Google will start suggesting apps to remove when you run out of space on your Android phone

With the size of apps and games spiralling upwards faster than the amount of storage increases in phones, it's very easy to run low on space. To help overcome the problem of not having enough room to install a new app, Google is starting to suggest rarely used apps that could be installed.

The feature has not appeared completely out of the blue, with references having been spotted to it in APK teardowns some months ago. But now Google Play's intelligent uninstall manager has been spotted in action.

As reported by Android Police, it appears that when a user attempts to install an app but does not have the storage space to do so, a list of apps that could be removed is displayed. It would seem that Google is only suggesting apps that have not been used for a while, and users are invited to select a series of check boxes until the required number of megabytes has been freed up.

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Users with limited storage space -- particularly on older handsets - will no doubt welcome this feature. It saves having to go to the effort of searching for photos, videos and music files that can be removed, although the uninstall manager does also provide a quick access link to do just this if you would prefer to hang onto all of your installed apps.

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