I have been clearing up storage on my iPhone and it looks like a large portion of “media” is taking up the bulk of my storage. I have deleted all the large attachments and messages and the Spotify app is only taking up a GB of storage.
What is considered media? Because it looks like most “media” is categorized under apps or photos.
iPhone X
How to check the storage on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
Content categories
iOS divides the used content in these categories:
iOS only displays the top categories. If a category doesn't take much space, it might be counted as "Other." Storage space taken by "System" is a combination of space taken by iOS and its supporting files. The amount of space required by "System" varies from device to device depending on the device type, model, country, carrier, Siri voices, and more.
Use recommendations to optimize storage
In the Storage section of Settings, iOS might offer recommendations for optimizing your device's storage. Tap Show All to see all the recommendations for your device.
Read the description of each recommendation, then tap Enable to turn it on or tap the recommendation to review the contents you can delete.
How to check the storage on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
Content categories
iOS divides the used content in these categories:
iOS only displays the top categories. If a category doesn't take much space, it might be counted as "Other." Storage space taken by "System" is a combination of space taken by iOS and its supporting files. The amount of space required by "System" varies from device to device depending on the device type, model, country, carrier, Siri voices, and more.
Use recommendations to optimize storage
In the Storage section of Settings, iOS might offer recommendations for optimizing your device's storage. Tap Show All to see all the recommendations for your device.
Read the description of each recommendation, then tap Enable to turn it on or tap the recommendation to review the contents you can delete.
Media storage on iPhone
