Why is apple music taking up so much space on my iPhone?

I know this has been posted before a few times but i still haven't found a good answer. With the imazing app, i go to file systems -> iTunes_control -> iTunes -> Artwork and i see two folders, one named cache and one named Originals, i deleted the contents of the cache one and it got rid of a significant amount of data but the Originals folder is up to almost 8gb and it was 7gb a couple of months ago. Does anybody know if its safe to delete the content of this folder too without messing up my apple music?


when i delete the app it goes away, but when i redownload it, it comes back.


My iPhone is up to date and don't have any songs downloaded offline, this has been a problem for me for a year or two now.


I saw someone here say it happens if you have a large library and listen to music a lot, both of which apply to me, so im starting to wonder if this is just a problem i gotta put up with.


edit: I don't know why it says iPhone 5c, its an iPhone 11 pro


iPhone 5c

Posted on Feb 12, 2024 12:04 PM

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Mar 25, 2024 04:56 AM in response to topiary_

Same here I have no songs downloaded I only use Apple Music streaming, I have yes several albums or playlists added to my library but I thought they would be stored on the cloud only .. well I have circa 6.4GB of memory used up by the App Music “data” .. as Apple stores part of the songs locally to provide a better access and streaming experience when i.e you mobile 5G connection is not good etc.. for iPhone with low storage this is a big problem.

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