HOW TO CHECK THE STORAGE ON YOUR ANDROID DEVICE
Android devices vary, so their instructions do as well. We used a OnePlus 6
when testing and verifying for this article.
- Go to Settings > Storage.
- Here you see a list of categories and the storage being used for each of them.
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information, including the storage space that app uses, the storage for the
data in that app, and the storage for the cache. Clearing the cache on some
apps can sometimes free up space quickly and easily.
HOW TO CHECK THE STORAGE ON YOUR iCLOUD ACCOUNT
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an Apple mobile device, and at iCloud.com.
On Your Mac
- Go to System Preferences > Internet Accounts and select iCloud on the
left side. - On the lower-right side, you can see a color-coded graph of your storage
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data in each category, and, in some cases, open a new window to see the list of
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