5 Spring Cleaning Tips for Your Smartphone

With the warm temperatures in Tampa Bay, families may be making plans for some spring cleaning at home.

Our mobile devices serve as virtual closets, storing emails, photos, documents and apps., and they benefit from “spring cleaning” too. By keeping your technology tidy, you can help improve battery life and the performance of your phone.

Take some time to spring clean your phone with these simple tips from AT&T :

1. Delete unused apps: Even though you may not be actively using an app, it can still run along with other apps. This can silently drain the battery. Close or quit those unused apps, and if you no longer use the apps, delete them.

2. Polish your passwords: These days, our smartphones not only pose as communication devices, they also play the roles of banker, shopper and business partner. Nothing can prepare you for another successful season like password protecting your phone and resetting your profile passwords.

3. Be battery efficient: Just like you remember to turn the lights off when you leave a room, it’s good to remember to turn off Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and GPS on your smartphone when these functions are not in use. This can improve the phone’s battery life, too.

4. Sync your smartphone: Not only will syncing your smartphone save you massive amounts of space, but it will also save you loads of grief if something happens to your cell. Organize your device and store what you don’t need daily in a safe place.

5. Clean your screen: We take our cellphones with us everywhere — from the gym to the dinner table — and along with them any bacteria they may have picked up. Use a disinfectant wipe or spray a paper towel with disinfectant to sanitize your smartphone.