Spend some quality time with your phone to get more from it!

When was the last time you took a good look at the apps on your smart phone? If your phone is anything like mine, it’s loaded with apps that don’t get used. There is nothing harmful about having unused apps on the phone aside from the fact that they take up memory storage space.

There is is also the issue that with too many apps on the phone it can be difficult to find the ones that you do want to use.

Even though we are well into summer as I write this, it’s not too late (Or too early) to do some “spring cleaning” on your phone.

I’ve assembled some easy to follow resources to guide you through the process of getting rid of apps you don’t want and organizing the rest so that your phone becomes more useful to you!

The very first step is to backup your phone before deleting anything. That way if you make a mistake and delete something important or you deleted something by accident, you’ll be able to get it back.

Here is how to backup an iPhone: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203977

And here is how to backup your Android phone: https://www.androidauthority.com/backup-android-phone-708622/

Once you have a good backup in place, it’s time to take a good hard look at every app that’s on the phone. If you haven’t used it for a long time maybe you should just delete it.

Here is how to delete apps on your iPhone; https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207618

And here is how to delete apps on your Android phone: https://www.androidauthority.com/how-to-delete-apps-android-789537/

Once you have trimmed down the apps on your phone, why not organize them into folders or groups that make sense to you?

Here is how to do that on an iPhone: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT200290

And here is how to do that on an Android phone: https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/6/18246685/how-to-organize-android-home-screen

Now that your phone is just the way that you want it, let’s make sure that you have the essentials still on it. By essentials, I am referring to everyday apps that make your real estate life easier and more organized.

Of course we need our phone calling, voice mail, email, calendar, contacts and messaging apps, and luckily for us, they come with the phones, but there are others that should be on the phone as well.

I think that the following apps are a good start: