How do I reduce a system storage in Windows Phone 10?

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How to reduce system storage in windows phone 10?

I own a Lumia 640xl. My system storage has used 4.02 GB of 7.28 GB. I even have a micro sd card but still my phone memory goes on increasing.

 

[Pete]

Re: How to reduce system storage in windows phone 10?

Go to

Settings->System->Storage, tap on "this Device" and see what's taking up the storage space.

 

[kelvin dsouza]

Go to

Settings->System->Storage, tap on "this Device" and see what's taking up the storage space.

Yup but after that "system and reserved" takes up 4.02 GB

 

[Rinsun]

For me 'System and Reserved' is 3.04 GB and total phone storage excluding sd card is 4.34 GB out of 7.28 GB.I found Whatsapp to be one big reason ( I don't know if there are any other reasons).I have to uninstall and reinstall Whatsapp every 10 to 15 days on Windows 10 mobile.I find that it increases to 500 MB very fast then even more, though I keep on deleting chats and pictures.I do not back up chats either.This never happened when I was on Windows 8.1 .Deleting temporary files does not help me,only uninstalling and reinstalling Whatsapp helps.

 

[kelvin dsouza]

For me 'System and Reserved' is 3.04 GB and total phone storage excluding sd card is 4.34 GB out of 7.28 GB.I found Whatsapp to be one big reason ( I don't know if there are any other reasons).I have to uninstall and reinstall Whatsapp every 10 to 15 days on Windows 10 mobile.I find that it increases to 500 MB very fast then even more, though I keep on deleting chats and pictures.I do not back up chats either.This never happened when I was on Windows 8.1 .Deleting temporary files does not help me,only uninstalling and reinstalling Whatsapp helps.

But any idea about reducing the "system and reservered" storage???

 

[Rinsun]

No,I don't think there is any way you can reduce system and reserved except through a hard reset .
BTW system and reserved just now is 3.05 MB .There has been an increase of 0.01 MB since my last post.


Edit : Sorry,3.05 GB,not MB.Mistake !

 

[kelvin dsouza]

No,I don't think there is any way you can reduce system and reserved except through a hard reset .
BTW system and reserved just now is 3.05 MB .There has been an increase of 0.01 MB since my last post.

Will hard reset reduce the storage??

 

[Rinsun]

Will hard reset reduce the storage??

Yes it should but it may increase again after that .
Mine is 3.06 GB today .Gradually increasing .Up from 3.05 GB yesterday

 

[kelvin dsouza]

Yes it should but it may increase again after that .
Mine is 3.06 GB today .Gradually increasing .Up from 3.05 GB yesterday

Ok.Will try hard reset.