phone capacity / usage

IvanJB · Aug 23, 2015

Hi All,
I have an iPhone 6+. 16GB
My usage at present is:
Photos: about 1GB - OK
Apps: 2.7GB - OK
Documents and Data: <1GB - OK
Other: >5GB - ??
So now I have only a bit more than 2GB left to use!
My question is, what is the 'other' and how do I get rid of it?
Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

J. A. · Aug 23, 2015

Welcome to iPhoneForums, IvanJB!

"Other" consists of browser cache, email attachments, voice memos, download data, ...

To get rid of the major part of it, restore your device using iTunes. Before doing so, make sure there's a most recent backup (iCloud or iTunes). Then connect your iPhone to iTunes and restore it.

Hope that helps.

IvanJB · Aug 24, 2015

Thanks for that, J.A., but when I tried to restore a backup from yesterday, it told me that there wasn't enough spce to restore! Do I have to completely restore the phone and then restore the backup?

J. A. · Aug 24, 2015

Exactly, that's what you'll have to do.
If restoring from a backup after restoring doesn't work, it's better to set it up as new, without backup.

APX7000 · Aug 25, 2015

Let's figure what's taking up your memory. Press the Settings icon then..

General -> Usage -> Manage Storage

This will show you what apps are taking up memory space. Maybe you'll see something in your apps that is inflated with data and eating up your limited memory in your iPhone.

hoben02 · Aug 26, 2015

APX7000 said:
Let's figure what's taking up your memory. Press the Settings icon then..

General -> Usage -> Manage Storage

This will show you what apps are taking up memory space. Maybe you'll see something in your apps that is inflated with data and eating up your limited memory in your iPhone.

Typically, i do this and since it sorts by largest i click thru the apps and delete/reinstall those using alot of mb under "documents & data" this is nonpermanent space used by the app