How to store apps on Android

Storing applications on Android is a way to free up space on Android , saving Android space to use other frequent applications. We will not need to delete any application from the device, but just store data, in case we do not use it often. There are 2 modes of storing Android applications: manual and automatic storage. Below are instructions for storing applications on Android.

How to manually archive Android apps

This feature is currently only available for Android 15 devices. Devices below Android 15 will use the auto-archive feature for all apps without being able to choose which app to archive.

Step 1:

You press and hold on the application and select App info to switch to the application information viewing interface. In the interface as shown, you continue to press Archive to proceed to archive this application.

Step 2:

Then the application data archiving process is carried out. The installation files will be deleted to free up storage space.

At the same time, we also see that the application icon has turned gray or has a cloud icon to recognize that the application has been archived.

How to automatically save apps on Android

Step 1:

First, you access Google Play and then click on your personal account avatar . A list of options appears, the user clicks on Settings to adjust.

Step 2:

Switch to the new interface, the user clicks on General . Next, you will see the Auto-archive application option . We will activate this feature by sliding the round button to the right so that Google can automatically archive the application.

Step 3:

When your Android phone is running low on storage, apps you don't use often are stored in Google Play to free up storage space on your Android.

To see the automatically stored applications, we click on the personal avatar on Google Play Store and then click on Manage applications and devices . In the interface as shown, the user clicks on the Manage section .

Step 4:

In this interface you will see the Archived section to see the apps that have been automatically archived on Android. Any apps that are archived will be displayed in this interface.

Video tutorial on auto-archiving Android apps