Motorola moto G9 PLAY User Manual page 84

Apps : Manage your apps
2. Do one of the following:
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To free up space by removing temporary files, touch Storage & cache > Clear cache. Over time, the
cache builds up again, so repeat if a problem occurs.
• If problems still occur, then delete all data saved in the app by touching Storage & cache > Clear
storage. Be careful - there's no way to undo this.
Force stop apps
Force stop an app only if it seems to be causing a problem. To completely shut down an app, including any
background services:
1.
Touch & hold the app icon, then touch
2. Touch Force stop.
Delete apps you installed
You can delete (uninstall) apps that you downloaded. For many
them.
1. Touch & hold the app's icon.
2. Do one of the following:
•
Drag the icon up and drop it on
•
If you don't see a delete option, touch & hold the app icon, then touch
Delete apps installed by others
If you are the owner of the phone and share it with
their apps don't appear in your app tray or on your home screen, they do reduce available storage space.
1. Go to Settings > Apps & notifications > See all ### apps.
Apps installed by others show the message Not installed for this user.
2. Touch the app name.
3.
Touch > Uninstall for all users.
Back up to Google
You can automatically back up the following items to your
•
Apps and app data
•
Call history
• Contacts
• Phone settings (including Wi-Fi passwords and permissions)
• Photos and videos (synced to
•
SMS text messages (if using
Not all apps back up data automatically. Check with the app developer.
.
. This removes the app and frees storage space.
users
your Google Photos library, not to Google Drive)
Messages)
preloaded apps, you can disable but not delete
or guests, you can uninstall apps they installed. Although
Google account:
> Disable.
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