Fix Not Enough Storage Space On SAMSUNG GALAXY M31 PRIME

Solutions and tips to fix SAMSUNG GALAXY M31 PRIME Internal Storage Full. This is mid end smartphone that has big internal storage size with 128 GB. Please note we will not get free 128 GB because some capacity is use for operating system and several pre-installed applications. However, we still have big space left for install more apps and games.

Some users get issues with low free storage after use SAMSUNG GALAXY M31 PRIME (SM-M315F/DS) for several months. Please note, some applications like social media group chat will save media photos videos and chat history inside internal storage. Therefore if we are very active at group chat, then our storage will get full easily, although we have uninstall some applications. We will give some steps to remove some data inside this phone to give more free storage.

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 M31 PRIME 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 M31 PRIME:

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 M31 PRIME, then uninstall that apps for give more free internal storage:

1. Turn On SAMSUNG GALAXY M31 PRIME
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

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 M31 PRIME:

1. Turn On SAMSUNG GALAXY M31 PRIME
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 M31 PRIME:

1. Turn On SAMSUNG GALAXY M31 PRIME
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 Camera folder 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

3. Erase Social Media / Chatting Media or history

Some users install several social media group chat. This common problems on SAMSUNG GALAXY M31 PRIME 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 Whatsapp Chatting media images and videos to external memory on SAMSUNG GALAXY M31 PRIME:

1. Turn On SAMSUNG GALAXY M31 PRIME
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 M31 PRIME:

1. Turn On SAMSUNG GALAXY M31 PRIME
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 M31 PRIME:

1. Turn On SAMSUNG GALAXY M31 PRIME
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 M31 PRIME, 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 to factory default, for clean all storage space back to factory default.

 

If we still get low free storage problems on SAMSUNG GALAXY M31 PRIME, 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.