Why is there not enough memory on Android? “There is not enough space in the device memory” - we solve the problem. Removing unnecessary applications, transferring to SD card

Sometimes when you try to install a new application on your Android smartphone or tablet users receive a message that there is not enough memory to install the application. This is usually due to the fact that the internal memory of the Android device is completely full and there is simply no room for new applications. In this article we will look at several ways to solve this problem.

Method No. 1. Moving applications to a memory card.

If you don't have enough memory to install applications, then the first thing to do is microSD. This method of freeing memory is very simple and effective. Usually it is enough to transfer just a couple of applications and problems with lack of memory will disappear.

So, in order to transfer applications to a memory card, you need to go to the Android settings and find a section there called “Application Manager” or simply “Applications” if you have a standard Android shell. Open this section and explore the list of applications that is there. IN this list All applications that are installed on the device will be displayed, and the amount of memory it occupies will be indicated next to the application name. Select the application that you would like to transfer to the memory card and click on it.

After this, information about the application you have selected will appear on the screen. Here you need to find the “To SD memory card” button and click on it.

After this, the Android operating system will begin transferring the application from the internal memory to the memory card. This usually takes less than a minute.

After the process of moving the application is completed, the label on the button will change to “Move to device memory.” This will mean that the transfer to the memory card was successful.

Move a few apps that are taking up a lot of space on your Android device and try installing a new app again. If you again receive a message that you do not have enough memory to install applications, then you can go back to the settings and transfer a couple more applications.

In conclusion, it should be noted that this method freeing memory has some limitations. First, your Android smartphone or tablet must have a memory card installed. In addition, you will not be able to move system applications installed by the manufacturer, as well as some regular applications.

Method number 2. Uninstalling applications.

If you have moved all the applications that can be moved to your memory card and still receive warnings that you do not have enough memory to install applications on your Android device, then you can simply. As a rule, users use only a small part of the applications that are installed on the device. Think about which apps you don't use and remove them.

Removing applications works almost the same as moving them. You need to go to Settings, open Application Manager and after that select the application that you want to remove. A window will appear with information about the selected application. Here you just need to click on the “Delete” button.

It should be noted that in this way you can only remove applications that you yourself installed. , installed by the manufacturer of your smartphone or tablet, cannot be removed, because for this purpose .

Method number 3. Checking personal files.

If working with applications did not help, and you still receive messages that your Android device does not have enough memory to install applications, then the problem may be that all the memory is taken up by your personal files. To check personal files, run any file manager and go to internal memory.

Examine the contents of folders in the internal memory. Special attention It is worth paying attention to such folders as DCIM, Bluetooth, Documents, Movies, Download, Music, Pictures and Sounds. If possible, move all found personal files to a memory card or computer.

Method number 4. Clearing the cache for applications Play Market and Google Service Framework.

In some cases, there is free space in the internal memory, but users still receive errors with messages stating that there is not enough memory to install the application. If you encounter similar problem, then clearing the Play Market and Google Service Framework cache can help you. In order to do this, open the Android settings, go to the “Application Manager”, open the Play Market application there and click on the “Clear cache” button.

Then repeat this procedure for Google apps Service Framework and restart your Android device. It is quite possible that after this the problems with lack of memory will disappear.

On the Internet you can often come across complaints like: “I have 8 GB of memory on Android, but it tells me that there is no memory to install applications.” Why this happens and what to do is exactly what this article is about!

“640 kilobytes is enough for everyone”

The head of MircoSoft, Bill Gates

Although this phrase referred to random access memory, but it still sounds ridiculous now if we talk about hard drives and flash drives and memory cards.

With the increasing number of users of smartphones and tablets running Android OS, irritated phrases are increasingly found online about the inability to install applications and games, although there is still a lot of memory on the device.

Example question from the forum:

If you have exactly the same situation, then you have come to the right place!

Error theory
"no memory on android"

In principle, this is not even a mistake, but for the sophisticated presentation of information by marketers + features operating system Android.

The fact is that some company marketers point out shared memory,and not accessible to the user, for storing files! That is, it is written that this model has 8 GB of memory, but in fact only 6 GB.

In order to make it clear where the Android memory went, we explain - there are several partitions (disks) on your phone or tablet:

• /system- invisible partition, here there is “firmware” or “OS”, or system files, you do not have access to it! Occupies a place in Android memory at least one gigabyte, or even more!
• /data- APPLICATIONS are installed in this section, and various data from these applications, system settings, as well as your documents, photos and videos are stored.
• /recovery- recovery partition, also known as Recovery, also not visible.

Therefore, out of the theoretical 8 gigabytes that are on the phone, they are divided between sections. And you cannot see a certain amount of this memory, since it is occupied by the system and hidden. The remaining memory available to you for recording is shared between your files, applications and their data! And that’s why many Android users don’t have enough memory!

All updates system applications, or applications you have installed, photos, videos and other documents are located in the / data section!

What to do if on your phone
not enough memory?

If your Android version 5.1 or later:

If your version Android newer than 5.1, then you can try increasing the memory using an SD Card! Read how to do this in the article - ““. Here we will leave only a video on how to do it!

Method 1

https://youtu.be/KpF1NSbObQ4

Method 2

Method 3

Not in all Android devices, but it is still possible to transfer applications to an SD card. How to view and how to transfer?

Settings -> Applications -> “Select Application” -> Transfer to SD-CARD

If it doesn’t work out, then use our other tips!

• Reboot your device or close all applications, your RAM may simply be full.
• Remove unnecessary applications
• Delete not necessary files
• Switch application installation location from /data to external memory— switch the default memory for installing applications, or enable forced transfer to SD CARD
• This method involves “opening” the apk of the application - editing the apk
• In order to expand memory, it will be necessary to receive Root rights and install a special application Link2SD, more details - moving applications to SD.

That's all! Read more articles and instructions in the section Articles and Android Hacks. Stay with the site Android +1, it will be even more interesting further!

Good time.

Almost every third user experiences a lack of memory on Android devices. It seems like I didn’t do much: I downloaded five or two programs, a couple of hundred photos, recorded several holidays on video - and wow, suddenly an error appears stating that there is not enough memory (by the way, it can appear even in cases where when the memory has not yet run out and is available!).

What can you do if your phone doesn't have enough memory?

1) Check: how much memory is left...

Perhaps, no matter how trivial it may be, you need to start figuring it out by checking the remaining free memory. To find out detailed statistics, go to latest versions Android just open the settings, section "Memory"(see screenshots below).

If you have less than 500 MB of free memory available, then all sorts of errors are possible when working and installing new applications (the fact is that even when installing the application on an SD card, it requires the internal memory of the phone to work).

Checking available memory / Android 5.0 (6.0)

2) Clear cache and updates

Applications on a smartphone save part of their data in a cache in the internal memory to speed up their work. (note: when it is deleted, the user data is not affected!) . Over time, the cache can seriously grow to a very impressive size: up to several. gigabyte! Moreover, you can store a cache even from programs that you have not used for a long time (or have never used at all, the phone just originally came with this software).

To clear the cache, just open the “Memory” section in the Android settings. Next you will see a line with cache information (in my case almost 600 MB!): by clicking on it, a message will appear asking you to delete it (see a couple of screenshots below).

By the way, if you go to the list of applications, you can delete both its cache and its updates for each selected software. In this regard, I would recommend paying attention to browsers Google Play, photos (and in general, services from Google), maps. Sometimes their updates and cache grow to several gigabytes!

By the way, if an error about insufficient memory appears in one specific application, then try deleting the cache and updates for this particular software! Often, similar errors arise due to various temporary files accumulating in the phone’s memory.

3) Removing unused applications, old photos and videos

It’s no secret that human memory is very selective: what you don’t use is very quickly forgotten and erased... This means that after a year or two of using Android, quite a lot of applications and games can remain in the device’s memory. Some of which you may no longer need or use for a long time.

The message of this thought is simple: Check the list of downloaded applications and delete anything you haven't used for a long time. See screenshot below.

By the way, old photos and videos can also be deleted or transferred to HDD computer.

To help! How to download photos and files from your phone to your computer - 6 ways:

4) Transfer applications to SD card

If you have the ability to install an SD card on your phone (you may already have one), then you can transfer some applications from the phone’s internal memory to the card. To do this, just open the “Applications” section in the Android settings, open the properties of one of the applications from the list and click on the “move to SD card” button.

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5) Using cloud storage for photos, videos and documents, for example, Yandex disk

If you do not have a slot for an SD card (or you want to free up memory even more), then you can use cloud storage. The gist of it is that you install a special one on your phone. an application that will automatically upload all your photos and videos to the cloud. Thanks to this, you will get several advantages:

1. you will be able to view photos and videos from any PC, smartphone, laptop, etc. devices connected to the Internet (i.e., there will be no need to transfer files from your phone to your PC);
2. save a lot of space in your phone memory;
3. you can connect several smartphones to the cloud at once (and create shared storage);
4. You can quickly share the necessary photos with your loved ones (i.e. send them a link so that they can download them to themselves in 1 click).

In general, if we move on to practice, then one of the leaders today in this segment is Yandex Disk. After installing the application, you can easily and quickly access it (by entering the PIN code, specified during installation), and view/work with your photos, videos, documents (the same as if they were in your phone memory).

You can also set auto-upload of photos from your phone memory in the Yandex Disk settings (moreover, you can also specify when to do this: with any Internet connection, or only via Wi-Fi).

Instructions!

Yandex Disk: how to use it, upload and download files, photos -

6) Application of special applications for cleaning memory (garbage cleaners)

Nowadays, quite a lot of software has appeared for automatically cleaning Android memory (sometimes such applications will find as much “garbage” as you can’t even imagine...). For example, the screenshot below shows the work of CCleaner: almost 5.5 GB of “garbage” for several minutes. minutes of work! Actually, I’ll say a few words about it below.

By the way, instead of CCleaner you can also try the following products: Clean Master, AVG Cleaner, Phone Cleaner, etc.

CCleaner

CCleaner is not only the name of an application for Android, but also one of the most famous utilities for Windows cleaning(I think most have heard of it). Allows you to monitor the state of the system, safely delete “unnecessary” files and free up memory. It is rightfully considered one of the leaders in its segment.

Peculiarities:

• finds and deletes the cache of most applications;
• deletes information from download folders;
• clears history in browsers;
• deletes the clipboard;
• finds and removes outdated and residual files(which were once used by the system, but now are simply not needed by anyone);
• controls which applications consume Internet traffic;
• controls which applications and how they consume battery power;
• will show which applications have not been used for a long time;
• monitors CPU and RAM load and much more...

7) Reset your phone

Well, the drastic way to solve the problem is to reset your phone settings (important! this will delete all your files: music, photos, documents, etc. Ie. Before this operation, it is advisable to make a backup of all necessary data) .

I note that resetting the settings often helps solve the most “unsolvable” problems (including the insufficient space error). To reset: just open the "Backup and reset" section in Android settings, then select "Reset settings" and agree to these changes. See screenshot below.

The last piece of advice (more obvious than the obvious): if funds allow, buy new phone with more memory...

Note : in the article I did not consider “controversial” methods for which it is necessary to obtain Root rights and “offer” some system folders and settings (after all, such methods carry some risks, and you can ruin something. But in our business, the main thing is “do no harm”).

That's all...

Happy setup!

You can't wait to launch a new application, and with shining eyes you begin to install it on your tablet. Impatience turns to anger when the message “not enough free memory” appears on the device screen. Let's figure out where it went and how to increase its volume on the tablet.

"Native" memory

How much internal memory does your tablet have? Advanced users are willing to pay extra for “hectares” because they know what their deficit means. Others do not consider the parameter so important that they overpay for it. Half of the tablet OS memory is spent on storage system files, leftovers for entertainment.

Exit: buy removable media information. The device supports cards like MicroSD up to 64 GB. Install a utility to move files to a memory card - this will protect system resources from being filled by other programs.

You haven’t downloaded large applications, the built-in memory is as much as 16 GB, and the system still complains that there is not enough memory on the tablet? One of the features of Android is that it minimizes programs instead of closing them. After closing, applications continue to work in background. As a result, loading a new toy requires more space. You delete photos, movies, and other necessary files, but the system continues to complain due to lack of RAM.

To close unnecessary applications, use special programs– task killers (literally: task killers). They will help organize files “on board” and make room for new ones. In addition, look in the Temp and Data folders, clear the cache, and up to 2 GB of memory will definitely be freed up.

What happened to the memory card

For unloading unnecessary programs you watch, the memory card is installed, and the same message appears on the tablet screen. This means that the device does not read the memory card. Sometimes it is enough to turn off the tablet, remove the card, then reinsert it and turn on the tablet. If the card is not detected, check whether it works in your phone or computer, format it by first copying it important files. No device will see a faulty card.

If everything is in order with the card, and there are gigabytes of free memory on it, it means that applications are installed in the tablet’s memory. Using programs, move the files to external removable media, and from now on install only on it.

The message that there is not enough memory space may appear out of the blue. It would seem that there is a lot of space, but new game or the application cannot be installed. What to do? First of all, check how much space is left. To do this, there is a button in the device settings "Memory".

You should look specifically at the internal memory of the device without taking into account additional media - memory cards. The fact is that even if you have a working memory card, applications are still automatically installed into the device’s memory. Therefore, such a check will not be superfluous.

Free up space in your phone memory

If your phone's memory is really full, you can try transferring some applications to a memory card. However, not all versions of Android support this operation.

Pay attention to those photographs, documents, videos that are stored. They can take up a lot of space. If necessary, they can also be transferred to a memory card, in cloud services or on a desktop computer.

If these methods do not work, you will have to delete unused applications to make room for installing new ones. Please note that different applications have different "weights", which can be found in the application manager. And it makes sense to remove, first of all, the most voluminous ones. For example, Skype, which seems very small when installed, can “grow” to enormous sizes as it is used.

How to free up space if pre-installed programs cannot be removed?

Almost every smartphone model has programs preinstalled by the manufacturer that the user does not need. The problem is that it is impossible to remove such programs using conventional methods.

But it’s not difficult to free up a significant portion of the space they occupy. It is enough to delete everything from these programs in the application manager installed updates and prohibit them from updating in the future by removing them from Play Store e with these applications ticked "Automatic update".

System garbage: find and neutralize

System junk is setup files and saved data a long time ago remote applications, empty folders, temporary files that the device continues to store. Finding them manually is difficult, and there is no need, because special programs have been developed for this purpose.

Come in Play Store and enter in the search, for example, "memory clearing". Choose an application small size With good rating. Typically, such utilities take up very little space, unlike games, so there are no problems installing them.

By running a memory cleaner using such an application, you will immediately get rid of a bunch of unnecessary things in the memory of your device, thus freeing up space for what you wanted to install.

If there is actually enough memory

Experienced users know that sometimes free space quite enough actually. However, the applications refuse to install. And the reason for this is the cache of the Play Store application. Most often, this situation occurs if you frequently install and remove a lot of different games, applications.

To solve the problem, you need to go to Application Manager in the phone settings. Find there « Google Services Play" and press the button "Clear cache". Often this is the way to defeat the “stubborn Android” who does not want to see that there is enough memory on the phone.

If none of the described methods helps, you can take extreme measures - do a factory reset, after saving all important data on a separate medium. This will return the phone to its original state - and you can install the necessary programs again.