"Other" taking up too much space

[krisnrandall]

having same issue. ended up doing a complete restore, so there is NOTHNG on it--NO texts, email, websites, apps, etc. 6.6 gigs of 8 gigs of space being used by "other." I then tried restoring to backup, and it tells me there was an error. I've tried this many times. at a loss right now. help?

 

[Just_Me_D]

having same issue. ended up doing a complete restore, so there is NOTHNG on it--NO texts, email, websites, apps, etc. 6.6 gigs of 8 gigs of space being used by "other." I then tried restoring to backup, and it tells me there was an error. I've tried this many times. at a loss right now. help?

Do this: Attach your i-device to your computer (Make sure your computer is connected to the Internet), fire up iTunes and then put your device in DFU Mode. iTunes should detect that your device is in recovery mode and prompt you to restore. Go ahead and select restore. Your i-device will be completely wiped and a fresh new install of the latest iOS version will be installed. When complete, set up your device as new.

 

[rebeccandrade]

You think that's bad.. For me, other is taking up 6.8gb of my space and my iphone is also a 16gb one.

 

[Matt Gunn]

did you use a backup though?

 

[finn5975]

I have a 64gb jail broken 5. I noticed the other day that 14gb is taken up by 'other' and about fell over. So, I have:
- deleted all text messages
- deleted all safari cache and history
- deleted email account and reinstalled
- ran icleaner

This freed up just under 3Gb but that leaves 11gb still being used. What the heck. Seems like my only other option is a restore but that would kill my JB so I guess I'm stuck. Frustrating.

 

[Fausty82]

I have a 64gb jail broken 5. I noticed the other day that 14gb is taken up by 'other' and about fell over. So, I have:
- deleted all text messages
- deleted all safari cache and history
- deleted email account and reinstalled
- ran icleaner

This freed up just under 3Gb but that leaves 11gb still being used. What the heck. Seems like my only other option is a restore but that would kill my JB so I guess I'm stuck. Frustrating.

I believe that if you are jailbroken, that the JB stuff accounts for a big part of the "other"...

 

[finn5975]

I believe that if you are jailbroken, that the JB stuff accounts for a big part of the "other"...

That would make sense. I think I'm going to trim the JB fat and see what that does. Thanks Fausty!

 

[finn5975]

Side note. That icleaner removed around 17,000 files and my phone is flying again!!

 

[Terilyn Peralta]

When you restore your phone what exactly does it do? does it delete anything?

 

[tpa02]

Thank you for your help isra950!

 

[Kevin Wilson5]

Browser data didn't help much .... why does iPhone need to be Restored so often? It's very annoying.

 

[Patrik925]

and when I wanna delete some of these stuff ?

 

[ablopeztwan]

Sorry. I know this appears to be an old thread but I've had this problem from time to time with various generations of the iPhone. The latest was my 128gb iPhone 6 was showing 83gb of "other". I've always just unplugged the phone, closed iTunes, and did a hard reset of the phone (hold power and home button until the apple logo appears). Plug your phone back in and open iTunes. Presto... all the "other" is gone. No manual deleting, no special software. Hope this helps other people.