Answer: Email
Clues: “Clutter” and “Digital”
A report is trying to make digital cleaning a thing, which is just as horrible as it sounds: Deleting old emails, clearing unused files that are taking up space and slowing things down and dealing with data build-up.
In a survey, 95% of people say they try to delete unnecessary files to keep their devices functioning. But only 10% feel confident doing it. And 33% feel overwhelmed, anxious and stressed by it.
Cleaning up your devices is even less popular than chores around the house. Here are some stats:
- 59% of people would rather wash dishes than face their digital files.
- 23% would rather get their annual physical, and 21% would rather go to the dentist than deal with their digital clutter
- 17% would rather “eat liver and onions” than delete old emails.
- The average American says they delete unneeded, stored photos about as often as they clean out the junk drawer, once or twice per year.
- And of course there are two big forces working against us: Fear of deleting something we might want later and procrastination.
- The two biggest motivators for getting rid of digital junk may be: Being forced to buy more storage space in a cloud and something draining your battery life.