How to clear system data on iPhone

iamrachelhale Said:

"Lacee did you ever find a solution to this? I’m having the same issue and going crazy over here. Thanks"

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Refer to my previous reply.

Jimmykarter Said:

"How do I reduce System Data that takes up all the iPhone storage?"

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Clearing "System Data" (formerly called "Other").

See my User Tip: How to Clear "Other" in your iPhone's Storage - Use Backup - Apple Community

Essentially, you'd backup your iPhone, and then restore your iPhone from the backup you've just created. All System Data will delete.

“iPhone 6s 32 gb system data 22 gb who I delete”

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How to Clear System Data:

“System Data” was formerly called ”Other” in older iOS versions. So, use my User Tip: How to Clear "Other" in your iPhone's Storage - Use Backup - Apple Community

Yes, solution is to buy a new phone😂😂

make sure it is at least 512 GB!

It’ not a solution though, my Iphone is 512 GB and system data is fluctuating around 300-320 GB which is insane!!!

Yesterday I was trying to backup my Whatsapp chat but I couldn't as it said that I hadn't enough storage on the iPhone (weird enough, as I have 512GB plus 2TB on iCloud). I went to the settings and found out data system was 330GB. I also had un update which I couldn't install because of the storage issue.

I contacted Apple support and I've been told to update the iPhone (to iOS 17.5.1 to be specific) in order to fix the data system issue.

In order to do that I had to update the iPhone from my Macbook through iTunes.

Managed to get it updated and magic, it worked! (When I've been told it was just a matter of updating the phone I was quite sceptic to be honest, so I was really impressed.)

I'll attach screenshot below :)

Hi Lacee!

i just ran into the exact same problem myself and from what I can tell the main problem is due to app cache. As far as I am aware the only way to get rid of app cache on iPhones are to delete the app or some apps(not all only like 3 of mine had this) have a built in delete cache button in the app. It won’t completely remove all system data but it should take a large chunk. Just delete apps and reinstall them. Because app cache is included in the “System Data” category. After doing this my system data went from 25ish gbs to 17 gbs.

however I’m gonna be honest with you I think the main issue is definitely your photo storage. Check through your settings because their should be an option like low quality saving or something along the lines of that. Dw it won’t make them like 240p they still look almost identical to the originals but take up a fraction of the storage. I have over like 10k photos but only 1 gbs worth of storage. There’s also an option somewhere where is stores your photos in the iCloud and they still appear in your phone but after a while they get deleted…it’s kinda weird but like their still there just next time you wanna use them your phone would download them from iCloud. Idk if this’ll work for you since well what’s done is done and idk if you can revert your photos. I hope this helped.

Needless to say, 64GB isn't enough these days, but the first thing you can do is clear your browser cache, move your old backups to a mac, or another cloud service, and delete them from your iPhone.

You can also use powerful third-party apps like CleanMyPhone, CleanUp, etc. to clean up your iPhone's memory on regular basis

Check music streaming platforms everyone! My friend was having this problem and we learned it counted all his Amazon music albums were being counted towards that because they are cached.

I like to get more space

System data is consuming 195 GB of my iphone!! Need solutions

I wish I could remove apps I never use which take up storage space on the phone

I’m having the same problem went from 43 to 61 overnight and it’s all because of system data. Im trying everything n so far nothing

Try removing application data from Google Maps. I just did that and my free storage went from 10 GB to 90 GB.

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