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If you use iCloud, choose “optimise iPhone storage”. It works really well, keeps the originals in iCloud and downloads full copies as needed. Here’s a screenshot. This’ll take your photo storage down by a fair chunk — that’s where most of your storage is going. Answer from pxm7 on reddit.com

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r/iphone on Reddit: iPhone storage once full, always tends to remain full no matter what.

June 5, 2023 -

So I own a 128Gb iPhone 12 mini. Have experienced the same issue with my prev iPhone as well. My storage got full almost three days back. Now I deleted an app taking around 1.5 gb of space and then it got emptied as expected. But after sometime what do I see, the storage is full again with me not doing anything. Next I uninstall another app, storage empties and then it is full again… What the….

Now I delete some pictures and clear my bin too almost 2 gb.. After some time the storage is full again.. Don’t know why and what is happening, does this happen with you guys too ?

And also , how do you deal with the issue once your storage is full…

I love how people keep saying to buy more space elsewhere and ignoring the fact that this crappy company is pushing random trash data somewhere to force us to do that. It is just legit Apple fluffing up data on your phone.

I’d suggest moving your photos over to a portable hdd for a whopping saving of 70gb as that seems to be your limiting factor.

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IPHONE STORAGE IS SO FULL IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO?? : r/iphonehelp

November 24, 2023 - Go to Settings > General > iPhone Storage and enable Offload Unused Apps - this automatically removes apps you don’t use while keeping their data. Also, use Optimize iPhone Storage in Photos to store full-resolution images in iCloud instead of your device. If you need more space, clear Safari ...

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24 easy ways to clear storage space on an iPhone or iPad

May 14, 2025 - While it won’t work for everybody, users on Reddit report that following the steps several times allowed them to keep freeing up more storage. We’re not quite sure what Apple is deleting when it does this, as it’s not apps, photos or other important data. We assume it’ll be clearing out caches and other areas that make up the “Other” section on your iOS storage breakdown. ... You don’t have to store every Music track you could ever possibly need to listen to on your iPhone...

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r/ios on Reddit: I've deleted just about everything I can but it still claims I don't have enough storage

January 17, 2024 -

I've searched the thread but haven't found anything

Delete Facebook or Chrome. Reinstall them after you update.

Maybe you have less than 4 GB available. Either connect to a computer and upgrade via iTunes or clean up your phone. Ultimately you're going to want to upgrade to a higher storage capacity device. You could try deleting some of your old messages and clearing out history/cache from Snapchat and Spotify. Also clean up your photos/videos and empty the trash/deleted items.

reddit.com › r/ios › ios storage full. more than 50% of space is being used by "other" storage and yet there's no option to clear it.

r/ios on Reddit: ios storage full. more than 50% of space is being used by "other" storage and yet there's no option to clear it.

May 27, 2023 -

even if i delete every photo and every single app on my phone, they add up to practically less than 2.5GB

everything else is eaten up by "other" storage.

how do i clear "other" storage?

Here we go again... Not my post, but proven solution: PSA: The proper way to delete or shrink iPhone System Data use on disk Hi, So you may all be aware of the "date trick" for triggering maintenanced (a system process on iOS responsible for cache deletion and management) on iOS to invalidate and expunge System Data (caches) from the disk. But, cache sometimes gets revalidated - as in System Data goes back to its original size - presumably because maintenanced doesn't finish its process before users set the date back, or because there is a scheduled maintenance period triggered by this date change to expunge the data that isn't triggered immediately (the change to storage after this maintenance period is shown in Storage settings but isn't actually freed at this time). I have figured out a reliable way to prevent this, and to trigger maintenanced to immediately expunge all cache for good. As in, with this method, you can actually get iOS to immediately reduce System Data use on disk and to have it stay for good. Essentially, you need to set the date into the future, twice. Read notes below before you begin. Notes: Make sure you follow Step 3. Also, it's actually not recommended you do this consistently, as caches increase the performance of apps and iOS in general. This should only be done when it spirals out of control. Also only do this if you see System Data above 25GB for best results. I also recommend deleting and reinstalling Instagram and Discord, if you use them, as they seem to be the mostly sneaky apps camouflaging cache into System Data. Check your current System Data use on iPhone Storage settings. Close all your apps. Critical: Set your iMessages to stay around forever on iMessage settings on iPhone to avoid having your iMessages deleted! Go to Settings > iMessage > Message History > Select 'Forever'. This is important. Set your iPhone in Airplane Mode and turn Bluetooth and Wi-Fi off (this is to avoid anomalies with iCloud, Apple Watch and other apps). Change the date to 1 year into the future from the real date. Make sure you followed Step 3 before this step. Wait 60 seconds. Keep your phone awake. Check System Data use again. It should be much lower. If you don't see a change, close Settings, relaunch and keep checking. Change the date to 3 months in the future from the real date (this is essentially 9 months in the past from the last setting). Wait 60 seconds. Keep your phone awake. Check System Data use again. It should be around the same or lower. Change date back to Automatic. Turn off Airplane Mode. You're golden! It's absolutely ridiculous this process is even necessary, Apple should get on board to fix the System Data woes. They have been an issue for many years now. https://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone/

Apparently there is a complicated fix if you keep searching. Also send feedback to apple because this problem is too common

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r/iphone on Reddit: How to free up iPhone storage space ?

September 19, 2022 -

Hey I have recently purchased iCloud of 200GB and it’s sync and already used up 150GB! And my iPhone storage gets being filled again and again even though I have iCloud sync on! How can I free up my iPhone storage? Please help!

If you use iCloud, choose “optimise iPhone storage”. It works really well, keeps the originals in iCloud and downloads full copies as needed. Here’s a screenshot. This’ll take your photo storage down by a fair chunk — that’s where most of your storage is going.

A bunch of good tips already in here, but just wanna add - using an app can actually help a lot too. not usually a fan of those cleaner apps, especially the ones that charge like $6-7/week (wild lol), but when it’s free? yeah, worth a shot. right now, Clever Cleaner is the best one I’ve found - does a solid job cleaning up heavy videos, finding duplicates, and compressing Live Photos. and yeah, it’s actually free (for now at least)… thank me later. Here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/clever-cleaner-ai-cleanup-app/id1666645584

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r/iphonehelp on Reddit: Why does my storage keep mysteriously filling up?

December 19, 2023 -

iPhone 13 running IOS 16.2

I make sure to monitor photos and videos so it’s not that, nor apps nor music, yet the bloody thing keeps reporting low storage.

I cleared 8 gig of free space last week, took about 3 gig of photos and videos hiking and now I only have 300mb of available space? And yeah I’ve emptied the deleted folder.

I might have to pay for 2TB of iCloud space at this rate… or upgrade to a phone with a lot more storage.

Software is over a year outdated, surely that has nothing to do with it 😂🤦🏽‍♂️

What is taking up the storage? If you can, Include a screenshot of the iPhone Storage graph to provide better details.

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r/applehelp on Reddit: iPhone storage full - Can't delete anything or access apps. What to do?

May 8, 2024 -

UPDATE: After searching the internet far and wide for solutions, as well as having further glitches with my phone (such as an unresponsive touchscreen), I was able to get my phone working again. Although iTunes couldn't update my phone in Recovery Mode, my phone did start working properly after I exited Recovery Mode. It was as simple as that. Because I never clicked on the "Restore" option on iTunes, I did not lose any data.

I'm currently in the process of heavily reducing the amount of storage I have and backing everything up in order to ensure that my phone doesn't glitch the way it did again.

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Hello all! I currently have an iPhone 13, and my storage on it is currently full -- it is currently at 127.9 GB (which I have never seen before; I've only ever seen it at 127.8) out of 128 GB. However, I've been trying to clear up space and it seems that I'm unable to do so. I know it's normal to not be able to delete any photos when having full iPhone storage, but I've never experienced a time when I couldn't delete any apps either. I've tried deleting my apps from the homescreen, both by long pressing the app and tapping "Remove App" as well as long pressing the homescreen and tapping that "-" sign. Neither method works. I also tried to delete my apps through Settings and the App Store, but I get kicked out of both before I can do anything meaningful on either. This means I have no proper access to Settings or the App Store at the moment; I can only view both for a quick amount of time before I get kicked out. I can't even tap on some of my Settings categories either.

Before this issue started occurring, I had offloaded most of my apps as a way to free up space. Only two apps of mine (specifically ones that I had downloaded from the App Store) remain. One of them seemingly still works. This app also gives me the option to clear app cache, which I have already tried doing multiple times yet my iPhone storage is still full. The other app I have is not letting me do anything on it, meaning that it's not working for me. I also noticed that neither of these apps appear when I go to the main screen of my Settings and scroll all the way down to view my list of apps. As for some of Apple's apps, I have no access to Notes or Safari. I get kicked out of Notes every time I try to go on the app, and when it comes to Safari, the search function does not go through. My bookmarks on Safari also seem to have deleted by themselves because of full storage.

I have also tried seeing if I could transfer my photos and videos to my USB flash drives, but I can't do that either. I have a USB adapter, and when I connect it to my iPhone, my iPhone is not detecting it in the Files app. I have also tried connecting my iPhone to my HP laptop using my USB-C to Lightning cable. While I can still charge my phone this way, my laptop is unable to access any of my iPhone photos, even when I tap on "Trust" when the "Trust This Computer?" prompt on my phone pops up. The iTunes Store on my laptop is also saying that an unknown error is occurring, every time it asks if it can access the contents of my phone.

Honestly, I'm at a loss. I have no idea what to do. I've had full storage multiple times in the past, and there were two times a few years ago where I restarted my old iPhone (it was an XR at 64 GB) only for my phone to be stuck on the Apple logo. This caused me to have to get the phone factory reset at Best Buy. I am not willing to have that happen again with my iPhone 13, especially since there are several photos and memories that I have not yet backed up to my USB drives.

Does anyone know what else I can do?

The phone is at the point where it cannot manage its own storage. The only thing to do now is to restore the phone to factory settings and be more watchful going forward about keeping more than 10% of the capacity free or backing up more regularly.

But how did you exit recovery mode?

Find elsewhere

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reddit.com › r/applehelp › iphone running out of storage- but i have icloud?

r/applehelp on Reddit: iPhone running out of storage- but I have iCloud?

August 27, 2024 -

Hi all, attached supporting photos. My phone keeps saying it is running out of storage (and clearly it is), but my photos are taking up 10GB’s when I have them backing up to the iCloud.

So here’s my issue- correct me if I’m wrong, but even with the photos backed up onto the iCloud, if I delete photos from my phone, I get a prompt saying that photo will be “deleted across all devices including iCloud”. So, how in the heck am I supposed to free up space on the phone?

Also, before it is recommended- since the photos are backed up to iCloud, I cannot transfer them to my computer/external hard drive. I tried but the folders were just empty. :/

Any help is appreciated because other than this my phone still works just fine.

While most of your photos are stored in iCloud when you are actively viewing a photo or video the phone reserves space locally so it can download the full resolution copy. Over time when various photos and videos haven’t been viewed they are then offloaded to the cloud again this saves space on your phone. The reason why the phone says it would delete the photo in iCloud is because that’s where the photo is primarily stored. Unfortunately 64GB is not a lot of storage space nowadays so even if your phone is doing its best to optimize storage and only keep recently viewed photos/videos locally stored it’s going to be a struggle, combined that apps and iOS updates continue to get bigger in file size. Definitely doesn’t hurt to consider upgrading especially if you need more local storage and it’s important to also be able to keep your phone up to date software wise so the more up to date security fixes, bug fixes and new features are implemented. If you want to keep your current phone then see what else you can delete from your phone.

I mean.. the short blunt answer is:.. Delete some Apps (since that's the category of things taking up most of your space). Dealing with a 64gb phone... you're going to be constantly struggling for space no matter which way you approach things. Data tends to grow over time. Apps get slightly bigger. iOS updates get slightly bigger. Long term solution. .you need a newer device that has more internal storage.

reddit.com › r/ios › iphone storage full from “system data?” here’s a fix!

r/ios on Reddit: iPhone Storage full from “System Data?” Here’s a fix!

January 12, 2024 -

Has your phone run out of space, and you did your due diligence to clear it out? Was that space then turned into “system data?” How do you get rid of system data?

Well, from what I read on different blogs and Apple support articles, all you can really do is offload unused apps, get rid of messages, clear out caches in different apps, etc. but that’s not really getting rid of system data…and I’ve noticed my phone seemingly getting sluggish over the last few weeks after offloading a ton of movies from traveling recently. It basically turned that data into system data. So here’s the trick…

If you have an iPhone capable of shooting ProRes video, go into your camera, go into video mode, and enable ProRes. You’ll notice a ticker at the top that tells you the maximum amount of time you can shoot in this mode. It will more than likely be 0 minutes, but you will see right below that a spinning ticker saying “optimizing resources.” This is getting rid of that system data that’s unneeded. I just left my phone in this mode for a few minutes and it freed up five minutes worth of video, but then gave me the option to continue free resources. It essentially got rid of the rest of the system data that wasn’t needed and left me with the free space above!

Hope this helps!

Only for iphone pros and pro max's :(

Thanks OP, it worked, although I didn’t have a storage issue, but it freed up 2 GBs almost and from system data only it seems

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How to clear space on iPhone when your storage is full

September 1, 2025 - Head to Settings > General > iPhone Storage. It may take a minute to load (especially if your phone is full), but once it does, you’ll see a colorful breakdown of your usage that includes photos, apps, videos, and more.

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January 13, 2025 - Follow these simple steps and you'll be on your way to a less overloaded, more organized iPhone or iPad. First, assess how much space you have. Go to Settings > General > [Device] Storage.

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r/techsupport on Reddit: How to free up storage on iPhone easy & automatically

March 18, 2025 -

My iPhone storage is constantly full, and I’m tired of manually deleting stuff. Got a message "Iphone Storage Full" Is there a way to free up space automatically without going through every app and photo? Looking for something simple that actually works! Any recommendations? Thanks a lot guys

Go to Settings > General > iPhone Storage and enable Offload Unused Apps - this automatically removes apps you don’t use while keeping their data. Also, use Optimize iPhone Storage in Photos to store full-resolution images in iCloud instead of your device. If you need more space, clear Safari cache, delete large messages, and review downloads in apps like WhatsApp and Telegram. Another free way is using cleaner apps like Clever Cleaner App, which has no paywalls. It deletes duplicate photos, finds large videos, and even compresses Live Photos to save space. This free app is here https://apps.apple.com/us/app/clever-cleaner-ai-cleanup-app/id1666645584 You will thank me later. Good luck!

Don’t forget to check iPhone Storage — sometimes there are unexpected surprises. But, of course, photos and videos usually take up most of my phone’s memory.

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August 12, 2024 - Cloud storage allows you to upload your photos and videos to servers (commonly known as “the cloud”) and access them at any time, from any device as long as it is connected to the internet. iPhones have a built-in integration with Apple’s cloud solution, iCloud.

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r/ios on Reddit: What's the deal with iPhone storage? Sick of seeing this.

December 4, 2024 -

I have an iPhone 11 and an iPad and they're constantly reporting storage full, no matter how many photos & apps I delete or offload. This is a constant problem.

I'll go through with a cleaner program and I'll delete about 4GB of photos and videos, and even the storage indicator will show that I have tons of room left. Then, an hour later, I’ll still get “storage full” messages.

This happens on both my iPhone and iPad.

I have iCloud storage and also pay extra for added storage; it's nowhere near full on my iCloud account.

Is this a bug? Known issue?

What’s the deal with iPhone storage?

Are you checking "iPhone Storage" that seems to be what this alert is about. If you are cleaning up your iCloud, that won't change anything.

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r/ios on Reddit: iPhone storage is full … nothing left to delete?

June 29, 2025 -

Currently trying to clear up space on my iPhone storage - I’ve deleted all large attachments but it still shows that it’s taking up 12.75GB. When I click Messages it says it’s photos within my messages that are taking up space. But I’ve deleted it all? Anyone have any advice? I’m at wits end with this storage stuff - and I pay $9.99 for iCloud too!

Have you cleared Recently Deleted in Messages? On the top left tap on Filters.

Most apps store cache as “Documents and Data”, which clears when you uninstall it. This doesn’t usually mess with data “linked” to your account though. e.g. if I uninstalled then reinstalled YouTube, I’d get back 1.25GB of storage when I reinstall it (because it clears whatever is in Documents and Data). But I wouldn’t lose my playlists or anything since that’s all linked to my Google account. Yes, it’s only temporary and it’s bogus we need to reinstall entire apps to clear their junk, but if you really need storage, uninstall then reinstall some apps. You should get a few GB back for a little while. Edit: you can also use this photo compress app https://apps.apple.com/us/app/compress-photos-pictures/id1449007043 . There’s a video version by the same person. I’ve saved 10’s of GBs over the years with these two apps.

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