As soon as the time of Diwali comes, people get involved in cleaning the dust and mud of the house, removing the old junk and giving a new look to the house. But have you thought that your smartphone also needs cleanliness? We are not talking about physical cleaning of the phone here, but will tell about internal cleaning. There is also a lot of digital junk deposits inside your phone, which not only makes the phone slow but also increases the risk of hacking and scam.
Cyber ​​thugs are the most active in the festive season. Because during this time people also do more online shopping. Users are implicated through e-commerce sales, bank offers and fake discount messages. If your phone has useless apps and old data, then the danger increases even more. That is why it is very important to clean your phone digitally before Diwali.
1. Remove unused and useless apps
There will be many such apps in your phone that you installed but are not using for months. Many times we install the app for some work and then do not use it for years. These apps keep running in the background, eat data and battery and sometimes keep accessing your contacts, microphones or locations.
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Go to the setting and see the list of apps.
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Uninstall the apps you do not use immediately.
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This will not only vacate the storage but also reduce the privacy risk.
2. Delete Cache and Junk Files
The storage of the smartphone accumulates many unnecessary files, thumbnails and cache data. You can clear it like this.
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Go to Settings> Storage> Cache Data and clear it. Different options can be seen according to different models.
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If you want, use junk cleaner from Google files like app. Third party free cleaning tools do not fall into the circle.
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This will increase the speed of the phone and also make a place in storage.
3. Keep the phone updated
Often people avoid the system updates, but they are very important for security.
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Setting> Go to the system update and see if there is any update pending.
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Install security patch updates as well.
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With this, your phone will be safe from new malware and hacking Attacks.
4. Change password and pin
Banking fraud cases increase in the festive season.
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Update passwords to your banking apps, emails and social media accounts.
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Create a strong password (Word + Digit + Symbol Combination).
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Turn on two-factor authentication so that even if the password is leaked, the account remains safe.
5. Backup photos and data
Old photos and videos make the phone slow. For this, there are many tools that detect duplicate photos and files and delete them, you can also use them, but check the app publishers.
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Back up on Google photos or cloud storage.
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Delete duplicate and blurred photos from the phone.
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This will lighten the storage of the phone and the performance will be smooth.
6. Install Security App
Download a trusted antivirus or security app. Keep in mind that these are not freeware software, otherwise the matter will turn upside down. Because free apps are mostly data and steal your data.
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This protects the phone from malware, trojan and spyware.
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Keep a real time scan on so that any suspicious link or file can be caught immediately.
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