Hello. I have the iPod Touch 5th generation (32 GB) and all the memory is taken up because on iTunes, it says that I have 78 apps (which would take up 8.04 GB). I only have 21 apps on my iPod. Help! I need free space!

Connect the iPod to your computer and look at the storage used by the various categories as shown in the colored bargarph in iTunes.

Come back with the results.

What is the Other on my iPhone and How to Remove It

An "other" larger than about 1 1/2 GB usually indicates that the "other" includes corrupted files.

First try:

"First you go settings/general/usage/music/then left swipe over music and press delete and you would think it deletes your music but it doesn't instead it deletes your other but make sure your ipod is connected to a computer while doing this"

as recommended by:

How do I get rid of "other" storage: Apple Support Communities

Next, usually restoring from backup eliminated the corrupted files. However, sometimes restoring to factory settings/new iPod is required.

To restore from backup see:

iOS: How to back up

Try tapping Settings > General > Usage.

You'll see the apps and the space the apps are taking up, from there you can delete the app or the content in the app that is taking up all the space.

If that doesn't help, you may want to try restoring your iPhone.

- Restore from backup. See:

iOS: How to back up

- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.

If still problem, make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store since it appears you have a hardware problem.

Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar

It looks like your Books size could be out of whack. 16.7 GB for two books seems like alot. Hopefully the Restore should help this and your App problem. Do the sizes under Settings > General > Usage on the iPod match the numbers you listed from iTunes?

Once you clean out Books, you can remove Apps by checking "Sync Apps", then go through the list of all Apps and 'Remove' any you don't want.

I suspect you have all your content "Checked" so it all sync onto the iPod.

Change the settings to sync only check content. Then un-check anything you don't want on the iPod.

BTW... App size includes any data stored in the App.

1. Navigate to Settings > General > Usage > Manage Storage(The first Manage Storage Option Under "STORAGE" Label)
2. Find whats taking up so much storage and go to that app and delete a lot of stuff
3. Multitasking apps take up about 2kb of storage every 5sec so make sure to double click the home button and swipe up on any multitasking app that you are not using.
4. if you have a lot of videos on your photo app and/or a bunch of photos I would recommend backing them up on a computer or SD/USB Card and deleting them off your iPod just note if you take them off even if their on the computer you cannot recopy them to your iPod
5. To back them up (Plug you iPod into your computer using the USB Cable it came with and if its windows then a window will popup then click view files and move that folder to what ever you want to put it on its a lot faster if you cut the folder and not copy)
6. Thats all hope this helped🙂✅
7. ALSO THATS WHY I DELETE GAMES AND APPS I DON'T PLAY/USE ANYMORE!!!!

Its not a hardware problem its all the multitasking apps and everything on the ipod taking up space didnt you see every section was taking up at least 2GB or more