Storage space

My storage space is full and it says that ”others” is taking up the most space. What could that be? And how can i remove it? I have 64 GB so this is weird

iPhone XR, iOS 14

Posted on Apr 26, 2021 08:17 AM

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Posted on Apr 26, 2021 09:06 AM

You are welcome.


As IB6857 writes, you will need to offload some of your photos, for example to iCloud.


You can enable Optimized iPhone Storage. Go to:

Settings -> Photos. Put check in Optimized iPhone Storage.

When that feature is enabled, iPhones store your images in a lower quality and store the original in iCloud. It saves you a lot of space over time. However, it requires an active iCloud Storage subscription, as you only have 5GB for free, from the start.


You can read here how to upgrade your iCloud Storage Plan:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201318

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Apr 26, 2021 09:06 AM in response to ayli176

You are welcome.


As IB6857 writes, you will need to offload some of your photos, for example to iCloud.


You can enable Optimized iPhone Storage. Go to:

Settings -> Photos. Put check in Optimized iPhone Storage.

When that feature is enabled, iPhones store your images in a lower quality and store the original in iCloud. It saves you a lot of space over time. However, it requires an active iCloud Storage subscription, as you only have 5GB for free, from the start.


You can read here how to upgrade your iCloud Storage Plan:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201318

Apr 26, 2021 08:25 AM in response to ayli176

Unfortunately, it is not possible to manually clean up the "Other" category.

Other will be reduced when you restart and when you do a software update.


Fortunately, there will be a new update today, or tomorrow (iOS 14.5) so it might be able to clean up a bit.

You can already do a reboot now and see if it helps a bit.

Apr 26, 2021 08:59 AM in response to ayli176

Probably. Photos and Videos (mainly videos) take up a lot of space just because of the sheer amount of data they hold. Try offloading some or all of them to iCloud, this will free up some space on your device but will likely require a subscription to increase your iCloud storage plan.


Note: even before the update it showed that your photos were taking 31.04GB of storage.

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