I had this issue and found it was media within the GoPro app.
I deleted the gopro media from within the app and my system size returned to normal.
Because the media is not in the camera roll/photos app the iPhone sees it as system usage.
This could be similar for other audio/video apps, so check them first before doing anything crazy like a restore.
Hope this helps some people.
As I said above, go to settings / general / Reset / Erase all Content and Settings. Restore from backup - so make sure you have a backup before doing the above. I had a backup in iCloud so it was easy.
Only thing that fixed my problem
Mark
My iPhones ‘settings’ are using 36GB of my storage. Can’t back up on iTunes or iCloud and restore my phone as iTunes doesn’t recognise it and iCloud is already full. Did u get an answer how to solve this?
I am experiencing the same problem with my 6+, 16GB, after the new update, other has grown to 7.06GB
And the phone has been dealeating apps non stop the most resent was my contacts list. My question is will there be a new update to address this problem?
I reset my phone and did not load my old data back on the phone just to see what would the other storage says and it’s 5.3GB it’s taking up about 1/3 of my phones storage, that’s a lot any idea’s on how to get it to go down?
Not sure how system went down after doing a hard reset with out downloading any apps system was 5gb and now after downloading apps it’s droped to 4gb . When it’s connected to iTunes the system shows 0gb. And I have more room to download stuff? I don’t get it at all.
I am facing the same problem.
I tried clearing my phone, erased it multiple times and set it as a new Iphone, but problem persists. Called apple support multiple times but they did not solve the issue. I am on 6s 16 GB
****** coders of apple. ****** off..
Nope. I've had many 256gig phones and they only show 5-6gig of space for storage. Simply plug your iPhone into iTunes, restore and that's it. People tend to forget iPhones are computers and after years of usage a restore is necessary. Even Genius and Apple support forget this. Cheers.
I think it’s crazy that the “Apple Reccomended” reply weirdly denied the whole idea of the system taking too much space, yet there is photographic evidence from multiple people that it’s completely true
Has anyone found a solution that doesn’t require to update/restart? That should be an ultimate solution right?
My system storage took all the available space 3 times during the last month that was fixed by updating/restoring.
The last 2 happened after opening Google Photos to upload pics. Uninstalling it doesn’t help.
Go below in storage you can see system storage. I think it is another Apple trick to buy iCloud subscription. That’s the first annoying pop up that comes up every time storage is almost used up. There is no way to disable that pop up.
My 128GB iPad Air 2 has ios 11.03 And the system is taking up 77.4GB
If "Other" is large (>500 MB) it means there is data corruption in your phone's storage. Most often this is caused by an interrupted iTunes sync or a sync that did not complete. The solution that usually works is to restore iOS from a backup using iTunes: Restore your iOS device from a backup - Apple Support
fazillatheef wrote:
Go below in storage you can see system storage. I think it is another Apple trick to buy iCloud subscription.
Total, utter nonsense. Buying additional iCloud storage will have no effect on the use of storage on your phone. If you add a terabyte to iCloud and look at the same image that you posted it will look exactly the same.
Further, System and Other are not the same thing.
If you want to fix the problem instead of posting nonsense conspiracy theories just restore your phone from a backup using iTunes: Restore your iOS device from a backup - Apple Support
Do you have an Apple Music subscription? Saved Apple Music is included in System data. If you don't your phone has data corruption. Restore to factory settings, then restore your backup:
If the question is to Apple this is the wrong place, as Apple does not read or participate in this user-to-user forum. To contact Apple use the Contact Support link at the top of this page.
What they will tell you to do is to restore iOS from a backup using iTunes or iCloud: Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support
And if that doesn't fix it (it probably will) restore again and set it up as a new phone: Restore your iOS device from a backup - Apple Support.
One of these will almost certainly fix it. But you can always Contact Support and be told the same thing. If neither fixes it your phone has a hardware problem, and Apple will tell you to make a Genius Bar appointment: Genius Bar Reservation and Apple Support Options - Apple
iPhone System taking up storage space
