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System data ballooned to 75gb in an hour

IPhone 11 storage full twice today: removed tons of app stuff, photos etc. Got down to 93/128, then a couple of hours later, up to 126.5/188! System data ballooned. Tried clearing caches (safari, chrome…), that’s just 2/3 fb. Yikes! What gives?

iPhone 11

Posted on Dec 27, 2022 8:30 PM

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Posted on Dec 28, 2022 5:10 AM

Hello,

See these steps:

1) Restart the phone

2) Be aware that when you delete photos, they must also be removed from Photos album Recently Deleted to truly free up storage

3) See this:

How to check the storage on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch 

How to Clear Space from your Mobile Device, and What to Clear

4) If no help, the last step is a Factory Reset:

Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod to factory settings

Good luck.

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Dec 28, 2022 5:10 AM in response to MoogJam

Hello,

See these steps:

1) Restart the phone

2) Be aware that when you delete photos, they must also be removed from Photos album Recently Deleted to truly free up storage

3) See this:

How to check the storage on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch 

How to Clear Space from your Mobile Device, and What to Clear

4) If no help, the last step is a Factory Reset:

Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod to factory settings

Good luck.

System data ballooned to 75gb in an hour

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