Telegram has an advantage when it comes to receiving photos and videos, and that is that they are not stored on the mobile. On the contrary, they are hosted in the app's cloud and only those that you consider convenient to have are downloaded. This makes it quicker to free up space on your device. If you want to learn how to do it, Here we will give you the best tips to clean your messaging app.
How to free up space on your phone by cleaning Telegram
Telegram has a function that allows us enter to clean files and free up space on your mobile. We can do it by selecting what we want to delete from photos, videos, files, chats to cache memory. The best thing is that, by keeping them stored in the cloud, if we delete them from the computer, we can still access them in the future.
In case you have decided download some photo, video or file to your mobile, here we will tell you how to free up space by cleaning Telegram. There are several ways to do it depending on what you want to delete and here we tell you all the options:
Delete chats to free up space
The chats generated on Telegram take up valuable space on your mobile device. When you delete them you are doing a cleaning job in the app. For this you just have to press and hold the conversation, wait for the first one to be highlighted and press the trash button to delete them.
If there is more than one, perform the same procedure as above with the first chat, then simply tap the other chats. Then, when the trash button appears, tap it to delete all messages. Confirm the procedure again and you will have freed up space on your mobile by cleaning Telegram.
How to delete cache on Telegram?
Telegram cache stores a large number of files that take up valuable space on your mobile. Among them are copies of photos, videos and files that you have previously downloaded to your computer. Through the app you can do this cleaning by following these steps:
- Enter your Telegram account.
- Press the three lines located in the upper left corner of the screen.
- Tap on «adjustments»And then«data and storage«.
- Press the option «storage usage«.
- Tap the button «clear cache«.
After doing so, an option will be activated to «auto clear multimedia cache«. This is used to manage cleaning automatically from time to time. You can customize the action by chat, groups, channels and stories. Choose the frequency from one day to one month, or if you prefer not to do so, set the option to "never."
On the other hand, it enables a bar that allows you to choose the maximum cache size per GB. That is, you can configure a limit and when it reaches that value it will not allow adding more files. Options range from 5 GB to infinite.
With this trick you can free up space on your phone by adjusting the cleaning options in Telegram. It is quite useful to avoid having to do it manually and leave all the activity to the app. What do you think of these functions for app maintenance?