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My iPhone has a standard storage capacity of 16GB. When I open my iPhone Storage settings, it shows me that System Settings and "Other" take up a combined 10 GB of space!! How can I delete/reduce the amount of storage these systems take up on my phone?
iPhone 6s, iOS 13
About cached files in "Other"
Finder and iTunes categorize cached music, videos, and photos as Other instead of actual songs, videos, or photos. Cached files are created when you stream or view content like music, videos, and photos. When you stream music or video, that content is stored as cached files on your device so you can quickly access it again.
Your device automatically removes cached files and temporary files when your device needs more space.
If storage on your device differs from what you see in Finder or iTunes
Since Finder and iTunes categorize cached files as Other, reported usage for Music or Videos might differ. To view usage on your device, go to Settings > General > [Device] Storage.
If you want to delete the cached files from your device
Your device automatically deletes cached files and temporary files when it needs more space. You don't need to delete them yourself.
I have the exact same problem I have 64 gb and the majority is being used by other
I did a backup of important information to icloud and the did a reset on the phone. I reinstalled from iCloud and now have much free space.
Me too! It's SO frustrating!
if you have that much being used by 'other', (> 10GB) then you should first try to force restart
Did this actually work? Having the same issue but don’t want to reset 😭
I’m having the same issue on my iPhone 7. I’ve removed apps...I do not want to do a reset either :(
Did anyone have success with the reset?
Same!!! But my “other” takes up 56GB of storage space!! I wish i could manually remove it because i have 0 space for apps or phots/videos.. please apple add a way we can cleat up the “other storage”!
I have a 32GB phone and other takes up 21.77GB while system takes up 5.83GB which sums up my space to 31.8GB I need help how can I clear other??
I don’t think the “automatically deleting of cache files” is working very well. I have 45 gigs of “other” that isn’t going away.
I did this and it sorted the problem temporarily, but within a week, ‘other’ was back to over 5MB.
Why does my iPhone storage summary show that System Storage and "Other" take up 10GB combined?
