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Q: How do I get rid of "other" storage

How do I get rid of "other" storage or why is there so much dedicated to it?

 

PLEASE HELP!

 

I have an iPod touch 32Gb 4th generation with:

- 19Gb of music

- 2Gb of TV Shows

- 3Gb of Apps

- 3.3Gb of "Other"

 

 

 

Here is the troubleshooting attempted:

- Not syncing music or TV Shows.  Result: I still have 2.1Gb of "Other

- Not syncing apps. Results: No difference

- Restoring iPod with lastest backup: No difference

- Restoring iPod from scratch and putting back everything back on: No difference.

 

 

I am out of ideas.

 

Please, please help!

 

Thanks.

iPod touch, iOS 5

Posted on Oct 21, 2011 6:08 PM

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  • by templeofdoom,

    templeofdoom templeofdoom Feb 14, 2016 7:02 PM in response to jukeboxg
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    Feb 14, 2016 7:02 PM in response to jukeboxg

    I had 6GB of other on my 16gb 4s and just restored to my itunes back up. Other now at about 1GB. We'll see if it lasts.

     

    One thing I want to point out is that my backup restored my current ios (7) and didn't upgrade to the latest. I found that hard to confirm online. I gave up on it today thinking that I would just have to upgrade and wiped my phone and restored but was happy to see that it is still at 7. And the other is reduced.

     

    This is one of those issues that apple won't fix properly though, I don't imagine, while they're selling cloud space and brand new phones...

     

    Good luck.

  • by Flaxion,

    Flaxion Flaxion May 9, 2016 12:48 PM in response to jukeboxg
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    May 9, 2016 12:48 PM in response to jukeboxg

    I struggle with the same issue. 9 GB of "other" on a 16GB iPhone 6. I've tried everything. The Phone Clean application can get about 3GB of storage free, but after 30 minutes it's all used again. I have also tried to reset my phone completely and install everything manually from scratch (no backups used). That gave me 7 GB of free space (after apps installed), but only for 1 day. After that I had 0 bytes available.

     

    What can I do? This issue is driving me crazy!

  • by sadieg2,

    sadieg2 sadieg2 May 14, 2016 7:25 PM in response to Thought Tacos
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    May 14, 2016 7:25 PM in response to Thought Tacos

    great advice - helped immensely!  Thank you!

  • by Pavankotharu,

    Pavankotharu Pavankotharu May 19, 2016 2:17 PM in response to jukeboxg
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    May 19, 2016 2:17 PM in response to jukeboxg

    Follow the below steps and it will remove the "other" storage from your iphone.

     

    First check the space remaining in your iphone by going to Settings, General , Storage & iCloud Usage. Note down the used and the available storage.

    1. Go back to Settings and click on icloud

    2. UnCheck Safari. When it prompts, select the "Delete from My iphone" option.

    3. UnCheck News. When it prompts, select the "Delete from My iphone" option.

    4. UnCheck Calendar if necessary. When it prompts, select the "Delete from My iphone" option.

     

    That is it. Now again  goto  Settings, General , Storage & iCloud Usage. Check if the available storage is restored.

  • by pauderiba,

    pauderiba pauderiba May 27, 2016 1:35 PM in response to mustardseed07
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    iCloud
    May 27, 2016 1:35 PM in response to mustardseed07

    I found that having iCloud Drive also takes space, even that the files are locally stored, the iPhone keeps some index. In my case 15Gb in iCloud Drive took around 3Gb. You can use iCloud for the apps but disable the iCloud Drive app.

  • by pauderiba,

    pauderiba pauderiba May 29, 2016 7:28 AM in response to pauderiba
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    May 29, 2016 7:28 AM in response to pauderiba

    You can use iCloud but unselect "show iCloud app" in the screen

  • by Iz nozza,

    Iz nozza Iz nozza Aug 2, 2016 3:59 PM in response to Flaxion
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    Aug 2, 2016 3:59 PM in response to Flaxion

    I have exactly the same problem! Have no idea how to solve it. If you somehow manage to sort out the problem please reply because its so annoying. Thank you

  • by samanj,

    samanj samanj Aug 21, 2016 7:00 AM in response to Thought Tacos
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    Aug 21, 2016 7:00 AM in response to Thought Tacos

    Worked for iPhone 6. Still some memory taken by 'Other', but much much less.

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