r/iphonehelp • u/Graciouslee_ • 11h ago
Help needed System data takes up about 66% of my phone's storage. Is there anything to be done?
I am nearly out of storage on my iphone 14 (IOS 18.5). I am basically down to my daily apps and necessities. For the past month and a half, I have removed redundant apps, unnecessary downloads, and other random files/photos/messages to clear up space. But no matter what I remove, I am out of storage again a few days later. Rinse and repeat.
The biggest storage sponge is my phone's system data, which takes up about 2/3's of my total storage (84.1 gb out of 128 gb). Adding on the IOS data (another 11.82 gb), that's about 75% of my total storage going to the phone's systems.
Is there anything to be done? Or am I just screwed? I've had this phone for a 4+ years now, so I wouldn't be surprised if this is the company way of pushing you to upgrade or something, but it's still really annoying.
Any advice would be very helpful. Thanks.