iMessage takes a lot of storage

My iMessage app has 16.28 GB even though I deleted all of my conversations and large attachments. What should I do?

Posted on Oct 7, 2022 12:25 PM

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ChrisJ4203

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Posted on Oct 7, 2022 12:50 PM

If that did not help, I would restore the iPhone to your latest backup and see if that corrects the issue.

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ChrisJ4203

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Oct 7, 2022 12:50 PM in response to de1n

If that did not help, I would restore the iPhone to your latest backup and see if that corrects the issue.

ChrisJ4203

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Oct 7, 2022 12:40 PM in response to de1n

Did you power cycle the iPhone off and back on again after deleting that content?

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Oct 7, 2022 12:46 PM in response to ChrisJ4203

Yes, I already did that

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