How do I delete Apple maps documents and data

Update, to make matters worse, it has continued to grow without the app even being installed! It was 8.04 when I last commented, now it's 11.93. It keeps hogging every bit of space I free up and can barely use the phone. This is extremely frustrating, and I haven't been able to find anything. I guess my next attempt will be to back up, wipe the phone, and restore it because this very much looks like a bug.

Oh, I’m certain that any Samsung you get will be absolutely fabulous, and you will never have any issues with it or with their support.

Have you TRIED to get support from Apple? Posting in a user to user forum is a way to get advice from other users, but that is not Apple support. If you want Apple Support use the Support link at the top and bottom of every page in this forum.

Lawrence Finch wrote:

Oh, I’m certain that any Samsung you get will be absolutely fabulous, and you will never have any issues with it or with their support.

They do seem to have largely resolved the problem with phones exploding.

Thank you for the sarcasm. This isn't the first issue I've had with apple products. It's the straw that's breaking the camel's back. I read through the comments. People (myself included) have tried your suggestions. Did you read ORCTEARAN's comment on May 16? Or the "best reply"? I can't even re-download Maps because I don't have enough space on my phone. Hence why I'm back here to see if someone has solved it yet. Why can't the engineers fix the issue? It's like they don't care. If it's not possible, then there's something wrong with the iOS.

Ninja123abc wrote:

'Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. ' -Albert Einstein

Except that Einstein doesn't seem to have actually said that. It appears to have been the author Rita Mae Brown.

http://www.news.hypercrit.net/2012/11/13/einstein-on-insanity/

Regardless, refusing to use the simplest solution to a problem and instead continue to complain about it seems a bit silly.

Ninja123abc wrote:

This is feedback for Apple, on why they lost a customer, if they care or not.

As previously explained, Apple doesn't read here for feedback. So, it's not a question of whether they care or not. They will simply not know about anything you post here.

Ninja123abc wrote:

Well, if they cared, they would read these comments posted onto their own website. Thank you for proving my point.

And, if it were important to you, you'd leave the feedback where Apple would be sure to read it rather than here, buried in a sea of posts that are not feedback. In the time it took you to reply to me, you could have given them that feedback. So, I guess it's not that important.

Ninja123abc wrote:

You just cannot let it go, can you? You have to one-up me and always be right.

I find it highly amusing that you keep coming back to complain to me when I can do nothing, but you won't take the time to actually tell Apple you have a problem. I suspect that's because I give you the attention you want whereas you wouldn't get any direct response from Apple.

I suspect apple wants access to our location data, and they do that via their maps app. That’s why nobody can delete it, and why its data keeps growing even after the app has been “uninstalled” and not used. They don’t care. No employee will ever admit it, either. So yes, this is a waste of time. My next phone will not be an apple phone.

You can "suspect" all you want. Or, you can read Apple's privacy policy:

Legal - Apple Privacy Policy - Apple

My next phone will not be an apple phone.

Then I guess you DON'T really care about privacy!

Same. Seems that so many people are having this issue and have received 0 feedback. Crazy to me that there is no explanation or solution for this mysterious build up in Doc&Data. Just seems like a convenient glitch for them to sell new phones with higher storage. Apple is wack and hasn’t come up with anything that ground breaking in years, they have ppl by the throat with iMessage video sending capabilities and that’s it (oh and sketchy storage tactics like this)

scarfknitterman wrote:

Same. Seems that so many people are having this issue and have received 0 feedback. Crazy to me that there is no explanation or solution for this mysterious build up in Doc&Data. Just seems like a convenient glitch for them to sell new phones with higher storage. Apple is wack and hasn’t come up with anything that ground breaking in years, they have ppl by the throat with iMessage video sending capabilities and that’s it (oh and sketchy storage tactics like this)

That means you haven’t read ANY of the posts in the 3 pages of this thread. You might give that a try.

Hello

I’ve come across this thread as I have nearly 9gb of data taken up by Maps Documents and Data.

I read Lawrence suggestion but I don’t seem to have the optimise storage solution in my Map settings!!!

I’ve managed to update my iPhone to 17.7 yesterday but still nothing showing.

Please help!!!

Thank you.

Has anyone else had this problem please and know how I can find the optimise

GladdyLongLegs wrote:

Mine has hit 31.16GB (24% of my phone's storage). Are there any updates on how to fix this?!?!?

You just posted to a 4 page thread with 49 prior posts; you might find useful information by reading the other responses in the thread.

candraning wrote:

Please apple answers this! Bcs mine too so annoying, i dont have enough storage’s for ios update

This is a user-to-user forum; Apple doesn’t respond here. But there are 4 pages of replies in this thread, many of which explain how other users have resolved it, so I suggest reading the other messages in the thread you just added to.