I just bought more storage. Why isn’t it showing on my phone?

I bought more storage. Why isn’t it showing it on my phone?

iPhone 6s Plus, iOS 12

Posted on Apr 21, 2021 11:04 AM

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Posted on Apr 21, 2021 11:11 AM

You bought iCloud storage, NOT iPhone storage. Your phone comes with a fixed amount of storage that is not upgradeable. You chose how much storage you wanted when you bought the phone. What you can do is offload some of your files/data from your iPhone to iCloud to free up some room on your device. Things like music, photos and such can be synced to iCloud and become available online.

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Apr 21, 2021 11:11 AM in response to Mayday2021

You bought iCloud storage, NOT iPhone storage. Your phone comes with a fixed amount of storage that is not upgradeable. You chose how much storage you wanted when you bought the phone. What you can do is offload some of your files/data from your iPhone to iCloud to free up some room on your device. Things like music, photos and such can be synced to iCloud and become available online.

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I just bought more storage. Why isn’t it showing on my phone?

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