Fix Not Enough Storage Space On SAMSUNG GALAXY A53

Solutions and tips to fix SAMSUNG GALAXY A53 Internal Storage Full. This is 5G smartphone that has 6.5 inches LCD screen size. There are two internal memory options to choose when we want to buy SAMSUNG GALAXY A53 start from 128 GB or 256 GB. Actually this capacities already big enough, but some users get internal memory full issues after use for several months.

When we use this phone for daily activity, we will install several apps like social media, games and group chat or something like that. Some of them will use internal memory to store database files chat history like Whatsapp or Telegram, therefore our storage will remain full although we have removed / uninstalled some not use applications.

Can we extend our SAMSUNG GALAXY A53 storage using MicroSD? The answer is yes or not. Yes we can if we want to move some media files that shoot with camera to external memory, but some applications does not allow us to move installed apps to external memory. Therefore we still get insufficient storage warning although we still have big free storage capacity on our MicroSD.

SAMSUNG GALAXY A53 also has several product model code SM-A536B, SM-A536B/DS, SM-A536U, SM-A536U1, SM-A5360, SM-A536E, SM-A536E/DS, SM-A536V, SM-A536W. All versions can work 1 TB external memory MicroSD, but we will need to use secondary network simcard slot for replace with MicroSDXC.

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

There are 4 easy solutions to fix SAMSUNG GALAXY A53 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 A53:

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 A53, then uninstall that apps for give more free internal storage:

1. Turn On SAMSUNG GALAXY A53
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 A53:

1. Turn On SAMSUNG GALAXY A53
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 A53:

1. Turn On SAMSUNG GALAXY A53
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 A53 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 A53:

1. Turn On SAMSUNG GALAXY A53
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 A53:

1. Turn On SAMSUNG GALAXY A53
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 A53:

1. Turn On SAMSUNG GALAXY A53
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 A53, 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 A53 to factory default, for clean all storage space back to factory default.

 

If we still get low free storage problems on SAMSUNG GALAXY A53, 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.