How to keep your Galaxy phone from slowing down?
You can keep up with your phone’s performance by using the Device Care feature. It provides an overview of your battery, storage, memory, and security. You can also automatically optimize your phone for faster, better performance.
Note: Before you try out the recommendations below, be sure to check if your device's software is updated with the latest version.
Optimizing your device
On the Settings screen, tap Battery and device care → Optimize now.
The quick optimization feature improves device performance through the following actions.
- Closing apps running in the background.
- Managing abnormal battery usage.
- Scanning for crashed apps and malware.
Optimize battery and use power saving modes
Check the remaining battery power and time to use the device. For devices with low battery levels, conserve battery power by turning on power saving features. On the Settings screen, tap Battery and device care → Battery → activate battery saving mode.
- Power saving: Turn on power saving mode to extend the battery’s usage time.
- Background usage limits: Limit battery usage for apps that you do not use often.
- Wireless power sharing: Charge another device with your phone’s battery.
- More battery settings: Configure advanced settings for the battery.
Clean storage
Check the status of the used and available storage.
On the Settings screen, tap Battery and device care → Storage. To delete files or uninstall apps that you do not use anymore, select a category. Then, touch and hold, or select, an item and tap Delete or Uninstall.
Clean memory
On the Settings screen, tap Battery and device care → Memory.
To speed up your device by stopping apps running in the background, tick apps from the apps list, and tap Clean now.
Note:
- If you are experiencing unusual behavior on Samsung mobiles, tablets or wearables, you can send us a question in the Samsung Members app.
- This allows us to take a closer look at what is happening. The data is anonymized and only held for the duration of the investigation. Find out more about sending an error report through the 'How to use the Samsung Members app'.
- If you are still facing the same issue, you can call our contact center and our helpful agents will assist you.
Thank you for your feedback!
Please answer all questions.