5 Best Ways To Clear RAM on Android
1. Check memory usage and close apps
First of all, it is very important to know which rogue apps are consuming the most memory on your Android device. Fortunately, Android natively allows you to monitor memory usage. To check the memory, go to Android Settings-> Memory, where you will see the average memory usage. You can then choose to show average memory usage for the last few hours or even for a day. To check the memory used by apps, tap “Memory used by apps” where you can see the average memory usage by the Android system and different apps. You can tap the three dots button in the top right and tap “Sort by Maximum Usage” to see which apps are using the most RAM. Tap the app name to see more details about RAM usage. To quit an app that you think is using too much RAM, press the three-dot button, then force quit.
2. Disable the app and remove the broodware.
Force quitting an app frees up RAM, but it doesn’t necessarily take long as apps tend to restart in the background. So, if a system app you can uninstall is using your device’s RAM, you can easily disable it. When you disable an app, it won’t run in the background unless you re-enable it.
To disable system apps, go to Settings → Apps and select the apps you want to disable. In the app info page, hit the “Disable” button and tap the “Disable App” option in the prompt. It’s important to note here that disabling some system apps might result in inconsistent performance, so we’ll suggest you to check out our detailed post on how to remove bloatware from Android.
3. Disable Animations & Transitions
The different animations and transitions on Android certainly make the OS look more modern and sleek but it also puts a strain on the device’s RAM and CPU. The good news is, you can easily disable these animations and transitions. You must first open Developer Options to manage transition options. In case you don’t know, you can enable developer options by going to Settings-> About phone and tapping “Build number” until you get a message saying “Congratulations! You are now a developer”.
Then go to Settings-> Developer Options and scroll down to find options like “Window Animation Scale”, “Transition Animation Scale” and “Animation Duration Scale”. You can simply click on one of these options and set it to “Disable animation”.
4. Do not use live wallpapers or widgets
There are some very interesting live wallpaper apps for Android. Although they are beautiful, they appear to consume a lot of RAM, which consumes a lot of battery power. Therefore, if you have performance issues, we definitely do not recommend live wallpapers. In addition to live wallpapers, large widgets also consume a lot of RAM. So if you are serious about cleaning up some of your device’s RAM, just use a simple widget such as a music player or calendar.
5. Use a third party booster program
I’m not really a friend of the performance improvement program. Because they usually swell strongly. However, there are apps you can trust to clear your device’s RAM for better performance. Apps like Clean Master offer tons of features to optimize your device’s performance, but if you just want to clean up your device’s RAM, they include a great “memory boost” feature that lets you free up RAM right from your home screen. You can also manage autostart apps to disable apps that take up memory in the first place. Besides Clean Master, there are other RAM cleaning apps like CCleaner, DU Speed Booster and more.