The app Phone takes up 1.9 GB of memory

That is a huge weight for the Phone app on your iPhone. The Phone app on my iPhone is 20MB. I use iOS version 17.5.1.

Open Settings ➡️ General ➡️ iPhone Storage ➡️ Phone: Here, you should see the amount of space the Phone app is taking up on your iPhone.

If you are still seeing the 1.9GB number, then Try and Force Restart your iPhone EXACTLY as shown below and see whether that resolves the issue:

• Press and quickly release Volume UP button
• Press and quickly release Volume DOWN button
• Press and Hold the SIDE button until an Apple logo appears and then release the Side button (Can take up to 20 seconds. (DO NOT release Side Button when invited to Slide Power OFF). 

Axel F.

MrHoffman wrote:

Solely for comparison, local Phone app is 672 KB, here, on iOS 17.5.1.

Maybe excessive or corrupted voicemail storage, as one potential culprit?

401 KB here.

Solely for comparison, local Phone app is 672 KB, here, on iOS 17.5.1.

Maybe excessive or corrupted voicemail storage, as one potential culprit?

out of curiosity what iOS version do you have? Ever since iOS 17.5.1 mine went from approximately 40 mb to almost 200 mb & no voicemails, no recent calls or missed calls on the recent tab list (I cleared all of them out) wondering if it’s a software issue

Do you happen to have a lot of voicemails that you have not deleted?

Axel F.