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How to archive Android apps


Free up storage space by archiving unused apps, rather than uninstalling.

(Image credit: Roydon Cerejo / Android Central) Note: You cannot archive Google's default set of apps that come preinstalled. (Image credit: Roydon Cerejo / Android Central) Note: Rarely used apps will be automatically archived when your phone runs low on storage. Custom Android skins like the ones on Oppo and OnePlus phones have long had a feature which would "pause" or "freeze" an app's state if unused for a while.

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