When an iPhone starts running out of storage, the user experience can significantly diminish, which is why it’s important to stay on top of monitoring it.
Storage can run out quickly on an iPhone, oftentimes more quickly than users realize. Before you go to delete photos or other important files, it’s not at all a bad idea to take a look at your app library and see which ones can go. This is especially true for pre-installed iPhone apps you likely don’t use anymore. Read more about the 3 pre-installed apps tech pros suggest getting rid of below.
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1. Apple TV
Over the years, more and more streaming services have been introduced, and Apple TV has become an increasingly popular one. However, if you're not using it, you should delete it from your iPhone to save some space. It takes up more data than you think, and is essentially useless if you're not a subscriber.
"We found that Apple TV pre-stores promotional information, app preview videos, and video cache, even if the user never accesses the application," explains tech research pro Hanna Parkhots.
2. GarageBand
GarageBand is a notorious Apple app, as back in the day, it used to be a fascinating tool for music lovers who wanted to create songs without fancy equipment. However, it's certainly not as popular as it used to be, and if it's sitting on your device unused, it's holding onto a lot of unnecessary storage space.
"GarageBand pre-loads sound libraries and instrument samples, totaling 1.6 GB, regardless of whether the user composes," adds Parkhots.
3. Voice Memos
Some people can't imagine using their iPhone without their Voice Memos app, as they might use it for note-taking, rehearsing something, submitting recordings, etc. However, there are also a large number of iPhone users who don't ever really use it, and any old recordings sitting in the hardly-used app take up more space than you might imagine.
People are surprised by voice memos because they appear to be innocuous," says tech pro Ankush Chowdhury. "However, I've come across phones that have hours of unintentional recordings from pocket use. About 30 MB is needed for each hour of audio, and some customers had 20+ hours saved without realizing it."
