iPhone 4 "Other" Category and CleanMyPhone

[OMMBoy]

I've noticed my 16 GB iPhone's "Other" category is nearly 6 GB in size but have no idea how it got that large -- I've heard it could contain app junk files, cookies, text messages, voicemails, etc. Looking for ways to clear up the "Other" category, I stumbled across this Mac app which claims it can reclaim drive space. Has anyone had experience with this app?

Thanks,
Chris

 

[iHackPro]

Over time, that category will get larger, and if you ever have failed syncs, I've heard that it gets bigger. I haven't seen one 6GB though. My iPhone's is 1.27GB currently. It seems as though a backup and restore via iTunes gets the category down to a realistic size.

 

[kataran]

It's worth a try let us know how you make out. My Other is 2.21GB so I'm interested in results

Here's another thread on this subject

http://forums.imore.com/showthread.php?t=278756


Sent from my iPhone 5s Gold 64GB

 

[OMMBoy]

Thanks for your reply, Darren and Kataran! I was able to recover a total of 2 GB using the Restore process and the CleanMyPhone app, but I was able to recover even more space by deleting all the "read" items in the "Reading List" and only keeping the "unread" items. After nearly a year of adding items to the list, I easily had over 200 items which I had to delete one-by-one. What a pain! LOL! Not sure why Apple didn't make it easier to delete multiple items at once, or delete automatically after reading...

Thanks for your help!

Chris