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Greetings Deannerichmond,

Thanks for posting in the Apple Support Communities!

It sounds like you're trying to manage your iPhone storage, so let's see if we can help with that.

If your iPhone is up-to-date, iOS can help to manage your storage by removing temporary files and clearing cache. In addition, you can locate additional suggestions to optimize your iPhone storage with the steps found here: How to check the storage on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support

If your device is low on storage, it automatically frees up space while installing an app, updating iOS or iPadOS, downloading music, recording videos, and more.

To make more storage available, your device can remove some of your items, like streamed music and videos, files in iCloud Drive, and parts of apps that aren't needed. It also removes temporary files and clears the cache on your device. But your device only removes items that can be downloaded again or that aren't needed anymore.

If you're having a specific problem with managing your iPhone storage, provide more details and any error messages you may see.

Have a great day!