With people sending each other more photos, videos and texts than ever before, it's much easier to run out of storage space on your iPhone.

This is even the case if you've forked out extra for one of the bigger models that comes with 512GB of space.

You might be tempted to finally give into Apple's prompts and start paying for a pricey iCloud subscription, but before you reach for your wallet, there's a few things you can try to reclaim your storage space.

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By changing a simple messages setting, you could easily reduce the amount of unnecessary data stored on your device.

By default, your iPhone stores every message you send and receive forever.

While this is handy if you want to go back and read conversations from years ago, these messages can also build up over time and clog up your storage. This means you could be sitting on a huge amount of storage space that can be easily reclaimed.

Fortunately, Fonehouse has shared details of a setting you can change which stops your phone storing messages permanently.

To activate it, unlock your iPhone and open the Settings app then scroll down to where it says 'Messages'.

Tap the icon, then head to 'Message History'.

Here you should see an option that says 'Keep Messages'. Tap it. You should now be given the option to keep messages for one year, 30 days, or forever.

Pick whichever suits. Now, you should receive a popup asking you if you want to delete older messages. Tap 'Delete'. Now you should regain some free space—and avoid having to pay for more storage.

If you want to check how much space you now have on your iPhone, open the Settings app again then tap General > iPhone Storage.

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