I have just noticed that iMessage has begun to take up a lot of my storage (not that but you can notice it and it’s bugging me because I have 64 GB) I’ve deleted images off of messages and deleted old group chats but it just seems to go up?? Is there a way to reduce the storage?
iPhone 11, iOS 17
Messages contributes to your content by retaining the media you send and receive. This adds up over time to a bit of space as you'd imagine.
You can reduce this by choosing to keep message for a shorter time. The options are 30 days, 1 year, or forever.
Additionally you can delete the content in two ways:
Apple has a useful document about iPhone storage with some ideas on managing the space. See Manage your photo storage - Apple Support
Messages contributes to your content by retaining the media you send and receive. This adds up over time to a bit of space as you'd imagine.
You can reduce this by choosing to keep message for a shorter time. The options are 30 days, 1 year, or forever.
Additionally you can delete the content in two ways:
Apple has a useful document about iPhone storage with some ideas on managing the space. See Manage your photo storage - Apple Support
Thank you so much man! Never noticed that you could choose how long messages stay. I haven’t tried it yet I still need to go a check if there’s stuff in messages I need to keep. Thank you so much still!!
iMessage is growing in storage
