In my iPhone storage, it says “other” is using 18gb of storage. How do I clear the “other” if I don’t know what is using it exactly?

in my iPhone storage, it’s says “other” is using almost 18gb of storage. How can I delete unwanted items if I don’t know what falls under the “other” category?

iPhone 8 Plus, iOS 13

Posted on Jul 16, 2020 5:34 PM

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Posted on Jul 16, 2020 5:34 PM

Other is all data on the phone that is not shown in the colored graph categories when you go to Settings/General/iPhone Storage. Other is typically 1-2 GB, but can be more if you have a lot of app data. If it is very large (>10GB) there may be storage corruption on your phone, usually caused by an interrupted sync. To fix this follow these steps:

Here is additional information on Other—>What is "Other" and What Can I Do… - Apple Community

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Jul 16, 2020 5:34 PM in response to TSay12

Other is all data on the phone that is not shown in the colored graph categories when you go to Settings/General/iPhone Storage. Other is typically 1-2 GB, but can be more if you have a lot of app data. If it is very large (>10GB) there may be storage corruption on your phone, usually caused by an interrupted sync. To fix this follow these steps:

Here is additional information on Other—>What is "Other" and What Can I Do… - Apple Community

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In my iPhone storage, it says “other” is using 18gb of storage. How do I clear the “other” if I don’t know what is using it exactly?

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