9 Life-Changing Hacks To Clearing iPhone Storage—Apple Hates #9!
October 18, 2023 by Lisa Cupido
How’s your iPhone storage situation? If you aren’t sure, chances are it’s fine and dandy. But if you’ve been receiving countless storage pop-ups letting you know you’re almost out of precious storage, or if you struggle to take photos and videos because there isn’t enough space on your phone, it’s time to learn a few good hacks. These hacks can help free up valuable storage fast.
Here are nine quick ways you can gain back storage so that you can continue to use your phone on your terms.
Clean Up PhotosPhotos are the source of a lot of your storage woes. Open up Settings > Tap on Apple ID > tap on iCloud. Here you’ll be able to see what’s taking up iCloud space. Tap on photos, which is a mega source of storage problems. Once you’re in your Photos apps look at your RAW and ProRes photos and start deleting — you may be shocked to see how many duplicate photos you have in this folder.
Check Your iCloud Drive FilesNext: head to Settings > iCloud > iCloud Drive > Manage Storage. Go to System Settings and tap on your name. Tap iCloud > iCloud Drive > Options. You may have desktop and documents folders unchecked. This can take up a ton of storage. You can delete documents both on your iPhone and computer to clear these files.
Check Recently Deleted PhotosWhen you delete a photo it’s not actually gone – just yet. Check in your Recently Deleted album in your photos album, tap select, and delete all of your photos. This will help clear up storage space.
Clean Up iCloud MailIf you have an @icloud.com email address, check it on occasion to make sure it doesn’t contain large attachments and other files that take up storage space. Filter out large email attachments by tapping on Filter and enabling Mail with Attachments. Now you can delete these files.