To Do (Notes, Reminders, Trello, Evernotes).Social Media (Facebook, Twitter, Linkd in, Pinterest, Instagram).Shopping (Google Express, Amazon, Etsy, Overstock).Music (Pandora, Spotify, iTunes Store, Shazam).Videos (Videos, YouTube, Podcasts, Funimate).Photos (Photos, Camera+, Picasa, Flickr and Photo Editor-).Messages (WhatsApp, Messenger, Google Voice, Skype, LINE, Facetime).These are some of the most commonly used folders. Once you have all of them together, it’s much easier to decide which one goes and which one stays. Often the apps in the same category have overlapping functions. The reason you group your apps into folders is to help you visualize how many apps you have under one category. On iPhone, touch and hold any app on until it jiggles, then drag an app onto another app to create a folder.
Group apps into folders (similar to gathering all items under the same category according to the KonMari method).
#Decluttering your phone free#
You don’t always have to backup twice, but an external hard-drive or an online cloud is a great investment because it allows you to free up space on your desktop so it can operate more efficiently. This is particularly important for really valuable files. When you complete the cleanse, you can then save a new backup and delete the old one.īackup your photos, videos and other files on your desktop and repeat on your external hard-drive or online cloud. So before you start deleting, BACKUP your valuable files like photos and videos.
Everything in the book can be applied to digital items except for one main difference – unlike a physical household item where you can retrieve it from the donation pile if you change your mind last minute once you delete a file on your phone, it’s gone permanently (unless you set up an automatic backup that regularly backs up your files to the cloud). I will show you later how you can set up your phone to minimize this.īefore I embarked on this digital cleanse, I reviewed all the main points in Kondo Marie’s The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing. My Messages app came in second place because it was storing all the message history. Bear in mind that the app itself, its data, and its cache all contribute to the total space used by the app. There you will find a breakdown of all the used memory on your phone. You can check your available storage by going into Settings – General – Usage – Manage Storage on your iPhone or Settings – Storage on your Android. It’s a daunting task, but I figured, if I could clean out my house, I could do anything! I decided to tackle my smart phone first since it’s something I use everyday and it’s always running out of memory storage.ĭecluttering your phone will speed up your phone and help your batteries last longer. After decluttering my entire house according to Kondo Marie’s method, it’s time to apply her philosophy to the digital “stuff” stored in my computer, phone and tablet.
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