Moe1985

Q: iMessage Cache IOS 7

So my messages usage is 800 MB , how can I remove all data from my phone? there is no "clear cache" option

 

 

settings>general>usage> ............

iPhone 5, iOS 7

Posted on Sep 18, 2013 7:32 PM

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  • by akijiki,

    akijiki akijiki Oct 29, 2013 10:54 AM in response to Moe1985
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    Oct 29, 2013 10:54 AM in response to Moe1985

    Moe:

     

    I am good all the way up to step 4, and 5.

     

    4- go to itunes and restore ur iphone . "restore backup...".

    5-  after restoring ur phone, go to icloud and delete the iphone back up and make a new back up. this will remove the imessage cache from icloud too.

     

    4 -- When I "restore backup" in iTunes, iTunes says that I do not have enough memory on my iPhone. I certaintly do...I have 4 GB free. I would have 6 GB free if I were able to delete these stupid pictures/videos saved in my messages.

     

    5-- Does "go to iCloud" mean go to icloud.com, or some other path?

     

    I am a Windows 7 user.

     

    Thanks!

  • by Moe1985,

    Moe1985 Moe1985 Oct 29, 2013 11:39 AM in response to akijiki
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    Oct 29, 2013 11:39 AM in response to akijiki

    Hi there,

     

     

     

    As  you can see in the photos, my available  space was 2 GB . And you are saying that you have 4GB.  So I think that your itunes is restoring some deleted stuff too , like old apps you have already deleted , movies , songs , books . 

     

    About the icloud , i meant the icloud backup through the sittings of the phone. You can make a backup for your device on the icloud . ( if you haven't use icloud backup then don't worry about this step).

     

    Best regards

  • by heelsmj,

    heelsmj heelsmj Nov 1, 2013 7:15 AM in response to Moe1985
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    Nov 1, 2013 7:15 AM in response to Moe1985

    I am really not sure why you all are going through all the trouble. I had over 500 MB of iMessages. I went into the messages app and deleted all the conversations and now I have reclaimed the space and iMessage is not listed in the storage usage list at all. There is no hidden cache and all these steps are not neccasary just delete all your convos from the messages app and the data will be gone.

  • by Karoldoran,

    Karoldoran Karoldoran Nov 1, 2013 7:27 AM in response to heelsmj
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    Nov 1, 2013 7:27 AM in response to heelsmj

    Do you think we would have tried that?  What are you even replying to this for?  You are 100% wrong.

  • by Twitchin Kitten,

    Twitchin Kitten Twitchin Kitten Nov 1, 2013 7:29 AM in response to heelsmj
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    Nov 1, 2013 7:29 AM in response to heelsmj

    @heelsmj - you're wrong. Photos that were sent via text remain in your phone. I had hundreds of them stashed in there until I removed them with that iBackupBot thing. 

  • by heelsmj,

    heelsmj heelsmj Nov 1, 2013 7:30 AM in response to Karoldoran
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    Nov 1, 2013 7:30 AM in response to Karoldoran

    Dont you think I just tried that??!! I just did it and it worked I deleted 500 mb of iMessages so dont tell me I am wrong. It may not have worked for you but it may work for some. I dont know about your super secret iMessage cache but for a majority of users this method does work. and really dude lose the attitude everyone is just trying to help her so **** off.

  • by Twitchin Kitten,

    Twitchin Kitten Twitchin Kitten Nov 1, 2013 8:10 AM in response to heelsmj
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    Nov 1, 2013 8:10 AM in response to heelsmj

    Heelsmj, You are only half right.

     

    The text messages do go away if you delete them. Yes you free up some space. What we're TRYING to tell you is there are HIDDEN items in the CACHE that do not delete. PHOTOS sent via text message being the main culprit.

     

    I know this is a FACT because I do NOT save my text messages for any length of time. I have a conversation with someone and at the end of the day, any and all text messages are deleted. When I used Moe's iBackupBot it found HUNDREDS of images stored in the CACHE that never went away. No texts, just the image attachments. Some as far back as 5 years.

     

    Settle down and accept that you might be mistaken.

     

    Go take the free trial version of the app and give it a try for yourself. You might be surprised unless you never, ever sent a photo via text.

  • by BR549XYZ,

    BR549XYZ BR549XYZ Nov 1, 2013 8:21 AM in response to Twitchin Kitten
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    Nov 1, 2013 8:21 AM in response to Twitchin Kitten

    I had two gigs worth. When looking at the photos in the backup, I noticed that they weren't all the photos I ever sent or received, it was kid of a hodgepodge. My guess is there is one other factor, perhaps iMessage or not, iCloud or not, or some other setting that causes this to happen for some people and not happen for others. :-)

  • by heelsmj,

    heelsmj heelsmj Nov 1, 2013 8:40 AM in response to Twitchin Kitten
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    Nov 1, 2013 8:40 AM in response to Twitchin Kitten

    @Twitchen I never insinuated that my method would work for everyone I simpy took offense to being told I am 100% wrong when I just did it and it worked for me. As I stated in my post all I can report is it worked for me.

  • by Karoldoran,

    Karoldoran Karoldoran Nov 1, 2013 4:01 PM in response to heelsmj
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    Nov 1, 2013 4:01 PM in response to heelsmj

    "There is no hidden cache and all these steps are not neccasary just delete all your convos from the messages app and the data will be gone."

     

    1. The first thing everyone would have done to free up the memory is delete their messages. A fool would realise this.

     

    2. There IS a hidden cache. I had 800mb that was still being used after deleting all my messages.

     

    3. All these steps WERE necessary as without doing them I would not have cleared this memory.

     

    4. Your statement wouldn't have helped anyone because they would already have tried to do what you said is the fix. Pathetic. Extremely pathetic.

     

    5. Thank you agian to Moe for all your help..

  • by Twitchin Kitten,

    Twitchin Kitten Twitchin Kitten Nov 1, 2013 5:38 PM in response to Karoldoran
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    Nov 1, 2013 5:38 PM in response to Karoldoran

    Moe rules on this one.

     

    I wish this support board allowed for Private Messaging between users. This place is kind of "cold" like this.

     

    @heelsmj - for the last time and I truly hope you get this, it's not the text messages that clogged up things. It's the hidden images. Instead of trying to tell two pages of people who disagree with you that you are right, just use the **** app and see for yourself.

     

    The ONLY way you can be 100% right is if you never sent a photo via text. Period.

  • by anjalim91,

    anjalim91 anjalim91 Nov 5, 2013 9:02 PM in response to Moe1985
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    Nov 5, 2013 9:02 PM in response to Moe1985

    Hi Moe

     

    I wanted to know if this deletes the hidden caches of images only or will it remove caches from deleted imessages as well?

  • by Moe1985,

    Moe1985 Moe1985 Nov 6, 2013 5:46 AM in response to anjalim91
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    Nov 6, 2013 5:46 AM in response to anjalim91

    @anjalim this will help u to delete iMessage hidden cache. i.e.  MMS you have sent/received that has been stuck on your memory even after deleting all the msgs in the inbox .

  • by Moe1985,

    Moe1985 Moe1985 Nov 6, 2013 5:54 AM in response to heelsmj
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    Nov 6, 2013 5:54 AM in response to heelsmj

    @heelsmj I guess you haven't used iOS 6 or earlier versions. iOS 7 seems to overcome this issue.

  • by anjalim91,

    anjalim91 anjalim91 Nov 6, 2013 4:47 PM in response to Moe1985
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    Nov 6, 2013 4:47 PM in response to Moe1985

    It deleted the attachments but when I go back and use a software such as Dr. Fone or another recovery app my deleted messages can still be looked up. My main concern is that I had deleted messages on my previous iphone4s which i backed up and then recently got the 5s. So i wanted to know if the deleted messages from the 4s will appear on my 5s hidden cache since I used an icloud backup to restore the new phone.

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