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Check little-known iPhone folder stealing your storage and DELETE everything in it – I couldn’t believe how bad mine was

UNLOCK your iPhone and get your thumbs ready to hit “delete” – because there’s a folder you need to empty out right now.

It’s packed with loads of useless stuff that will be gobbling up your valuable storage.

iPhone Utilities menu showing Favorites (1,005), Hidden, Recently Deleted, and Duplicates (10,843).
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Go to the Duplicates folder in your iPhone’s Photos app[/caption]

An iPhone’s storage space is precious stuff: it’s where all of your photos, videos and apps are kept. It can fill up pretty quickly.

Usually getting extra storage means paying for pricier iPhone models – and then you’ll fork out even more to back it up with iCloud.

So one solution is to trim the amount of storage that you need in the first place.

SPACE SAVER

Go into your Photos app and scroll down until you find the Utilities section.

In there, you should see a tab called Duplicates.

This is where Apple keeps track of every photo and video that you’ve got doubles, triples, or even quadruples of.

It can happen very easily, especially if you use an app like WhatsApp where you might receive the same image in multiple chats.

I checked my duplicates folder and found a frankly shocking 10,843 duplicate pictures and clips.

By clearing them out, I instantly free up dozens of gigabytes of storage.

If you’ve got lots of videos in particular, you might find yourself unlocking even more storage space.

Each item will be listed in order of recency.

You’ll be able to see the duplicate files, each with a Merge button alongside it.

If you hit Merge, the duplicates will be removed leaving you with an original file.

To make the job quicker, you can tap the Select button in the top-right.

Screenshot of iPhone screen showing duplicate files and a weather forecast.
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You’ll want to tap on the Merge button to scrub out doubles of your photos and videos[/caption]

This will let you quickly tap on all of the duplicate files that you want to free up and merge them all in one clean sweep.

There’s even an option to Select All on this page, so you can merge everything in an instant.

That’s the fastest way to free up space, as manually selecting each Merge could take ages if you’ve never cleared out your Duplicates before.

It’s a good idea to check your Duplicates folder every few months to make sure that it isn’t clogging up with unnecessary doubles.

DON'T BREAK THE 1GB RULE!

Low storage isn't just annoying – it could be ruining your iPhone...

Apple has a ‘1GB rule’ that you must never break.

It refers to the minimum amount of free storage space available on your iPhone.

Your iPhone’s performance can drop significantly if you have less than 1GB of free space.

Check your iPhone storage by going into Settings > General > iPhone Storage.

“If your device is low on storage, iOS or iPadOS automatically frees up space while installing an app, updating iOS or iPadOS, downloading music, recording videos, and more,” Apple explains.

“iOS or iPadOS only removes items that can be downloaded again or that aren’t needed anymore.”

Apple adds: “If your available storage is consistently less than 1GB, your device might slow down as iOS or iPadOS repeatedly makes room for more content.”

Picture Credit: Apple / The Sun

EXTRA SPACE

If this doesn’t free up enough space, you’ve got some other options too.

The easiest thing to do is going into Settings > General > iPhone Storage.

This will show how much free space you have left, and it even details which apps are taking up the most storage.

More importantly, you should find a list of recommendations at the top of the page.

iPhone storage usage and recommendations to free up space.
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There are some other ways of freeing up space on your iPhone in its storage settings[/caption]

These are one of the most effective ways of freeing up storage space on an iPhone.

For instance, you can use Offload Unused Apps to keep the files associated with apps you don’t use regularly – but removing the apps themselves.

Then you can restore them when you need them without having to keep them saved the whole time.

You might also see an option to Remove Older Downloads.

iPhone storage showing Reddit (1.55 GB), LinkedIn (1.46 GB), and Voice Memos (1.41 GB) usage.
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You can easily see which apps are taking up the most storage – as well as how recently you’ve used them[/caption]

This will let you keep just the latest five automatically downloaded episodes per show on your iPhone.

It won’t affect anything that you’ve saved or manually downloaded.

And you can hit Review Downloaded Media to see what’s saved on your iPhone – letting you scrub anything that you don’t want.

You could easily free up huge amounts of space with these tricks, so they’re worth trying before you fork out on a pricier iPhone model with extra storage.

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Are 99.6% of Dream Team bosses foolishly overlooking this bargain midfield option?

DREAM TEAM managers should always be alert to potential difference-makers, especially those who are cheap as chips.

At this point in time, might Jacob Ramsey (£2.7m) fit the bill?

Aston Villa player in The Sun Dream Team.
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99.6% of Dream Team managers are overlooking Ramsey at present[/caption]

The Aston Villa midfielder has been on a role of late with 35 points in four appearances across the last three Gameweeks.

The 23-year-old scored against West Ham and provided two assists at home to Celtic in Gameweek 21 for a combined return of 22 points.

Like most of Unai Emery’s troops, he underwhelmed away to Wolves in Gameweek 22 but bounced back with a strong showing against Tottenham in the FA Cup in Gameweek 23.

Ramsey scored within a minute at Villa Park on Sunday, thanks in no small part to Antonin Kinsky’s error, and received 12 points for his efforts come the final whistle.

From a Dream Team perspective, this fruitful form has come at a good time as gaffers should be very interested in Villa players at this stage of the season.

Jacob Ramsey of Aston Villa scoring a goal.
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Ramsey struck early against Spurs[/caption]

Villa are one of just three teams set to fulfil two fixtures in Gameweek 24 with Ipswich and Liverpool due in the Midlands within four days of each other.

A home game against the Tractor Boys has to be considered a favourable match-up and while Arne Slot’s league leaders are quite the opposite, that midweek fixture is essentially a bonus point-scoring opportunity – a helpful quirk in the schedule.

Not only that, Emery’s side will also double up in Gameweeks 25 (Chelsea & Crystal Palace) and Gameweek 26 (Cardiff & Champions League round of 16 first leg).

This combination of form and fixtures surely makes Ramsey, who currently features in just 0.4% of teams, an appealing option for the next month or so.

Unai Emery, Aston Villa's head coach, at a Premier League match.
Villa have plenty of fixtures to fulfil in the coming weeks
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Villa’s No41 has started the last four games in a row and delivered enough goal involvements to retain his place but some Dream Team bosses may be concerned about his minutes given the level of competition within the squad.

January recruits Donyell Malen (£2.9m), Marco Asensio (£3.5m) and Marcus Rashford (£3.4m) have added extra dimensions in attack and it will be interesting to see how Emery shuffles his pack.

Many gaffers will feel Morgan Rogers (£3.5m) allows them to cover Villa’s busy period and that may well be the case.

The 22-year-old has scored 11 goals and provided seven assists in all competitions this season.

His tally of 195 points is only bettered by six midfielders at the time of writing.

Morgan Rogers of Aston Villa celebrates a goal.
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Rogers is a popular man this week[/caption]

After a wave of transfers this week, Rogers is now the third-most popular player in his position (21.7% ownership).

He probably is the first port of call for Villa points, with Ollie Watkins (£5.1m) also a strong option when fit, but Dream Team managers who like to go against the grain should at least consider Ramsey ahead of Gameweek 24.


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