A perennial drawback that smartphone customers face is the shortage of cupboard space on their gadgets. It’s a widespread sight to see them uninstall apps to unlock house, specifically in Android telephones. However now, Google has introduced forth a brand new iOSeque auto-archiving characteristic to make sure that customers don’t have to uninstall the whole app or delete the entire app information.

The brand new auto-archiving characteristic, launched on Monday, is aimed toward lowering “pointless uninstalls” and serving to customers to efficiently set up new apps, in keeping with Google. In a put up on the Android builders weblog, the tech titan introduced that it’s designed to unlock cupboard space with out fully uninstalling purposes from consumer gadgets.

It needs to be famous that this can work solely so long as the app remains to be obtainable on the Google Play Retailer. Moreover, the auto-archive characteristic is just obtainable for builders who’re utilizing the App Bundle to publish their apps. As soon as the consumer tries to put in a brand new app when the system is out of storage, a pop-up window will present up asking if the consumer needs to allow the auto-archive characteristic. If the consumer opts in, unused apps on the consumer’s system might be auto-archived to unlock sufficient house for a brand new app request.

“Your system is out of storage and also you gained’t be capable to set up this app. With app archiving turned on, your system will detect if you don’t have sufficient storage and mechanically archive apps that you simply don’t use typically. Your private information might be saved in case you obtain the app once more,” the immediate reads.

As soon as customers opt-in, auto-archive may help them mechanically free as much as practically 60% of an app’s cupboard space, with out eradicating the app’s presence or the info of the consumer from the system. The apps in query are those which are used occasionally, while the app icon and the consumer’s private app information might be preserved, Google mentioned. The opposite issues that might be eliminated embrace permissions, non permanent information, and disabling notifications. If the consumer needs to start out utilizing the app once more, all they must do is solely faucet to re-download it and choose up the place they left off. Archived apps will show a bit “cloud” icon that might be overlaid on the app icon, which signifies that the info must be re-downloaded.

The rolling out of the characteristic is lengthy overdue, provided that Google first teased it in Might final yr. It’s anticipated that the auto-archiving characteristic will outcome within the fall of the uninstall fee of apps, and but enable customers to rapidly obtain apps when they’re wanted. “Auto-archive is a straightforward means for customers to handle their system storage, and an effective way for builders to decrease the chance of their apps being uninstalled,” Google wrote within the put up.