Today I received a question in our comments section about the Text message memory full error message that seem to be common on the Android device these days. When you are receiving this message, you won’t be able to receive text messages.
The Messaging app doesn’t use SD card storage space to store messages. It uses the internal memory where apps and app information is stored. You will need to free some space using these steps.
Option 1 – Remove Apps
To free this space up and prevent this message, you can navigate to “Settings” > “Applications” > “Manage applications” and uninstall apps you don’t need, or move the apps to the SD card. Doing this with one or two apps should provide enough internal memory space to receive text messages again.
Option 2 – Move Apps to SD card
navigate to “Settings” > “Applications” > “Manage applications“, then swipe over to your “Downloaded” apps. From there, pick some apps and see if you can select the “Move to SD Card” option. Not all apps have this selection, but many will, and you can easily move them to the SD card and free some space.
Option 3 – Delete Pics and Videos
Open the “Gallery” app and see if you can lose some pictures or videos. Also check the “Messaging” app to see if you can delete some pictures or videos that have been sent and received. You can usually tap and hold an individual message to reveal the “Delete” or “Remove” option.
These are the best options for freeing space on your device. Do you have better ideas? Share them in the comments section.
Caroline says
May 14, 2019 at 2:57 amHow do I receive a text, that couldn’t be due to full memory, after I’ve freed up space on my phone?
Mike says
April 25, 2019 at 10:21 amSo I was unable to receive a text message due to my memory being full. Is there any way to retrieve this message?
Alfred Norman Fry says
February 6, 2019 at 6:28 pmI need some help How delete some of this like Mike does his phone to work like my phone . I need some help , please !
Alfred N, Fry says
January 27, 2019 at 10:12 pmI’m trying to get rid of internal storage to Free up some space in order to start download and sending more messages in my phone again.
melissa says
January 29, 2018 at 6:48 amthank you!
Hasti says
November 9, 2017 at 1:40 pmHello, i free up my storage after i received the memory full message rejected message, now, is there a way to find out that anybody messaged me or not while my memory was full?
Ashok says
August 11, 2016 at 11:15 amI am having a Micromax A116 phone. Since some days it pops up a error that message memory full. But I have 325 MB phone storage, 615 MB Internal SD Card Memory and 12GB External Memory free. I already deleted most of the messages, so left with 50 odd messages. But still shows message memory full. Please suggest me how to set the problem.
Michael says
June 23, 2016 at 12:32 pmWhat if we have 8 GB of space still left?
Zack says
November 17, 2015 at 8:02 amWhat I did was – on the application manager, I select any of the downloaded programs and clear data. It works like magic, my alerts on ‘not enough storage capacity’ and ‘message storage capacity’ – GONE!! Anyway thanks for the tips…
Antonio says
November 7, 2015 at 4:54 pmThanks ,,,,,alot