how to see which apps are taking up the most space

Open the Start menu and select Settings > Apps > Apps & features. Open Apps & features settings. Search for a specific app or sort them by size to see which ones are taking up the most space.

1. How do I find out which apps take up the most space?
2. How can I tell what apps are taking up space on my PC?
3. How do you see what's taking up space?
4. What is taking up all my storage?
5. How do I free up space without deleting apps?
6. Why is my storage full after deleting everything?
7. What should I delete when my phone storage is full?
8. Why is C drive filling up?
9. How do you free up RAM?
10. Where did all my storage go?
11. Is it OK to clear data?
12. What does Clear Cache mean?
13. Will clearing cache delete pictures?

How do I find out which apps take up the most space?

Use Android's “Free up space” tool

Go to your phone's settings, and select “Storage.” Among other things, you'll see information on how much space is in use, a link to a tool called “Smart Storage” (more on that later), and a list of app categories.

How can I tell what apps are taking up space on my PC?

Then, on the left sidebar, go to PC and devices -> Disk space. On the right side of the screen, in the Apps section, click or tap "See my app sizes." Windows 8.1 then displays a list with all the apps that you installed from the Microsoft Store, ordered by their size.

How do you see what's taking up space?

To find storage stats on your device running stock Android (like a Nexus or Pixel phone), first pull down the notification shade and tap the cog icon. (If you have a Samsung Galaxy device, skip to the next section.) From there, scroll down to Storage and tap it.

What is taking up all my storage?

To find this, open the Settings screen and tap Storage. You can see how much space is used up by apps and their data, by pictures and videos, audio files, downloads, cached data, and miscellaneous other files.

How do I free up space without deleting apps?

Clear the cache

To clear cached data from a single or specific program, just go to Settings> Applications>Application Manager and tap on the app, of which the cached data you want to remove. In the information menu, tap on Storage and then “Clear Cache” to remove the relative cached files.

Why is my storage full after deleting everything?

If you've deleted all the files you don't need and you're still receiving the "insufficient storage available" error message, you need to clear out Android's cache. ... (If you are running Android Marshmallow or later, go to Settings, Apps, select an app, tap Storage and then choose Clear Cache.)

What should I delete when my phone storage is full?

In the app's Application info menu, tap Storage and then tap Clear Cache to clear the app's cache. To clear cached data from all apps, go to Settings > Storage and tap Cached data to clear the caches of all the apps on your phone.

Why is C drive filling up?

If your C drive is filling up without a reason, it can be due to a malware attack, file system corruption etc. The C drive is usually taken as the System partition on a computer system. ... Having some free space in your C drive is essential as it is often needed during a Windows update or upgrade.

How do you free up RAM?

Closing windows by clicking on the "X" button on the upper-right can free up some RAM, but your system may still have other programs running in the background. Free up RAM by closing these applications using the Windows Task Manager so any business applications you need to run can perform faster.

Where did all my storage go?

Go to settings - apps and check the size of cached data in all your gallery apps. Most likely those thumbnails are included there. You can safely clear that cache and force Android to rebuild the thumbnails from scratch next time you open the gallery.

Is it OK to clear data?

The primary reason for someone to clear application cache would be to free up storage, which might have an impact on the phone's performance. But clearing data is a much more dramatic step which is generally reserved for when an app is buggy or fails to start.

What does Clear Cache mean?

Clear cache from third-party apps

App cache is similar to browser cache. It's small bits of information stored to speed up your experience using an app. ... Clearing cache is a quick and easy way to free up space and (hopefully) fix a misbehaving app. Clearing app cache will not delete app data like account information.

Will clearing cache delete pictures?

From Google search: By clearing cache, you remove the temporary files in the cache, but it WON'T delete your other app data like logins, settings, saved games, downloaded photos, conversations. So if you clear the cache of the Gallery or Camera app on your Android phone, you won't lose any of your photos.