iPhone Running Slow? Try These 9 Fixes Before You Upgrade

If your iPhone suddenly feels like it’s getting slower by the minute, you’re not alone. Even newer models can start to lag after a year or two. That’s not because the hardware is done and you need to upgrade already, but because storage fills up, apps have a bunch of background tasks, and certain settings quietly work against you.

The good news is that you usually don’t need to spend hundreds of dollars on a new iPhone just to get things running smoothly again.

Instead, you can treat your iPhone a bit like a computer: give it some room to breathe, clean up the software clutter, and reset a few things that are running in the background. Much of this might sound super technical, but it couldn’t be any easier. Anyone can do it, and it’ll only take you a few minutes to get started.

Read on for 9 ways to help declutter and speed up your iPhone.