How to free-up memory space on your iPhone If you are using iCloud to backup your photos, you can delete them from your camera roll and create more space on your phone. Of course, if you do this, you are then relying on iCloud to keep them safe. Having a backup on a home computer is a wise precaution. You can delete them one-by-one, or click "select" from the camera roll screen, tick as many as you want, and delete them in bulk. Unused apps can accumulate over months and years. Have a scroll through your menu: are there any games that you're bored of, any apps that are no longer useful? Tap and hold the icon and a small cross will appear in the top-left. Press that cross and you will delete the app, clearing more space. If you're like me, your musical taste will be fickle. One week I'll listen to an album constantly on loop, but the next I'll be completely sick of it. Delete unwanted albums to make more room - they'll still be available on your computer if you want them back at a later date. To delete music, swipe a song from right to left, and a "delete" button will appear. Videos take up far more room than albums. Just a few films will take up several GB of your memory. I often upload a few for long journeys, but delete them afterwards to clear space. Some apps are capable of downloading files: iPlayer, for instance, can download programmes so that you can watch them later. If you have videos downloaded that you no longer want to watch, go into the app and ditch them. The usage list above should alert you to any apps that are taking up a suspiciously large amount of space. Podcasts are great: regular, new content, delivered to your phone automatically. But they can accumulate quickly. In the "podcasts" section of the settings you can tweak some settings to limit the space they take up. Under "limit episodes" you can choose to have only the most recent 2, 3 or 5 episodes. You can also choose to automatically delete played episodes. If you are clearing space in order to install iOS 8 you may want to read our guide on updating the software