I know very similar questions have been asked on Stack Overflow.
Yet, 8/9 years and a couple of iOS updates later, I am wondering if there is any new solution to this problem. I currently have 14.07GB occupied on my iPhone which is more than half of its total capacity (andere = other):
I know of the following options:
- restore iPhone from Backup after wiping it
- use a third party app like iPhone cleaner, iExplorer or DiskAid to dig into the files
I have deleted Safari caches, deleted music files (I am using Apple Music, so I only stream), offloaded most of my photos/videos and activated offloading unused apps. Yet, this wouldn't help much with the "other" data anyway…
If the mentioned options are the only ones I have, what would you advise me to do and why?
Best Answer
First of all, are you sure you need to clear this data? iPhones manage the "Others" category alone and should "release" the cache when space is low.
I would choose the backup & reset option so you don't have to dig into the files and the cache will be the smallest possible.