Apple Employees Shares 3 Quick Tips For Instantly Freeing Up Storage Space

Music

Because your phone isn’t just a phone, but an entire operating system where you take photos, listen to podcasts, and play music, it’s not shocking that it accumulates files quickly — and those files take up storage space.

But let’s focus on music. When was the last time you had a good look at all of the music you’ve downloaded on your phone over the years to see whether all of those files are necessary? Go to Settings > Music. Here you’ll see a list of all of your tracks. You can swipe left to right on individual tracks to delete them or swipe left to right on the main music tab to delete them all at once.

Automatic Downloads

Did you know you could have a setting enabled that allows your phone to automatically download files without your consent? This is the opposite of what you may want to do if your goal is to gain more storage space.

Go to Settings > Automatic Downloads and toggle this setting off.

Clear Safari Cache

The Safari browser is a major source of storage woes and for good reason. The more you browse Safari, the more data it accumulates — and the more data it accumulates, the more storage space you use up. It’s important to clear your Safari cache every once in a while. To do this on your phone, go to Settings > Safari > Clear History and Website Data. This will clear your cookies, browsing history, and Safari’s cached files. You’ll find your phone has more storage space and may even run more efficiently.