How do clear or reduce “Other Data” assuming my device doesn’t really need all of it since it’s literally more than 4x space the actual system (iOS) is using?
I’ve checked iphones of friends & family also on most recent release of iOS and their other data is typically LESS than System data.
im running latest iOS (13.6.1) and it’s telling me 64GB is almost full with nearly 30Gb as OTHER. Is that expected behavior?
"Other" includes system files, caches, Siri voices, logs and updates - it is a common problem for this to be high, but it can often reach unreasonable levels which I presume has been the case for you and this shows some form of memory/storage corruption on your device.
Now let's get this fixed for you...
Firstly, please make sure your phone is running the latest version of iOS. You can check this by going into Settings > General > Software Update. if your phone isn't updated you should update it first because "Other" can sometimes include system updates which can be very large, and it is always recommended to have the latest version of iOS to avoid bugs and get the latest new features and security enhancements so even if this doesn't fix your issue (if you have an update downloaded but not installed it likely will) it is still worth doing.
After that, please follow the steps at https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT203977 before erasing my device and restoring it with that back-up which hopefully should fix that.
If you really don't want to go down that route you could try Changing Messages Settings so your messages delete sooner, by default it is set to keeping forever. Deleting your browsing data and closing down tabs on Safari also helps. If I can be of any further assistance please let me know.
"Other" includes system files, caches, Siri voices, logs and updates - it is a common problem for this to be high, but it can often reach unreasonable levels which I presume has been the case for you and this shows some form of memory/storage corruption on your device.
Now let's get this fixed for you...
Firstly, please make sure your phone is running the latest version of iOS. You can check this by going into Settings > General > Software Update. if your phone isn't updated you should update it first because "Other" can sometimes include system updates which can be very large, and it is always recommended to have the latest version of iOS to avoid bugs and get the latest new features and security enhancements so even if this doesn't fix your issue (if you have an update downloaded but not installed it likely will) it is still worth doing.
After that, please follow the steps at https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT203977 before erasing my device and restoring it with that back-up which hopefully should fix that.
If you really don't want to go down that route you could try Changing Messages Settings so your messages delete sooner, by default it is set to keeping forever. Deleting your browsing data and closing down tabs on Safari also helps. If I can be of any further assistance please let me know.
That doesn't tell me anything, you may not know there is a new version available. It is best to state the version rather than saying "the latest".
i have the same problem! iphone 11 pro max 64gb and nearly 40gb of OTHER STORAGE i’ve done everything i can find to clear it without backing up and resetting, i’ve also heard that resetting doesn’t work sometime i don’t know what else to do
Have you updated your iPhone to iOS 13.6.1
Yes ... that’s noted in the post. Running latest version.
Click on the blue link in my post above regarding "Clear other..."
IPhone 11 Pro 64 storage full with almost half ‘other data’
