Large attachments

Hi EasyDoes,

Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities. We're here for you.

It sounds like you have created content and attached it to email or text messages. The content or attachments that you create and send will not be deleted from your iPhone automatically unless you set your preferences in Mail or Messages to do so. But you can choose to delete them if you wish to free up space on your device.

Remember to protect your data by keeping a recent backup of your iPhone and archiving your iCloud Data.

Here are a few resources to help you with this:

How to back up your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

Archive or make copies of the information you store in iCloud

Use Messages on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

Find attachments from a conversation 

1. "Open the message.
2. Tap the name of the contact at the top of the message, then tap the Info button . 
3. You'll see Photos and Links. Touch and hold an image or attachment to show options like Save, Copy, Share, and Delete.

To save an attachment outside of Messages, tap the attachment, tap the Share button , then select an option like Save Image or Save to Files. When you tap Save Image, it saves it to your Photos app."

Work with email attachments on iPhone - iPhone User Guide

"See emails with attachments

1. In a mailbox, tap  to turn on filtering.
2. Tap “Filtered by,” then turn on “Only Mail with Attachments.”

You can also use the Attachments mailbox, which shows emails with attachments from all accounts. To view it, tap Mailboxes at the top left, tap Edit above the Mailboxes list, then select Attachments."

Manage your iCloud storage

"Delete texts and attachments in Messages

When you use Messages in iCloud, all of your text messages and the attachments you send and receive use your iCloud storage. You can make more space available when you delete texts and attachments – such as photos, videos and files – that you don't need any more. 

iPhone or iPad

To delete a message or attachment, follow these steps:

1. In a message conversation, touch and hold the message bubble or attachment that you want to delete.
2. Tap More.
3. Tap Delete , then tap Delete Message. If you want to delete all messages in the thread, tap Delete All in the top left-hand corner. Then tap Delete Conversation.

To delete multiple attachments from a contact or conversation, follow these steps:

1. In a message conversation, tap the contact's name at the top of the screen.
2. Tap Info .
3. Select See All Photos
4. Tap Select, tap the images you'd like to delete.
5. Tap Delete, then tap Delete Attachment to confirm. 

To delete an entire conversation, follow these steps:

1. Swipe left over the conversation you want to delete.
2. Tap Delete.
3. Tap Delete again to confirm."

If this information does not answer your question completely, please reply with additional information, and we'll be happy to help!

Have a great day!