Last weekend, my iPhone advised me that it was out of memory. This was an impressive feat seeing as my iPhone has 128 GB of storage. I immediately deleted unused apps, but this did not relieve much pressure, so I checked my iPhone to see what other culprits I could address.

Of course photos and videos are the biggest culprit. I need to wade through that backlog, but that task actual requires attention and a little thoughtfulness. Dealing with the photos on my phone is on my longterm To Do list, but I was looking for an easy way to free up storage on my iPhone.

Hello, text messages.

I did not realize my old text messages were gobbling up 20.78 GB of storage! I know I send and receive a lot of text messages, but holy shit, it was obviously time to delete some old chains.

I ending up deleting almost every text chain for a fresh start. Then I went into the Recently Deleted folder where conversations lurk until they are permanently deleted, so I could empty that folder and reclaim 20 GB of storage on my phone.

45,698 messages! I had a backlog of nearly 46,000 text messages! @#&%$(#!!! It felt so good to click Delete and send all that digital clutter to the netherworld.

Next up: getting a handle on my digital photos and videos. Please pray for me. A lot.