What is others in the storage system mean? Because mine has 48GB of my space?!

When you scroll down on the storage system there is system and others? My question is what is others and how do I clear it? Because it taking most of my space (48GB)on my phone

Posted on Jun 18, 2020 7:37 PM

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Posted on Jun 18, 2020 8:00 PM

“Other” is all storage not otherwise included in the colored categories. It may, for example, include miscellaneous files no longer in use, caches, previously streamed videos and music, etc. (And occasionally a corrupted file that can't be deleted.) The easiest way of clearing Other is to Restart your device.

Restart instructions: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201559

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Jun 18, 2020 8:00 PM in response to hamida49

“Other” is all storage not otherwise included in the colored categories. It may, for example, include miscellaneous files no longer in use, caches, previously streamed videos and music, etc. (And occasionally a corrupted file that can't be deleted.) The easiest way of clearing Other is to Restart your device.

Restart instructions: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201559

Jun 19, 2020 8:36 AM in response to hamida49

Remember, not everything in ”Other” is useless junk, but there is a more drastic step. It works if you have corrupted files on your device because backups don't include ”other” files. Make a fresh sync and backup before starting.


Restore instructions: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204184


You can also offload some items and/or use iCloud. See the article below for suggestions.


How to free up storage on iOS devices if you need more space for an update:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203097 

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