I did a total restore back to factory defaults and then restored from a backup and my iPhone 6S Plus is back to normal with 31GB of 64GB used. It has been stable at this regardless of which apps I use for about 10 days.
I had this problem with System using 31 GB on a 64 GB iPad. I found that deleting the Amazon Prime Video app (not just deleting videos within the app) and reinstalling it reduced my System size to 10.4 GB. Apparently Amazon is not trash collecting properly and passing the blame on to Apple.
Okay something I saw... I have the same issue with my settings are taking up 32GB of my iPhone X. But when I offloaded all my Apple Music downloaded songs my settings dropped to 0GB used. As soon as I downloaded songs again to my phone on Apple Music my settings sky rocketed again to 17GB
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:
This memory full issue drove me nuts and in my case, the solution was simple: I have a ton of files that I use on my Mac in iCloud Drive (not just iCloud), turning it off in Settings -> My Profile -> iCloud -> iCloud Drive immediately fixed it, as I don’t need those files on my handheld devices.
Hope this helps someone.
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
That's not right. I think iOS is saving system files from older versions. You should erase everything to factory settings and then restore your latest iDrive backup (backup first!).
Found a solution:
Plugin your iPhone to your computer and pair with iTunes. Do nothing but wait, after a few minutes it will reduce automatically.
I did that and worked perfectly. I had 6 Gb of free space on my iPhone 7 32 Gb as the iOS system files were taking a whopping 15.2 Gb of space.
After erasing the whole thing and restoring to the last backup I now have 20 Gb of free space. System is down to 6 Gb.
Trying doing that to my iPad and the iOS space didn't change much... It went from 10 Gb to 8 Gb.
My storage usage was so bad I didn’t have enough space to allow me to take a photo. iPhone 6S Plus was unusable. I had no choice but to reset it completely by initialising it back to a new phone. I set it up as a new phone to check the storage usage to confirm it was back to normal which it was. I then restored from backup was reinitialised the phone again and restored my most recent backup.!working fine now. It’s been five days since restore.
This probem is absolutely caused by the way apps store data and take space that is unaccounted for in storage space listed by apps. Facebook is a chief culprit. I do a lot of video uploads and facebook live of live music events and find I have to delete and reinstall Facebook every couple weeks or I would have virtually no space on my 16GB phone. This process is very easy and only takes a minute or two, and causes no disruption or data loss to your facebook profile.
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.
The problem is with YOUR PHONE. Not with any particular version of iOS. A large OTHER means there is data corruption in your phone's storage. It is usually caused by an interrupted sync, but can occasionally happen randomly. Normally restoring using iTunes fixes it for good, unless your phone has a hardware problem or another interrupted sync.
But it sounds like you would rather whine than actually fix the problem. Make no mistake YOU must fix it. Or take it to an Apple store, and they will fix it by doing what I just described.
iPhone System taking up storage space
