I’ve deleted everything off my phone but it still says I have no storage
Why don’t I have any storage if I deleted everything off my phone?
iPhone 6s, iOS 13
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Why don’t I have any storage if I deleted everything off my phone?
iPhone 6s, iOS 13
iCloud by default only has 5GB of storage space for your backup.
When you get a popup message on your iPhone or iPad that the storage is full.
Look closely storage of iPhone and iCloud.
You cannot increase storage of iPhone. However you can optimise iPhone Storage by using iCloud Storage. Save space on your device
Settings > [your name] > iCloud Tap Photos > Choose Optimize [device] Storage Set up and use iCloud Photos - Apple Support
iCloud storage is primarily for keeping a copy of your iPhone data safely on cloud. If you delete data on iPhone, data on iCloud is gone.
iPhone Storage (Setting > General > iPhone Storage)
iCloud Storage (Settings > [Tap your name] > iCloud)
iCloud by default only has 5GB of storage space for your backup.
When you get a popup message on your iPhone or iPad that the storage is full.
Look closely storage of iPhone and iCloud.
You cannot increase storage of iPhone. However you can optimise iPhone Storage by using iCloud Storage. Save space on your device
Settings > [your name] > iCloud Tap Photos > Choose Optimize [device] Storage Set up and use iCloud Photos - Apple Support
iCloud storage is primarily for keeping a copy of your iPhone data safely on cloud. If you delete data on iPhone, data on iCloud is gone.
iPhone Storage (Setting > General > iPhone Storage)
iCloud Storage (Settings > [Tap your name] > iCloud)
I’ve deleted everything off my phone but it still says I have no storage