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?
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.
Lawrence Finch wrote:
Mine is 1.5 GB.
Amazing. Mine hovers between 12 - 14GB at all times. Currently on iOS 26.2.1 it's 14.2GB. Not an issue though as my phone is 512GB.
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.
"I do use youtube, poscast and tictok a lot so I am curious how it is gonna increase. I didnt know steaming could cause such large cache sizes"
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About "System Data" and how to Clear It:
It is increasing because you are using that app(YouTube app or a Web browser). Caches are created for remembrance of app usages so that they open quicker and more efficiently. So, clear it.
How to Clear System Data:
User my User Tip: How to Clear "System Data" in your iPhon's Storage - User Tip
Mine is 1.5 GB.
Yeah it went down from around 14 to 1.07 :) so I guess update made a clean up as a gift
palacan wrote:
I do use youtube, poscast and tictok a lot so I am curious how it is gonna increase. I didnt know steaming could cause such large cache sizes
Youtube caches can easily be removed by uninstalling YouTube and reinstalling, every month or two.
I suspect the other evil one is similar .
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)
Don’t feel bad I’m at 27.5. In my case I think it’s a combination of Safari and YouTube caches. It will occasionally be purged to between 15 and 20 GB. But never down around 10Gb.
Thanks for the reply, good to hear others have a similar case. I was super surprised when it went down to 1.07 from 14GB :)
I do use youtube, poscast and tictok a lot so I am curious how it is gonna increase. I didnt know steaming could cause such large cache sizes
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Low System Data on iPhone 14 Pro after iOS update?
