52% of ‘Digital Hoarders’ Never Deleted a Single File from The Phone or Computer
Well this might explain why your computer runs slow. Apparently digital hoarding has become a thing . . .
A new study found over half of us let all of our photos, songs, and other files pile up . . . to the point that we've never deleted a SINGLE FILE from any of our devices.
52% of Americans said they've never deleted a file. And 33% are holding onto stuff that's more than 10 years old. Here are four more quick stats on our inability to let go of our digital junk . . .
The #1 reason we won't delete files is we're worried we might need them someday. Not wanting to let go of old "memories" is #2.
78% of us have transferred old files to another device to avoid deleting them.
24% of people would be embarrassed if someone went through their digital stuff. Especially all the embarrassing pictures they never deleted.
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