Low System Data on iPhone 14 Pro after iOS update?

Hi all,


I have an iphone 14pro. I recently updated ios to 26.2.1 and noticed that my system data decreased from over 10Gb to only 1Gb.


So right now system data shown as 1Gb only.


I see many people had issues with high memory use by system data, I am having the opposite :)


but is it normal to have such a low system data memory?

Posted on Jan 29, 2026 1:46 AM

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Jan 29, 2026 3:15 PM in response to Lawrence Finch

Lawrence Finch wrote:


LD150 wrote:


Lawrence Finch wrote:

Mine is 1.5 GB.
Oh my! What's your secret?
I've never restored less than 4GB and now it restores to 10GB (iphone SE3 so no AI)
I don’t do much that needs caching, I guess. Rarely view Youtube, don’t stream music or other audio. Pretty light on texting.

That makes sense. Me on the other hand, I watch a lot of content on YouTube and with all the premium earubds I have I stream a lot of music using Qobuz, which is an AMAZING streaming service with super high bitrate.

Low System Data on iPhone 14 Pro after iOS update?

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