Fix Not Enough Storage Space On SAMSUNG GALAXY A12

Solutions and tips to fix SAMSUNG GALAXY A12 Internal Storage Full. Many users get low free storage problems after use this phone for several months. There are three options of RAM that we can choose start with 32 GB or 64 GB or 128 GB. The 32 GB internal storage will get easily full with their internal memory. We have to know that some files already use and saved inside internal storage such as operating system and preinstalled applications, therefore we will not get full 32 GB or 64 GB or 128 GB free capacity.

Some applications like social media group chat like Whatsapp or Telegram will keep data files inside internal storage, so our storage will remain full although we have removed / uninstalled some not use applications.

SAMSUNG GALAXY A12 also has several product model code SM-A125F/DSN, SM-A125F/DS, SM-A125F, SM-A125M, SM-A125U. All versions have external memory with dedicated slot. We suggest to use bigger and fast MicroSDXC for extend the storage. We will give solutions to fix issues about insufficient storage or low memory warning on SAMSUNG GALAXY A12.

Please note: some menu and instruction bellow maybe different because of Android firmware upgrade to new version.

There are 4 easy solutions to fix SAMSUNG GALAXY A12 internal memory full problems :

  1. Remove or uninstall not use applications
  2. Move photos / videos storage to external memory MicroSD / MicroSDXC (if available)
  3. Erase Social Media / Chatting Media or history
  4. Clean Applications Caches or Temporary Files by soft reset or from menu Setting

# More information about each solutions above #

1. Remove or Uninstall not use applications on SAMSUNG GALAXY A12:

Our internal memory will have limited storage after use for several period. Most users have installed some not use applications. Please try to find it our from applications list on SAMSUNG GALAXY A12, then uninstall that apps for give more free internal storage:

  1. Turn On SAMSUNG GALAXY A12
  2. Go to Menu: Settings > Apps
  3. Find carefully all not use applications or games, tab on that applications and press Uninstall button
  4. This process have to be done one by one, repeat again until we sure only important applications left on our applications list
  5. Finish

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2. Move photos / videos storage to external memory MicroSD / MicroSDXC (if available)

By default all captured photos and videos from default camera applications will be keep or save on internal memory. If our phone has external memory slot, then we suggest to change camera storage location to external memory on SAMSUNG GALAXY A12:

  1. Turn On SAMSUNG GALAXY A12
  2. Open Camera Applications
  3. Click on Camera Settings icon (gear icon)
  4. Find Storage location > choose SD card
  5. Finish

However, we also have to move old photos/videos files from internal memory to external memory manually to give more free storage space on internal memory on SAMSUNG GALAXY A12:

  1. Turn On SAMSUNG GALAXY A12
  2. Open File Manager applications (My files)
  3. Choose Internal storage
  4. Choose DCIM folder to open, and find Camera folder
  5. Press and hold Camerafolder until move/copy/detail/share/delete icon appear. Then choose Move icon
  6. Go back to main File Manager applications (My files)
  7. Choose SD card folder to open
  8. On SD Card, we can paste at any location or find DCIM folder if available on SD Card
  9. Finish

solution to fix insufficient memory full on samsung galaxy a12

3. Erase Social Media / Chatting Media or history

Some users install several social media group chat. This common problems on SAMSUNG GALAXY A12 when Facebook or Instagram or Whatsapp or Signal or Telegram or some other installed applications keep data on internal memory, then our internal storage will be insufficient although we already remove several installed apps or move files to external memory.

Therefore we have to find that applications and try to clean or move manually.

#1 Tips for move WhatsappChatting media images and videos to external memory on SAMSUNG GALAXY A12:

  1. Turn On SAMSUNG GALAXY A12
  2. Open File Manager applications (My files)
  3. Choose Internal storage
  4. Choose Whatsapp folder to open
  5. Choose Media folder to open
  6. Find any Whatsapp Images or Video files and move to external memory or we can remove several files if we do not use them anymore.

#2 Tips for move Telegram Chatting media images and videos to external memory on SAMSUNG GALAXY A12:

  1. Turn On SAMSUNG GALAXY A12
  2. Open File Manager applications (My files)
  3. Choose Internal storage
  4. Choose Telegram folder to open
  5. Find any Telegram Images or Video files and move to external memory or we can remove several files if we do not use them anymore.

#3 Tips for Clean Facebook data on SAMSUNG GALAXY A12:

  1. Turn On SAMSUNG GALAXY A12
  2. Choose Settings > Apps
  3. Find Facebook or any other social media applications
  4. Choose Storage menu
  5. We will see how many total space used
  6. If we want to remove caches or temporary files, choose Clear caches (it will not change any login account at this applications)
  7. If we want to remove all data, choose Clear Data(IMPORTANT: we will remove all account at this applications, and we may need to re-login/sign-in)

Above information will give several simple solutions to free up space on SAMSUNG GALAXY A12, because some users get troubles with low internal storage although we already remove or delete many files from internal memory. However, if we still get troubles with storage capacity, then we can try to do hard reset or reformat SAMSUNG GALAXY A12 to factory default, for clean all storage space back to factory default.

If we still get low free storage problems on SAMSUNG GALAXY A12, please check Download folder at internal memory using File Manager applications (or other suspected folders), to make sure we never download big files. Because sometime we download some files from website or social media or chatting applications.

1 thought on “Fix Not Enough Storage Space On SAMSUNG GALAXY A12”

  1. Thank You dearly, I’ve searched over 9 years for an answer like this. 👍 Now if I can figure out how to remove the factory installed and gaming apps I do not want nor have use for. I may actually start to enjoy this phone. Lol. Thanks,,,121221done

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