave everything at the default, namely 'Quick Delete' (Intensity: 1 pass). For those who have been using smartphones for a long time, you can consider other options presented. The advantage of the default choice will be the speed and relative quality of the work done.
- To start cleaning, select the required storage.
- Further, all operations to clear your memory will be carried out by the application itself in the background. It is recommended that you do not take any action until the uninstallation process is complete. A notification will inform you about the successful completion of the procedure.
You should not get hung up on one application, because there are many more analogs that can cope with their work better or worse than this program. Now let's clean the smartphone using a computer.
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Method 2: cleaning through a computer
The program that will be discussed in this section is designed to delete unnecessary files on your computer. Also, its functionality includes cleaning smartphones, with which it copes no worse than the main task.
To clean the system on a smartphone, you should use a program called ccleaner. This application has a mobile analogue for Android, but it lacks the function of clearing memory from deleted applications (overwriting memory sectors). Therefore, we are using the PC version.
- We connect the smartphone to the PC via a cable and select the “File Transfer” option so that the device is recognized as a removable disk in My Computer.
- Launch the CCLeaner application on your PC and select “Erase Disks”. Gutmann's method (35 passes), select the removable media and press the “Erase” button.
- All data will be permanently deleted.
These methods will help you get rid of unnecessary files that pollute the system on your smartphone, thereby slowing down its operation. It should be noted that it is better to carefully monitor which file is being deleted, because this procedure does not have the opposite effect and the deleted data will be impossible to return.