🧹✨ Digital Declutter Day: Clean Up Your Tech in Just 30 Minutes

🧹✨ Your end-of-year reset for phones, laptops, and everything in between.

It’s the end of the year — the time when we clear out closets, toss old paperwork, and try (once again) to start January feeling somewhat organized. In this episode of Your Tech Makeover, we’re doing the digital version of that… in just 30 minutes.

If your phone keeps warning you about storage, your laptop fans sound like they’re preparing for takeoff, or your digital life just feels messy, this quick, focused cleanup is your reset button. We’re breaking it into four simple blocks — Files, Photos, Apps, Email — plus a two-minute backup check to make sure your most important data is safe.

No perfection required. Just progress.

🧭 What You’ll Learn

Here’s what you’ll be able to do after listening:

🗂️ File Cleanup (8 minutes)

• Clear out your Downloads folder without overthinking

• Sweep your Desktop in two minutes

• Identify and delete space-hogging files

• Make sure your cloud sync (Drive/Dropbox/OneDrive/iCloud) is actually working

📸 Photos & Media Cleanup (8 minutes)

• Delete screenshots in bulk

• Merge duplicate photos

• Remove “video monsters” that take up gigabytes

• Build two simple albums to create future organization momentum

📱 Apps & Notifications (5 minutes)

• Delete unused and duplicate apps

• Quiet the nonstop alerts that drain your focus

• Keep only the notifications that truly matter

📧 Email Reset (9 minutes)

• Use the “Sort by Sender” trick to clear hundreds of messages fast

• Unsubscribe from the three senders cluttering your inbox

• Perform the “Clean Slate Move” for instant inbox relief

• A callback to one of the very first episodes: How I Keep My Email Inbox Empty — Really

💾 Bonus: Backup Check (2 minutes)

• Confirm your phone is backing up automatically

• Make sure your computer has a recent, successful backup

• Avoid the heartbreak of data loss (because this podcast really cares about backups)

💡 Mentioned in This Episode

• Troubleshooting 101 – Simple Fixes for Everyday Tech Problems

• How I Keep My Email Inbox Empty — Really

• iCloud, Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive

• Apple Photos duplicate finder

• YourTechMakeover.com (listener contributions)

🙏 Support the Show

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📬 Stay Connected

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