iPhone storage
Why does the other category take up so much of my space? How would I reduce it or clear majority of it
iPhone 7, iOS 14
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Other is anything that does not fall into one of the labeled categories. Files, caches, temp data etc... that the OS uses to work. Sometimes it may include things you deleted but were not correctly removed so they still continue to take up space but are no longer actual files.
Normally it should be managed by the OS and will increase and reduce in size as required for normal operation. However that much Other generally means something went wrong and the storage was not released.
A couple things to try to reduce it:
Reboot the iPhone click here-> Restart your iPhone - Apple Support
If that does not work:
Connect the iPhone to a computer and sync it with iTunes or Finder. The sync clears old data and caches and will release the space taken up by deleted files that were nor completely released. It may take a couple of syncs to completely remove it.