I have a I phone 13 promax, it’s the best phone I’ve ever had, that’s the reason I haven’t upgraded! I’ve been getting texts from my phone saying I’m out of storage, but I’ve got I cloud storage, a lot of that, so why can’t I download any knew apps or the latest version of thi apple updates! Also, I’ve been able to download
Storage app cleaners for my phone, but that doesn’t help either
iPhone 13 Pro Max, iOS 18
The simple reality is there is no relationship between device storage and iCloud storage. You could pay for a Zillion GB of iCloud Storage, but that doesn't add space to the storage on your iPhone at all. You can't add storage to an iPhone. If you are out of space on your phone, you need to delete things you don't need or use, such as Apps, Photos, Music, Files, Messages, Email, etc. You should strive to keep at least 10GB of free memory on your iPhone at all times.
Read this --> https://support.apple.com/en-us/102670
I know you like your phone. But if you are running out of storage, you should consider upgrading to a new iPhone with much more memory than you currently have. New iPhone 17 Models today start at 256GB. And for me, I still bought mine with 512GB. Once purchased, there is no way to increase the memory on an iPhone.
The simple reality is there is no relationship between device storage and iCloud storage. You could pay for a Zillion GB of iCloud Storage, but that doesn't add space to the storage on your iPhone at all. You can't add storage to an iPhone. If you are out of space on your phone, you need to delete things you don't need or use, such as Apps, Photos, Music, Files, Messages, Email, etc. You should strive to keep at least 10GB of free memory on your iPhone at all times.
Read this --> https://support.apple.com/en-us/102670
I know you like your phone. But if you are running out of storage, you should consider upgrading to a new iPhone with much more memory than you currently have. New iPhone 17 Models today start at 256GB. And for me, I still bought mine with 512GB. Once purchased, there is no way to increase the memory on an iPhone.
There is no simple solution to this other than to take the time to reduce your storage usage on the iPhone. There is a great guide available from one of the frequent posters on this community:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-250008169
If you have a lot of photos, and are using iCloud Photos, you could turn on “Optimize iPhone Storage” on your iPhone. This would give it permission to locally store reduced-quality, space-saving versions of your photos. (iCloud would have the full-size versions.)
Other than that, having a lot of iCloud storage isn’t going to do much to help with an “out of device storage” problem.
iPhone 13 Pro Max full storage despite iCloud
