Online storage devices such as iCloud and Google Drive provide good alternatives to using storage space on an iPhone, but with this you may feel frustrated with managing data on your device due to the low storage space.
By going to settings and browsing the storage space in the phone, you can get a detailed view of the items that you can delete to provide adequate storage space.
But you may be confused when you see a large part of the storage space in the phone being consumed through unrated content that ignites a space called "other", so what is this content and how can you remove it to provide additional storage space in your phone?
Generally, any content that does not fall under the following items: Installed applications, system files, media, and messages are located within the storage space called Others, which includes system files, application cache, and update files.
How to remove "other" content to free up additional storage:
It may be difficult to determine all the content that falls in another space, and what exactly you can delete, but the following are the common categories that fall under the (other) storage category and you can delete them:
1- Safari cache and website data:
Safari is the default web browser in the iPhone. To work perfectly, it requires storing files in your phone for later use to load web pages more quickly, but if they are left, you may fill in Storage space in the phone quickly, to remove it follow these steps:
Go to Settings on your iPhone and
tap the Safari app.
On the next screen, tap on the option Clear History and Website Data.
Steps to delete safari cache (social networking sites)
2- Old text messages and
iMessage
messages
:
Old messages on your phone are classified under the (other) storage space, so if you do not feel the need to keep messages from the "iMessage" application and old text messages forever, You can adjust the application settings to automatically delete these messages after a specified period of time, and to do so, follow these steps:
Go to Settings on your iPhone.
Scroll to the bottom, then click on the Messages option.
Under the "Message History" section, click the "Keep Messages" option.
On the next screen, select Automatically delete messages after 30 days or 1 year.
In the pop-up window that appears, press Delete.
Steps to delete old messages from iPhone memory (social networking sites)
3- Cache and files for the Mail app:
There is no easy way to clear the cache and all files associated with the Mail application in your phone, but to delete this category data to save storage space in your phone, it is recommended that you remove your email account from the phone and then re-add it again .
4- Cache files for streaming apps in iPhone:
Many video and music streaming apps, such as Netflix and Spotify, use the cache in your phone to provide you with the best experience, but this would occupy storage space in your phone, which requires you to address this problem The best solution is to uninstall the application and then reinstall it again, and to do so, follow these steps:
Find the app in question on the main phone screen, then tap and hold on it.
From the pop-up menu that appears, click the "Remove App" option.
Select the "Delete App" option when prompted.
Restart the phone, then open the Apple Store and reinstall the app again.
How to delete streaming programs that are consuming storage space (social media)
How to solve iOS 13 free storage space issue:
If you are using an iPhone running the operating system version (iOS 13), and the other storage is full and there is no way to delete it, you must update the operating system to the version (iOS 13.6.1) or later.
Still having issues with storage?
Here is the solution .. but beware
Suppose you followed the instructions above and still find that another storage category is consuming your iPhone.
In this case, you can try to reset your device and restore your data from a backup.
But be careful and make sure to review the information on how to reset your iPhone if you decide to follow this method, so that you don't lose any unrecoverable data.