Screenshots: Declutter your phone with one of these handy apps

By Brien Posey June 9, 2015, 2:45 PM PDT

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Introduction

Like PCs, smartphones can accumulate a lot of clutter in thernform of duplicate pictures, temporary files, and unused applications. All this clutterrncan rob your phone of performance and decrease available storage space.rnFortunately, a number of utilities can help you to cut through some of the mess.

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Memory & Disk Scanner Pro

A free trial version of Memory & Disk Scanner Pro isrnavailable, but you’ll need to upgrade to the Pro version to continue using thernapp beyond the trial period.

Clean Master

Clean Master is free for Android.

Cache Cleaner Pro

Cache Cleaner Pro is a simple but effective app for Windows Phone. It determinesrnhow much storage exists on your phone and how much of that storage is stillrnavailable. It then allows you to reclaim some storage space by emptying thernphone’s cache. The cache cleaning process can be completed with a single tap. ArnHistory screen keeps track of your cache cleaning operations and the amount ofrnspace reclaimed by each.

Cache Cleaner Pro

Cache Cleaner Pro is free for Windows Phone.

Storage Cleaner

However, the discovery process is a little strange. Duringrnthis phase, the temporary file count steadily increases and the space that isrncurrently available steadily decreases until it hits 0. It appears as thoughrnthe app consumes every bit of space on your phone. But in actuality, the apprnreally does free up space consumed by temporary files. In my tests I was ablernto recover about 20 MB of space even though I had just cleaned the phone usingrnCache Cleaner.

Storage Cleaner is free for Windows Phone.

Mobile Assistant

Mobile Assistant also includes a variety of other utilities,rnincluding a sound recorder, battery monitor, camera app, QR code reader, andrnflashlight. The utility also provides shortcuts to commonly used settings suchrnas Wi-Fi, Location, Airplane Mode, and Power Saver.

Mobile Assistant is available for Windows Phone.

By Brien Posey

* 1988 - Started teaching myself about computers \ * 1992 - Mainframe programmer for an insurance company \ * 1993 - Network Administrator for a different insurance company \ * 1996 - Author for The Cobb Group \ * 1998 - Network Administrator

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