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Hello, I was wondering if It is possible to delete some “others” on Iphone storage. I deleted tons of archives, photos and apps, but I still don’t have space on my phone because of “others”. If someone knows how to delete them please tell me, Thank You.

Posted on Jun 26, 2021 2:47 PM

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Posted on Jun 26, 2021 2:49 PM

"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 How to back up your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch – Apple Support, before erasing your device, you can then restore it from that backup to avoid losing data.


If you really don't want to go down that route (It can be time-consuming) 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.


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Jun 26, 2021 2:49 PM in response to JZS022

"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 How to back up your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch – Apple Support, before erasing your device, you can then restore it from that backup to avoid losing data.


If you really don't want to go down that route (It can be time-consuming) 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.


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