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You can't download the TV show you want to watch._ by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Nov 4, 2015 6:48 PM UTC  Computer-generated emojis made available by Finland's Foreign Ministry include people sweating in saunas, classic Nokia phones and heavy metal head-bangers. Computer-generated emojis made available by Finland's Foreign Ministry include people sweating in saunas, classic Nokia phones and heavy metal head-bangers. AP by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Nov 4, 2015 6:48 PM UTC Finland is launching a set of ‘national emojis’ to help promote the country’s image abroad, the Associated Press[ reports](http://bigstory.ap.org/83d72986d7f240dd88d9d28d2e43ebff). Created by the Finnish Foreign Ministry, the new emoji will include classic Finnish imagery like people sweating in saunas, Nokia phones and heavy metal head-bangers. “The Finland emojis were designed with a tongue-in-cheek approach,” Director of Public Diplomacy Petra Theman[ told ](http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-34720765)the BBC. “But I hope they will tell the world not only about our special features, but also something about our strengths. One example is disarming honesty.” Starting Dec. 1, the free emoji will be released one a day, like a seasonal advent calendar, so stay tuned. If Finland’s experiment proves successful, maybe other countries will create national emoji too. We’ve already got some ideas. For Germany, a pretzel emoji. For Australia, a kangaroo emoji. For Canada, a poutine emoji. And for Wales, obviously, a [corgi](http://adogsplanet.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/pembroke-welsh-corgi.jpg) emoji. _Read next:_ [_Your iPhone Just Got a Bunch of New Emoji_](http://time.com/4081791/apple-new-emojis/) ## Transcript [00:00] Today we're gonna learn some common ways to [00:01] quickly clear up space on our iPhone. I say we, but I do [00:04] mean you, because I'll be leading the class. Our first [00:08] stop is gonna be Settings. And we're gonna go to [00:10] General and then Usage. So [00:15] here are our app's space on, the amount of space [00:17] they're taking up. Now if there's an app that you don't [00:19] need anymore, simply tap it and delete it. Don't worry. [00:22] It's not gone forever. You can reinstall it from the App [00:25] store. It'll be there for you to download later. That's a [00:27] very easy way to clear up space right away. Get rid of [00:29] old apps. But the things that take up the most space [00:32] are video, photos, and music. First let's go into the [00:35] camera roll, find videos we don't need anymore, then [00:37] delete them. So if I want to delete this video. I'm gonna [00:40] click this little garbage can down in the corner. This is [00:43] a video of my son crawling for the first time, so I think [00:45] I'm gonna leave it on my phone, if that's okay. If you [00:48] want to delete a bunch of, photos and pictures at [00:50] once, hit this camera roll. Hit select, and then just tap [00:54] on the ones we want to delete, and click the little trash [00:58] can in the lower right corner. And if you delete videos [01:00] that'll clean up a ton of space. Another place big [01:03] photos and videos like to hang out is in the message's [01:04] app, so that if you know that there's a message thread [01:06] that's full of photos and videos that you can get rid of [01:09] and you don; t care about the message anymore, just [01:11] swipe to the left and delete the whole entire thing. If [01:14] you wanna delete individual photos and video's from a [01:15] certain chat thread open the thread, hold down on a [01:18] photo or video and hit more, and you can start poking [01:22] around and whichever ones you select. New command, [01:24] as you see down here in the corner, delete. And again, [01:27] if you delete videos from here it's going to free up a lot [01:29] of space. Photos somewhat but videos especially. Then [01:32] two more quick stops. We're going to check videos first [01:34] in the videos app. If you've got TV shows or movies [01:36] that you've already watched and you don't need on [01:38] your device anymore, slide to the left, hit delete. Don't [01:42] worry. It's not gone forever. As you can see this little [01:44] cloud pops up. That means I can just download it [01:45] later. In the music app. Slide to the left. Delete the [01:49] song. As you'll see, it is available for download later. 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