what is the content of iOS Files app?

[ah931]

Hi, My iPhone Files app showing 2.77 Gb of data in 'iPhone storage' section, but i have only some word documents & pdf(just 80 Mb for sure) saved to 'On My iPhone' section of Files app. so anyone please tell me what could be this remaining almost 2Gb of data which I'm not aware of also which i can't even access, also its taking up that much space in iCloud back up.

 

[Just_Me_D]

Did you click on it to see what that section displays?

 

[kataran]

Hi, My iPhone Files app showing 2.77 Gb of data in 'iPhone storage' section, but i have only some word documents & pdf(just 80 Mb for sure) saved to 'On My iPhone' section of Files app. so anyone please tell me what could be this remaining almost 2Gb of data which I'm not aware of also which i can't even access, also its taking up that much space in iCloud back up.
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Try clicking as mentioned above and let us know what you see

 

[ah931]

Welcome to iMore

Try clicking as mentioned above and let us know what you see

Tried that i know its supposed to list out the file titles and corresponding sizes but it's not showing or listing inside it as i believe it's i didn't save anything in there by myself

 

[Mars20]

Have you by any chance got any files in the Recently Deleted section of Files. They may account for extra storage until they are permanently deleted.

 

[scruffypig]

Tried that i know its supposed to list out the file titles and corresponding sizes but it's not showing or listing inside it as i believe it's i didn't save anything in there by myself

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Well, if you are sure that you have not saved anything of importance, you can delete the “Files” app and re-install it. That will delete all documents and data saved by the App, and you won’t be able to get it back. It will be gone for good.

Before you do that, you can easily open the Files app to find what is taking up space and simply delete it.