Your Phone Interface
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and tap
ALL SETTINGS
>
about
>
reset your phone
. Resetting restores the factory
settings, and erases all your personal content, but you can restore your backed up data after
signing in to your Microsoft account.
Check and Increase Available Memory on Your Phone
Use the storage sense app to check how much memory you have available.
1. Tap
storage sense
.
2. Tap
phone
. To check the details of your memory card, tap
SD card
.
Tip:
Want to see what more you have on your phone? Download the Files app from Store, and
easily manage files on your phone.
If the phone memory is getting full, first check for and remove things you no longer need:
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Text, multimedia, and mail messages
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Contact entries and details
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Apps
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Music, photos, or videos
Instead of removing, you can also move the files to the memory card.
The quality of your memory card may affect the performance of your phone greatly. To get the best
out of your phone, use a fast 4–128GB card by a well-known manufacturer. For more info on
memory cards, check the frequently asked questions.
Use only compatible memory cards approved for use with this device. Incompatible cards may
damage the card and the device and corrupt data stored on the card.
Remove temporary files to free up space
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Tap
phone
>
temporary files
>
delete
. To delete temporary files and other data from just
your browser, tap
InternetExplorer settings
>
delete history
.
Tip:
If your phone doesn’t recognize the file type of a file (such as a zip file), it places the file in the
Other folder. You can check what these are and delete the ones you don’t need using the Files app.
Save or Move Apps to a Memory Card
Expand your phone’s memory with a memory card and save your apps to the card by default.
The quality of your memory card may affect the performance of your phone greatly. To get the best
out of your phone, use a fast 4–128GB card by a well-known manufacturer. For more info on
memory cards, check the frequently asked questions.
The memory card is sold separately.
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Tap
storage sense
.