I disabled this Google Pixel core to free up to 10GB of storage space - how it works

If your Pixel phone is running out of storage space, there's one thing you can do to reclaim GBs: disable a single service.

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Every so often, I have to check that I have plenty of storage space on my Pixel 9 Pro. It's not that I regularly run out of space (or even come close), but it's always best to be safe. After all, if an Android phone runs out of space, it would most certainly not perform well (or at all).

Here's the thing: I've known so many Android (or iPhone) users whose devices are filled with photos and videos they don't want to delete.

What do you do?

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