Why is 1TB of storage being used for health app?

I was also recommended to delete health data, I still have 8,36 PB of data and i lost my health data (not like I care about them at this point, but if it does not work don't recommend people to do it.)

That doesn't help me... I don't have a 2TB iCloud account, nor massive bandwidth to save my stuff. Nor do I want to delete my health data. I have conditions for which I need to save that information.

This is my opinion:

That may have been helpful. I think it first checks your ICloud space and it should be bigger than your known file system size (2 TB > 1.6 TB). Then it starts to backup and sees nothing in that 1.6 TB space, and not backs up. But that check fails at the start for me since there isn't a 8 PB plan for ICloud.

Update finished, unfortunately the issue hasn’t resolved. Still got that 8,36 PB of data. Though my WhatsApp issue seems to be resolved. It know opens and works fine. Meaning that I can finally use my phone.(previously I was using my old 5s on IOS 12) I guess I might live with it.( no backups ain’t good though)

If you'd ask me it's totally safe to update, Iphones generally don't brick while updating. But the update doesn't fix anything so you may as well not update

(I also backup my phone before updating, just in case, it is a good habit and saved me once on windows.)

Thanks for your luck wishes.

I actually refuse to solve an issue, that may be solved via an update, by resetting. because even though i might lose close to nothing (it never is nothing), it is still a pain. removing encryption is a good method to remove health from the backup, but it also removes other stuff from the backup too. So i am still waiting...

Thanks for your very long and informative text. I want to ask something. I could not manage to reach Apple support by E-

Mail, the only choices i have are text and call ( not possible in my country). Where did they hide the E-Mail option? - pls Answer

When it comes to your solutions ( thanks for them, don't get me wrong i really appreciate them, i just want to inform):

1) does not work for me since i cannot backup and i don't wanna lose data

2) I actually tried this but does not work. Deleted all my health data but still have my 8 PB of data

3)Does not work for anyone because Apple does not have a 8 PB plan.

And also the buy or borrow a large HDD also won't work, because i don't have the money to buy a literal 8 PB server. And no friends of mine casually have an 8 PB drive.

So i guess i will just wait...

Hope your backup works, even though i cannot buy a server rack, your data seems to have less garbage. I think the rest will be garbage after your usual 3 GB, or it might not write anything, cause the health data of everybody on the world would fit 2 times to my 8,36 PB, so there can't be actual info there, maybe some empty files :D

Nope no replacing needed, it was just gone, I’ll try and update to watchOS 7.1 and see if that fixes anything, my prediction is it won’t but we’ll see, I’ll reset everything 1 million times but I really don’t want to impair watch and wipe iPhone as last time I did that I lost lots of data, so although I think I have the health data in iCloud anyway, I think I’ll play the waiting game.

I tried to erase my health data multiple times a couple months ago maybe, but it always failed and always still had data - my Apple Watch was still recording it. Until I updated to iOS 14.2, so I’m thinking it can’t be the fact I tried to erase it because the all failed and didn’t disappear at 14.01 or 14.1 and my watch still had fitness data from last year when I got it. Until today when I updated.

After a very long online chat with Apple last night, they are not aware of the problem and an Apple engineer is going to ring me this evening. Hopefully some answers tonight!

I have exactly the same.

I discovered it as it's crashed the ability to sync Workout data. The rings still show correctly but the workout data itself will not transfer. I'm on with apple now.

Also having this problem and advice not working

I was tempted to do that but Apple advised against that as they would not be liable for lost data unless they advised it

Jeez, that’s mad!