My iOS says 5.8gigs being used and 3.13gigs used in “other” for 8.93gigs of 16g leaves 7.07 left? And yesterday it had 8.2gigs used in “other“ And that combined with the 5.8 iOS is 15gigs used by Apple Systems? What can be done other than buy another Newer one.
iPad Air 2, iPadOS 13
Your figures appears to be absolutely correct!
Also, that iPad storage is completely FULL!
No computer or mobile computing device should EVER be completely filled up with data. EVER!
A 16 GBs storage iPad is not to useful today in 2020.
After initial drive formatting, that 16 GBs iPad starts out at between 14.5-14.8 GBs of free, internal data storage.
After the installation of iPadOS, at nearly 6 GBs, leaves 9.5-9.8 GBs of of free, internal data storage space.
iOS/iPadOS needs a minimum of 2-3 GBs of constant remaining storage, AT ALL TIMES to insure/ensure nominal, acceptable operation of all iOS/iPadOS functionalities.
This now leaves a 16 GBs iPad with ONLY a practical, usable free data storage space of between 6 and 7 GBs AND THAT IS IT!
Compare this to a 32 GBs storage model iPad.
A 32 GBs storage iPad starts out with between 29.6-29.8 GBs. Minus nearly 6.0 GBs for the newest iPadOS, leaves nearly 24 GBs. Minus 2-3 GBs for iOS iPadOS system reserve equals between 21-22 GBs of usable data storage space.
That is 3 to 3-1/2 times more the usable free, internal data storage space of a 16 GBs storage model iPad today.
If you need to free up free data storage space on an iPad/iDevice, you need to start by backing up your iPad to either Apple's iCloud or by connecting your iDevice to a computer running the latest iTunes and/or some other offsite, “cloud” data storage/backup services, like Google Drive/Photos, DropBox, BOX, Amazon Cloud Drive, Flickr ( for photos/images ), etc.
Then, delete any installed apps that you no longer use or use infrequently enough that they aren't missed (you can always reinstalled any purchased or free apps at some time later, as you need them).
Then, thin out/delete any music/videos/movies/TV shows/podcasts/screen recordings/images/eBooks/
eMagazine/iBooks/audio books/Documents/PDFs, etc.
If you use a POP email account on your iPad, delete/thin out any old saved emails that maybe saved to your iPad.
To permanently delete photos/images off of your iDevice go into the Photos app and find the Recently Deleted folder/album and permanently delete any photos/images stored in that folder/album.
Also, you can check to see what other stuff is eating up all your valuable data storage space by going into the Settings App,,General Settings Panel, in the right hand column, tap Storage & iCloud usage panel ( in iOS 11, it’s iPad Storage ), in the top Storage Panel, tap the Manage Storage panel, wait for a list of apps to generate that will tell you how much space each app is taking up on your iDevice.
Then, do a hard reset of your iPad by holding down both the Home and sleep/wake buttons simultaneously until your iPad goes to black and restarts with Apple logo, then release the buttons.
iOS devices need to maintain, at the very least, a minimum of between 2-3 GBs of free data storage space, AT ALL TIMES, to insure normal/nominal functionalities/operation and general overall performance of any iOS device and iOS/iPadOS.
Good Luck to You!
Hello,
A 16 GB iPad model is not too useful in 2020. This is the typical amount of space iPad’s system software consumes.
iOS using too much space?
