PurelyOxified t1_j2dgdoj wrote on December 31, 2022 at 12:57 PM

Reply to PSA: The proper way to delete or shrink iPhone System Data use on disk by Vertsix

I reset my 32 Gig 6S just yesterday due to this stupid bug. Your post couldn’t have come sooner.

Thanks OP!

PurelyOxified t1_j2dg7dc wrote on December 31, 2022 at 12:55 PM

Reply to comment by DTrain009 in PSA: The proper way to delete or shrink iPhone System Data use on disk by Vertsix

System data is category of data that takes up space on your iPhone/iPad. They include temporary files, log files and media buffers. These are created as you use your phone.

They should be purged after they are not needed anymore but they aren’t being reliably purged on iOS for whatever reason.

Anywhere from 3 - 4 GBs consumed is a reasonable amount of storage use. But these files tend to take up over 25 GBs and in extreme cases, over 100 GBs.

OP posted a reliable way of clearing the unwanted data manually.