5 easy ways to banish digital clutter

From an overflowing email inbox to a bevy of blurry photos, our phones and computers are mired in a digital mess. Here, easy ways to nix this gunk—and ensure your devices work faster

- LINDSAY BOSSLETT

Pare down photos by deleting dupes

The biggest space hogs on your smartphone? Photos, which take up 25% or more of your device's memory. A big chunk of those snaps are blurry or duplicate images. Luckily, you don't need to sort through thousands of images to delete the duds one by one. Simply take advantage of free photo-cleaning apps, like Slidebox or CleanMyPhone, which automatically scan, find and delete redundant or blurry photos from your phone.

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