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we re dedicated to bringing you insightful apple centric content that adheres to our comprehensive editorial guidelines whose purpose is to maintain the utmost accuracy relevance and impartiality in everything we publish this commitment to preserving the integrity of our content is shared across our team from expert writers to seasoned editors apple fans know how frustrating it can be to manage storage space iphones don t have sd card slots for easy storage expansion while ios updates apps photos videos and other files continue to take up more and more room even 64 gb can feel pretty limited today especially if you take a lot of photos and videos or keep plenty of apps installed fortunately ios gives you several ways to manage and optimize the storage you already have with a little cleanup and the right settings you can reclaim a surprising amount of space and avoid the dreaded iphone storage full warning table of contents what do different iphone storage full notifications mean how to check what takes space on iphone method 1 using your iphone method 2 using finder on mac method 3 using itunes on mac or windows how to clear storage on iphone 1 apps 2 photos and videos 3 messages 4 data types we didn t mention iphone storage still full after deleting faq what to do when iphone storage is full what is documents data in iphone storage what takes up the most storage on an iphone what happens when iphone memory is full can i use icloud to free up space on my iphone what do different iphone storage full notifications mean ios does a good job for the most part of letting users know what exactly is going on in their devices when it comes to storage your iphone has a number of warnings it will notify you about depending on the exact issue let s go through all of them warning what it means iphone storage almost full your iphone is running out of storage space and you must take action now by deleting apps files or other data to avoid filling it up completely you may also consider using icloud to free up space on your iphone iphone storage full your iphone memory is full and you can no longer save new apps photos and other data on your iphone it also means ios can no longer delete cache data and other system files to clear up storage on your iphone manually delete files apps and other data and consider keeping your files in your icloud drive so it s stored on the server not your iphone icloud storage full your icloud storage is full and you may have issues syncing media files and other documents in your icloud drive folders delete files from your icloud drive or consider buying more storage space photos and videos sync paused photos and videos will no longer sync to your icloud photo library due to full storage consider deleting some photos or saving them to a separate storage device or buying more storage space mailbox almost full you may begin having issues opening email attachments due to overloaded email storage consider deleting archiving emails app storage almost full a specific app on your iphone has almost reached its storage limit you can try deleting the app s cache but if that s not enough or the option isn t available you need to delete or offload the app and reinstall it how to check what takes space on iphone before you start cleaning up your iphone it helps to know where all that storage actually goes your storage gets split across categories like apps photos media messages mail icloud drive files saved locally and system files some of these can use up more space than you d expect so it s worth checking which categories take up the most before you decide what to clean up method 1 using your iphone the settings app on your iphone has a very useful and easy to read breakdown of your device s storage space which can help you pinpoint which data types should go first for the best results we ll show you how to find and interpret it to check your iphone s local storage allocation step 1 open the settings app and tap general step 2 tap iphone storage step 3 check the colored storage bar at the top of the screen it shows how your iphone s used storage is divided among categories such as apps photos messages mail ios system data and more use it to quickly see which types of data take up the most space on your device method 2 using finder on mac if you have a mac running macos catalina or later and the necessary cable you can check your iphone storage using finder the device menu in the finder interface gives you a useful visual breakdown of your iphone s storage allocation as well as a handy tool that lets you directly manage files on your iphone if you re running macos mojave or earlier skip to method 3 step 1 connect your iphone to your mac with a compatible usb c or lightning cable step 2 open finder step 3 select your iphone under locations in the sidebar step 4 if prompted click trust on your mac and tap trust on your iphone then enter your iphone passcode step 5 select the general tab step 6 look at the storage bar at the bottom of the window to see how much space is available and how your used storage is divided among different types of content move your pointer over a section of the bar to see the category and how much storage it uses you can also open the files tab in finder to view and manage files from apps that support file sharing keep in mind that finder doesn t give you access to every file or app on your iphone so settings general iphone storage is still the better option for a detailed look at your device storage method 3 using itunes on mac or windows if you re using a windows pc or a mac running macos mojave or earlier you can use the itunes app to check your iphone storage similar to the storage management interfaces on iphone and finder itunes displays a handy breakdown of your device s storage allocation you can also review and delete unwanted data directly from the app here s how step 1 connect your iphone to your computer with a compatible cable and open itunes step 2 click the iphone icon near the upper left corner of the itunes window step 3 check the storage bar at the bottom of the window to see how your iphone storage is distributed across different types of content step 4 move your pointer over a section of the storage bar to see the category and how much space it uses you can also use itunes to manage certain content synced between your computer and iphone such as music movies tv shows podcasts and audiobooks however it doesn t provide full access to all files and app data stored on your iphone note for windows users apple now recommends the apple devices app for iphone management on current windows pcs if you already use apple devices you can select your iphone there and check its storage without itunes how to clear storage on iphone there are many ios data types stored on your iphone which can be impossible to clean up in one sitting the goal for this section is to quickly free up as much space as possible on your device so we compiled the most common ios data that takes up a lot of storage space but can easily be optimized or deleted 1 apps the easiest way to review the apps on your device isn t to browse your home screen but to use the iphone storage menu besides the storage breakdown we covered earlier this menu shows the apps installed on your iphone and how much space each one takes up apps that use the most storage appear near the top of the list so you can quickly identify where you have the best chance to reclaim some space you may also see recommendations above the app list these suggestions vary depending on your device and how you use it so they won t necessarily appear on every iphone step 1 open the settings app and tap general step 2 tap iphone storage and wait for ios to calculate your current storage use step 3 review any recommendations that appear at the top of the screen if you see one that makes sense for you tap it to learn more or enable it step 4 scroll down to the app list review how much storage each app uses and tap an app you want to manage step 5 check its app size and documents data then choose offload app if you want to remove the app but preserve its documents and data or delete app if you no longer need the app or its locally stored data if you want ios to offload unused apps automatically go to settings apps app store and turn on offload unused apps you can also remove an app directly from the home screen touch and hold its icon then tap remove app delete app 2 photos and videos photos and videos can take up a huge amount of space on your iphone fortunately the photos app groups different types of media into separate collections which makes it much easier to find and review them open photos scroll down to media types and check categories such as videos live photos and bursts remove anything you no longer need since these types of media can take up considerably more space than regular photos even a small cleanup can free up a noticeable amount of storage if the duplicates album shows up in the utilities section clear that too if you have a large library and don t want to sort through everything manually a third party cleaner can speed things up for this task we recommend clever cleaner ai cleanup app because it s one of the best options for a quick photo library cleanup here is a quick cleanup routine step 1 download clever cleaner ai cleanup app from the app store open the app and grant it full access to your photo library so it can analyze your photos and videos step 2 once the scan finishes tap smart cleanup on the main screen this is the fastest way to free up as much storage as possible in one go you can choose which actions clever cleaner performs such as remove similars convert lives and compress screenshots and turn on only the options you want to include the app shows how much space each action can save along with the total potential savings step 3 tap clean up now keep clever cleaner open while it processes the selected items the cleanup is usually quick and once it s done you can see exactly how much storage space you ve freed up step 4 then you can also try videos as videos usually take up a lot of space in the clean tab you can review and select multiple videos you no longer need then delete them at once step 5 if you want to keep a large video but reduce its size open the separate compress tab in videos here you can select a video and compress it individually instead of deleting it step 6 finally open the photos app and check recently deleted photos and videos removed with clever cleaner are moved there first and still take up storage if you re sure you don t need them delete them permanently to reclaim the space right away clever cleaner has a generous free version with no ads there s also a premium version for anyone who wants to remove the limits and clean up more at once 3 messages messages themselves usually aren t the main problem but the photos videos and other attachments shared in conversations can take up a surprising amount of storage over time if you have years of conversations on your iphone a quick review of old attachments may free up quite a bit of space to delete attachments from a conversation step 1 open the messages app and select the conversation you want to review step 2 tap the contact or group name at the top of the conversation step 3 scroll down to the photos links documents or other attachment section and tap see all step 4 tap select and choose the attachments you no longer need step 5 tap delete then confirm the deletion you can also find conversations and attachments that take up a lot of space under settings general iphone storage messages this can be much faster if your goal is simply to find and remove the biggest storage users 4 data types we didn t mention depending on what you have on your device the following data types may also appear in the graph here s a short breakdown of each of them and what you can do about it books apple books store pdf and epub files which don t take up much storage space on their own but pile up when you forget to clear your library especially if you tend to download a lot of books to read for later music downloaded songs can take up a considerable amount of storage especially if you have a large offline library or use higher quality audio you don t have to remove songs from your library to reclaim that space in the music app touch and hold a downloaded song or album tap remove then select remove download this removes the local copy from your iphone but the music stays in your library so you can stream or download it again later ios your iphone s operating system itself ios actively takes up space on your device as it runs you can t really get rid of this data system data aside from ios your iphone generates a lot of different miscellaneous files that help it function efficiently like ios files there s not much you can do about system data unfortunately iphone storage still full after deleting there are many cases where users notice that their iphone s storage remains full despite uninstalling multiple apps and deleting a lot of data there multiple possible reasons for this it could be a bug ios lagging residual data and more fortunately it s usually an easy fix check out this guide on why your iphone storage is full after deleting everything and how to address it faq what to do when iphone storage is full when your iphone storage is full try the following offload or delete unused apps delete unnecessary files like old podcasts music books etc upload your photos and videos to icloud and delete local copies or opt to keep smaller copies by enabling the optimize storage feature clear your app and browser caches save email and message attachments to the cloud and delete local copies what is documents data in iphone storage documents data is storage used by an app in addition to the app itself depending on the app it can include downloaded content documents messages media databases caches and other files the app needs the exact contents vary from one app to another and ios doesn t provide a single option to clear all documents data at once what takes up the most storage on an iphone for most people photos videos and apps are the biggest storage users videos can take up a lot of space surprisingly fast while apps can grow over time as they collect downloads cache and other data messages downloaded music and podcasts and files saved for offline use can also add up if you re not sure what s taking up all your space settings general iphone storage will show you exactly where it goes what happens when iphone memory is full when your iphone runs out of storage you may start to notice a few problems you might not be able to take new photos or videos download apps save files or install ios updates some apps may also have trouble working properly because they don t have enough free space for temporary data freeing up even a small amount of storage can help get things back to 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