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How do I clear the others file on my phone it’s holding 40 GB

How do I clear the others file on my phone it’s holding 40 GB iPhone 11 Pro max

Posted on Jul 19, 2020 11:07 AM

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Axel Foley

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Posted on Jul 19, 2020 11:10 AM

I only know of one way to clean up the storage and minimize the "other" category and here is how- (This involves erasing your iPhone and restoring it to factory settings and then restoring from a back up file).

Back up your iPhone to a computer as shown here ➔ Back up your iPhone to your computer.
Erase your iPhone and restore to factory settings by opening Settings ➔ General ➔ Reset ➔ Erase all content and Settings
Restore your iPhone from that back up file on your computer (Step 1) as shown here ➔ Restore your iPhone from a computer back up.

I know that this may turn into a time consuming project however it is worth a try. Either that or you can wait for another update to occur when Apple releases it and see if that cures it.

Axel F.

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