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iOS 17 Storage Space Bug / Issue

This feature/item was not there upon iOS 16.6 - but after the upgrade to iOS17 - phone storage data has been taken up due to SYNCED CONTENT.

There was no reason for it to take up nearly 20-30% of the storage away from the phone (when my device had about 30-40 gigs left I'm down to 4.23gbs). This has disallowed me to back up my device to my iMac due to now lack of storage space b/c of this issue.

This seems to be an un-tested feature/bug/issue. I'm sure many users would not be happy knowing that their device storage was depleted for some unwanted/untested feature.


Is anybody else noticing this issue as well (as among many reddit forums /alternative forums as well).


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Posted on Sep 21, 2023 10:16 AM

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Posted on Nov 30, 2023 4:28 PM

Who else has updated to 17.1.2 and still having issues or experiencing new issues? I may try to withhold.

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Oct 15, 2023 7:59 AM in response to STJ23

For those wondering what is happening with this issue, I have been working with a senior support person and Apple engineering, and here is some hopefully encouraging news:


”Im back into office and see Engineering has sent one last final email. They have now deemed this as something they are currently working on and will release something soon (no estimated timeframe) to fix this issue. This usually is in the form of a new update. They have gotten other reports on this as well and have now considered this an emerging issue. So with that, if you do choose to exchange your device that is still totally fine if you do not prefer to wait on the fix they are working on.”

Oct 15, 2023 4:49 PM in response to JMB23

I am still dealing with same issue. I put all my pictures in the cloud/ I no longer receive my mail on my phone I desperately need more gb / now when I take a picture on my I phone I can’t send it to my email address because there is no message green logo in the cloud. So I have been asking my friend to send the pictures to my email.

64 gb should not be sold. I have an older friend he cannot do the download because of the same issue.

we both have 11 pro iPhone kind of joke because of not having convenience of taking spontaneous for that fact any pictures.

I am disappointed as I pay 2.99 for Icloud storage 200 gb. Not thrilled and am extremely disappointed .

thanks for reaching out. Have a good evening I am responding my iPad not phone,

Nov 11, 2023 3:10 AM in response to STJ23

Thank you for posting about this! I am losing my mind every morning as my phone says storage is full as it somehow comes up with 10GB of messages every night. Each day I’ve been deleting and then overnight it’s sucked dry again. I was forced to update my phone due to a new Apple Watch 9. Usually I wait it out to update until these kind of bugs are worked out. I’m so annoyed at this and sounds like nothing we can do?

Nov 12, 2023 8:32 PM in response to Needhelp1216

Have you tried a roll back?

Hold down the Option/Alt key and click on Restore iPhone. You should be able to select the version of iOS you wish to install on the iPhone from your downloads folder. Click on Open. A message will appear saying which version of iOS you will install – this should be the one you have selected.


Restore from back-up;

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch: Go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud. Tap Manage Account Storage, then tap Backups. Tap a backup to see more details about it, choose which information to back up, or delete the backup.

Nov 18, 2023 1:57 AM in response to codestar7

This method got my sustem data reduced from 90gb to just 7gb.


1. ⁠Open settings/camera/formats and enable ProRes.

2. ⁠Open camera app and enable ProRes (top left corner)

3. ⁠Let the camera clear the cache space to record ProRes video. You have to repeat multiple times while changing in between 30 and 60 from the top corner.


hope it helped

iOS 17 Storage Space Bug / Issue

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