How do I lower the storage my “other” section is taking up? Because I’ve tried whatever I could to free up space like deleting pictures, apps and clearing my safari but nothing changed. And I offloaded a ton of apps which I can’t reinstall because “other” is taking up all my space and idk what else to do
If other is a few GB that is typical and normal.
If it is 20GB upwards it is possibly junk and the only way to remove it is :-
Backup, restore to factory, and restore from backup
If you can import your media to Photos or iTunes app in a computer and copy important documents to a cloud server it will give you some resilience in case the restore from backup fails.
(1) How to back up your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support
(2) Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod to factory settings - Apple Support
(3) Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support
If other is a few GB that is typical and normal.
If it is 20GB upwards it is possibly junk and the only way to remove it is :-
Backup, restore to factory, and restore from backup
If you can import your media to Photos or iTunes app in a computer and copy important documents to a cloud server it will give you some resilience in case the restore from backup fails.
(1) How to back up your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support
(2) Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod to factory settings - Apple Support
(3) Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support
FWIW, That article is now pretty useless as it only patched bogus Other storage resulting from the previous iOS13 bug.
Anyone with tens of GB of other must backup and restore.
Please read again -> Related Article -> Clear Other storage on your iPhone or iPad
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