How to Delete iPhone System Data - Clear Storage!!

[@squtzy]

This is so not practical having to factory reset my phone every other week because system data takes up 40GB out of my 64GB.. Apple needs to fix this after all this time. EDIT: You can absolutely use the method of doing a cloud backup and then restoring to it after reset. So many who say you can't but I have done it successfully each time. I also know that Apple has made this happen intentionally, they should be required to fix it though if you ask me.

[@paka5180]

yeah the should

[@teammiauw4741]

So I have 512 GB but I have 200 GB of system data so how do I fix that

[@squtzy]

@@teammiauw4741 I factory reset my phone. A lot of tutorials say that you can't use a system restore point/backup because the system data will come back. However I restored my phone using a backup/restore point and it worked for me. Sadly the system data will build back to stupid amounts over time again but this is the only way. You DO NOT need to factory reset your phone though, USE a restore/backup point :)

[@teammiauw4741]

@@squtzy thanks it better don’t get back to 200 GB☠️☠️☠️☠️

[@squtzy]

@@teammiauw4741 It probably will but hopefully not in a long time since they never fixed it, it's kinda deemed to happen. Hopefully though it will take a while before it gets filled up again :)

[@marco13mag]

I think it’s the constant caches from logging into your phone and apps. It will just constantly grow and grow if you don’t restart or reset your phone regardless. But yea Apple should really fix this because sometimes I try to delete apps and it seems it doesn’t even help because it will just grow back to where I didn’t want it to be

[@n0t_EymZ]

true

[@n0t_EymZ]

why apple doesn’t really care about this

[@LennyThePlatformerImpPuppet]

Prob because even you delete something it creates NEW data, so that’s what I think

[@reckful455]

@@n0t_EymZMoney?

[@christiansanden8005]

@@LennyThePlatformerImpPuppet Like cancer, don't get any Iphone any more but I think its the same issue with Android only I can get more memory easy

[@nazarshortcuts]

That's also a really good solution in case you're planning to get a new iphone soon. Cleaning up the system completely will make a backup for the transfer of data more trash-free.

[@arifahkamari9390]

What does that mean

[@Sunisway]

This is one of the reasons why I regret getting an iphone

[@CathTaehyung]

Same 😢

[@lifewithlei3031]

Right do to much for nothing

[@mathiaschalup]

its also in Samsung

[@AdnanKhan-sn8de]

My 13 pro is 256GB but 75 GB is taken by system

[@Random-lx6cb]

Same😭😭😭

[@zangelofmusic]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! I had 30 GB of SYSTEM DATA and my phone was constantly sending me the storage full message over the last 2 years!!!! It was driving me crazy - now it is dow to 1.96GB after following your steps. I appreciate you - FIVE STARS!

[@noemihuszar5694]

I have 105 GB 😂😂😂

[@SavageonTwitch]

@@noemihuszar5694me too bro I don’t get ot

[@TCG_Opening_DE]

You guys know how to handle that???

[@saxenart]

Will my pictures get deleted?

[@TCG_Opening_DE]

@@saxenart no

[@armadillotoe]

I did this yesterday and gained around 8 gigs of storage on my 32-gig iPhone. Everything goes much faster if you use a password program app and install that 1st. That makes getting all your other apps up and running easier.

[@Mohammed_Jelti49]

What will happen if I do it bro, do I lose something??

[@maxinehyndman1505]

Absolutely THE BEST EXPLANATION EVER!!! I just finished doing this and I went from 32GB on my iPad to 11GB!!!! Thank you soooooo much!!! ❤

[@jjsabm9275]

Did you really do it or are you like a bot or something, and if you did, did you lose anything?

[@cl7581]

I’m so glad that this is a thing and I’m not alone 😭😭😭 I thought something was wrong with my phone.

[@redimogen5693]

same it takes half of my storage wtf

[@noahmcdade4275]

Iit take up 112gb of my 124 gb

[@TPoliio]

Bro i know, i have 107GB on that shit

[@Blinkers2007GameDev]

same

[@Blinkers2007GameDev]

@@redimogen5693 same lmfao

[@thizzelleJr]

You might also try clearing the cache from your safari. My wife just did that and it wiped nearly 100gigs of system data storage off her iPhone 14 (she had been doing system back ups on her phones for the last three iPhones she owned, and never used iCloud before until she got the 14)

[@celineleadimet1012]

How do i clear my cache

[@Im_Chris13]

@@celineleadimet1012 idk if u still need this but u just go to the safari app in settings and scroll down until you find the option to clear history and website data. I ended up clearing 30 gigs alone from this

[@acUbi._r4l]

Nahhh I’m too scared for that💀💀

[@denzo705]

Have you figured something out till now?

[@archjacob8733]

Same bro

[@8233ShauryaKahane]

Us bro

[@ikkokiya]

Me too bro

[@NemiiisGenyaaa]

Bro iphones r so annoying

[@alexandriachura7270]

2 years later and I can confirm this worked well for Iphone 16 ios 18.2 (128gb phone). Reallly surprised that Apple doesnt automatically clean up the old files for you. Also found it difficult to fully delete old apps. This was the best way to clear from phone and remove 41gb of system data space. Thank you Daniel this was very helpful.

[@minime6339]

It’s insane that you can’t do this any other way.

[@elina3999]

Thank you so much! I got 40 GB off of the 64 GB I phone. Thank you so much for your help, you are amazing!

[@Glick5944]

I was gonna do this, then I backed out because I wanted to write down all my passwords. It took away most my system data without losing anything. Very happy with that

[@whatthedogdoing6916]

Same

[@stephenmcanulla1481]

So at what point did you back out to get this result please?

[@rickgrimeslover2273]

@@stephenmcanulla1481 🤓🤓🤓

[@nota1439]

@@stephenmcanulla1481 🤡 🤡 🤡

[@lazichimp]

But you have to make sure you have backup all your app data such as WhatsApp. Cause WhatsApp messages might have been stuck uploading due to lack of storage at the first place.

[@joshuanesbit]

this is my problem rn

[@TGILCLOVERSG]

Another thing that helps and is much simpler ==> Update your iPhone to the latest version. I had 60GB of System Data and now it has come to 8GB. All the best

[@nameissayra]

see i would do that but, i have no storage to update my phone

[@DragonCollector01]

I did that with the iPhone 14 pro max but it still filled up again 😅

[@peterdwomoh1977]

Thanks to KZbin without it we wouldn't have seen this great video. My first time commenting on video. Thank you Sir

[@matthewjoseph4970]

A while back when I had this issue on my iPhone 6 I contacted Apple support and I don’t know what they did on their end but they were able to remove my system data that was taking up space/storage without me having to reset my phone…… if only we knew how they’re able to do it….

[@J-Harrald]

Could you tell me how you did that plsss

[@Headie0ne]

@@J-Harrald no *in talking ben voice*

[@steven5509]

@@Headie0ne 👎🏾

[@TheRedRaven_]

They wont tell you because they lock the most basic functions away from the user.

[@jd2086]

Not all of us use cloud services so this isn’t an option

[@GuappiMar]

only way u can do it lol

[@quenntixx]

This tutorial makes me wanna buy a Android now, thanks

[@malvynokoh4395]

T’es vraiment le goat que tu pense être, merci beaucoup ça fonctionne 😮‍💨

[@faithfulshadow]

How many time have to reset my phone🤦🏻‍♀️…. It taking up most of my space…. Is tr any other way… all my image is not in back up…. I don’t want to loose my images while resetting… Apple need to give us choice to delete system data…

[@aporommel]

Thanks Daniel. Big help for people like me whose phone has very minimal storage

[@jalee6587]

Doesn't matter how big is your storage. Other system will be up to 100gb if your phone is 128gb.

[@jalee6587]

Android we don't have this issue.

[@Naxt_the_pro123]

I had to make a whole iCloud again thanks to you men!

[@jewi3659]

Thanx for the video... 👍🏻👍🏻 But what to do if "other" or "system data" still shows 31,9 GB after factory reset? And I set up the iPad as a new one. Is the storage memory broken?

[@adrianomartin3613]

Thank you SO MUCH!! It works 100% people!! 🙏🏼

[@goofball090]

This guy is genuinely so chill

[@EURIMAKEUPTUTORIALS]

THANK YOU SOO MUCH!! I edited my videos on my iPad and only have 32GB so I can't allow 15 gbs to be taken

[@berkeleygross7127]

i was going to do this, but then you said it deleted the apps... which were the thing i was aiming to keep haha. One of my apps had a large update so i needed storage for it, but i think i'll just stick with deleting all my photos and old apps, etc. No offense to you, of course! This video was super helpful and i now know what to do if i ever decide to! thanks tho, the vid was really easy to follow.

[@solixqq]

genshin

[@berkeleygross7127]

@@solixqq yeah exactly lmao

[@damemorrow1113]

Relatable

[@Nahya777]

@@solixqq yes

[@xiaostrr]

@@solixqq fr

[@DeepSeaManta]

Just got the phone a week ago and the system data is 19Gb

[@Techno-Universal]

Also the other storage category filling up quickly could also cause instabilities such as all apps crashing when you try to launch them or your device getting bricked and stuck in a boot loop if it crashes and automatically force reboots.

[@greenanimations923]

I’m so sick of iOS 😭😭😭

[@MyLovely27]

This totally works! I went from 28GB of system data to 2.2GB😊

[@vv_li751]

Thank you so much for this. I have tried multiple ways for clearing the system data but each time, it keeps increasing. This one really works. Apple should fix this.

[@mahmoodadnan]

Hi everyone i just have a question does anyone have this problem where my iPhone suddenly restart by itself sometimes when it’s charging and sometimes when i turn on wifi and then the notifications freezes my phone and then it restarts, it used to happen with my friend’s phone (11 pro max) and now it’s with my (XR) i used to fix it by resetting using itunes but i don’t wanna do it cause it doesn’t help that much nowadays… if anyone had the same problem and he was able to fix it i hope you could help…

[@sunsetman321]

Great video!! This is what i needed to see

[@LaidOutBare]

You really gave a very clear video it was described really good because I don’t understand a lot I’m 50 and I’m not very technical. I’m going to do it now but I’m so scared I’m gonna delete everything because I’m a KZbinr and I can’t make videos at the moment

[@alfonso1843]

This worked great. Thank you!

[@rolandtutorial3377]

Very clear tutorial tips bro 😎 thanks buddy

[@gustavomorales1003]

My biggest fear doing this is that I will lose my cellular data so I will have to go to the Verizon store to get it set up again…does anyone know?

[@samgabrieldagsa1874]

Thanks Daniel it helps me a lot

[@djs5220]

Very helpful. Thanks!

[@thegamechanger7459]

4:07 already did this last year and I don’t planned to do it again. There must be another way

[@ronaldbeyer1649]

Thank you so much for your help ,I tried and tried and nothing worked, but your advice is extremely important and good,thank you so much again

[@anthonycappadocia2493]

thank you !!! I brought it down from 12 gigs to 4 gigs. I did lose my notes, not sure why. It looks like an iCloud issue. I do hate how all these companies force you into upgrading. Thank you again !!!!

[@Mohammed_Jelti49]

Would I lose something from Photos? Or accounts?

[@runemesa]

I can't get past the 9:00 point of the video instruction. I have no other devices. I was eventually given the option to just choose my phone number to receive the special code, but it never came to my phone. I can't enter the passcode because they're not sending it to my phone, which isn't (re)set up yet, so how can I receive the passcode yet at that point? I'm stuck in mid-setup limbo now.

[@aldwinflores7029]

I wish dislike counts are still showing. Lol. This is not very practical way.

[@tanvirmahmud1057]

he have freefire installed on his device. What do you expect

[@gratefulpipeandcigar3239]

What’s the way to do it then?

[@paytonnstar]

Will this delete emails and contacts tho and plus i dont no my apple id password

[@kexkion9409]

So if I do this, I will have to download all my apps again but will i lose the information like videos and all that?

[@slashpatron574]

Great! But in 6:33 as far as I’m concerned does it apply even in second hand iPhones? Because mine is iPhone 6s Plus and it’s currently running on iOS 15.5 and according to what I’ve watched, it’ll be a big trouble if you reset your iPhone if it’s running on iOS 15 and above. Hopefully it’s not applicable if you want to erase your system data.

[@xii_ray.m]

I’m EXACTLY like you, my phone is 16gb and that damn system data takes about 7.34gb and i’m running on ios 15.3. How did you solve ur problem?

[@slashpatron574]

@@xii_ray.m Okay bro, here’s what I did. Is your account logged into your iPhone? Because if your account is logged into your iPhone and you know your password, then it’s okay to reset your phone-in fact I did reset my phone two times and nothing bad happened.

[@xii_ray.m]

@@slashpatron574 srry if i seem ignorant, the files or wtv you wanna call them on icloud were still there? the photos?

[@slashpatron574]

@@xii_ray.m Of course, unless you don’t sync it into your iCloud as far as I know.

[@xii_ray.m]

@@slashpatron574 tyyyyy! that reassured my heart, rllyyy ty!

[@TheRedRaven_]

I wouldn't use the verbiage "this is easy" etc, this is all based on how many third party apps you have and how much information you need to re-sync with your phone. For example, if you use Brave browser, you will have to resync your account. If you have Gmail, you would have to re-sync contacts, calendars, etc. It would be considered easy if you only had a few third party apps that don't require the extra legwork, sure. In my case I had to spend over an hour re-syncing apps and accounts, then changing all my data settings and such in the "settings" section. All of this just to delete some rogue files (25gb) that are taking up space. The easy way would be for apple to give us an option to remove junk files that aren't needed like any other smartphone or tablet would do. I have to be honest, this will be the last Apple product I buy, as a phone that claims to be "user friendly", I can't remember how many times I had to go through hoops just to do the most basic actions. Even iTunes is a joke, I had to do a hard drive link/junction in Windows Powershell because iTunes doesn't allow you to choose which drive iTunes makes a backup in, it defaults to drive C. That in itself is just insane to me. I have a hunch this bloat issue is done purposefully so your hand (as an Apple loyalist) is forced to buy another phone with a larger storage capacity. I don't even need my tin foil hat, I know they intentionally handicap older phones to push sales. Anyway, sorry for the rant, I had to take my frustration out somewhere.....appreciate the video.

[@ZNokks]

Brother had 200+ gigs ty man🙏

[@fireboss9210]

In the old days there was the “Other” that takes a lot of storage, now they added the “system data” that takes a hell lot of storage and it just keeps increasing, my iphone is empty why does take this much of my phone’s mind? Buying an iphone is part of one’s misery in their life

[@zaina1214]

Thank you so much! My system data went from 220GB to 3GB! This is the only way that worked

[@hagotty9267]

After do every step you have shown it now takes 30gb from my 32gb iPhone

[@techlab1358]

Thank you so much for your video. I had this issue on my iPhone, my system data was almost at 40GB 😢. I just followed your steps and everything worked perfectly.

[@Texty82.0]

Thanks you really are a lifesaver

[@gigidarling1]

Watching from California. Thank you for the info 👍

[@sssdddaaa222]

Yeah this is absolutely misleading. Wait for a few days and that system data will go back to its original value. System data keeps fluctuating and you can never make it static or totally go away. Don't do what is being told here.

[@defnot_kyliee]

mine takes up 54 oht of my 128 gb😭

[@redlny9038]

thanks very muchly how long do you think it should take to go down? system data is taking up all my storage lol and i can’t do anything

[@WazovskiGaming]

For me it doesn’t clear it only gets larger when I’m deleting my other files

[@oliver_rendi]

@@redlny9038 did you do anything?

[@redlny9038]

@@oliver_rendi naw it just went away randomly

[@Driftin7231]

If u do this will u lose you KZbin account or will it save

[@superdreamsenki7538]

4:16 So Will our KZbin channels still be there if we erase all content and settings

[@BurritoRoll]

Alternate title for the video: why you should avoid buying an iphone 😂

[@CeleryBones]

Sooo, I have a quick question… would it save my photos?

[@r2rdigital313]

Apple has me f*caked up. How do I have 175 GB of system data?

[@arvyer4387]

Yeah he keeps talking about built up files but my system data takes 38g of 64g but I only got my iPad 5 months ago

[@JKABCreations]

thank you for this video! Man, I was at dire needs. Iphone works great again!

[@nurulsyazwanie7920]

So the picture will be there even tho we dont restore the backup option ?

[@sarainesgarcia8560]

What happens if i don't have a second iOS device for the verification code?

[@charleskadange6440]

What do you do when you were using a 64 gig storage then you buy a new more storage phone 128gig but it keeps highlighting storage full. Yet you bought a new phone with more gigs than the past

[@GamingTranceSeer]

System data takes a %from maximum memory. If you a terabyte of memory you'd eventually get 500gb system data. It's bs

[@atiptinapoon106]

Thank you so much for suggestions,❤

[@masumaqurbonova7163]

what do we do if the system doesnt support or accept ur apple ID and password even though its right?!!

[@djsyntrix]

I do this and it still takes up like 10GB! How do I ddelete the iOS? Its taking up 6GB too! :/

[@lego-cu-sebi]

90% yapping 10% explaining

[@Vin-Revenue-Pro]

Will it erase all contacts?

[@casperwyatt8492]

will it delete everything in my phone like photos and apps?

[@karenwalker3958]

Thank you - you're a lifesaver!

[@brandonojeda0278]

This is scarier then horror movies😅

[@Aman_chahar]

I have 256gb iphone 11 pro and 180 gb is used by system data and my device is lagging a lot

[@kevingame3198]

Man, this is happening to me since I installed Honkai star rail since I already have games that use up a lot of GB

[@peterkilleen5693]

If I do everything exactly as the video show’s,how safe will my song library from itune’s be?

[@khollyo]

so the name of the video should be how to delete everything on your phone

[@kennethl4172]

Great thanks Daniel but my issue is not with System Data but Mail. I have 32gb on the Mail storage and 7.6gb on System Data. It was the reverse when it was on iOS 14 but when I updated to iOS 15.4 1 it increase to Mail. I offload the Mail app and still the same issue. How would I clear the Mail storage? Appreciate your help.

[@tenzingnew937]

Delete all your account in mail settings from your iphone and put it later on, just turn off push and use fetch, Hope this help

[@kennethl4172]

@@tenzingnew937 Thanks I will give it a try and let you know how it goes.

[@edgyswordsmanmusic6769]

@@kennethl4172 did it work?

[@kennethl4172]

@@edgyswordsmanmusic6769 Nope it didn't.

[@frankiejones7858]

My problem is my phone offloaded gmail and won't redownload it

[@MattRobloxYT1]

Is the the cache partition?

[@ashiiidubs5345]

my system data is 96.42GB ...

[@LaidOutBare]

What about after you’ve installed the apps back on? Will it go up again even more obviously

[@clauperezsolis]

I'm scared to try this... I've got everything on icloud but I'm not sure what will happen to Whatsapp? I just switched phones and I can't restore my whatsapp media (photos and videos) because I don't have enought space. System Data is taking up 90GB.

[@jishang4760]

Thanku so much, that was very much helpful

[@PoncePappas-zo1ot]

So what about the files that are in the file folder on the phone do you lose those because there’s no checkbox in the iCloud to sync those so what happens to those

[@Trice0187]

uninstalling the apps that are using the data then re-downloading them is a better way than erasing the entire phone constantly.

[@rickwhite3817]

It is, but what apps are using "system data"?

[@ajitkumarrgupta]

Hey, Have followed the process but the system data is still the same.

[@roughneckdevilplayz]

Quick question, does it also save apps you had already bought(not downloaded actually paid for) + extras such as no ads, achievements, etc.

[@ttacos]

Yes! Those apps and purchases are saved to your iCloud account not your iphone, app subscriptions also get saved to your icloud

[@roughneckdevilplayz]

@@ttacos I know, I already did it.

[@ndifrekeuwah8484]

It works, my daughter is really happy, thanks.

[@joshuanesbit]

currently 250gb of my 512 14pro is used by system data

[@LeticiaLopez-eu7nw]

omg you are a genius you saved my phone

[@mariushess953]

Superb! In 5 days the memory is full again! The software is garbage! that's how I ended up using iPhone as a phone and Samsung as a smartphone!

[@James-pm3qm]

So… if you don’t use iCloud to back up anything - you can’t clear the cache/history etc? That’s it! That’s all you had to say. My god! This went one for so long, just to result in being told to reset your phone. Why do people do this type of video? Short and sweet, that’s what people want 95% of the time.

[@minahkim3]

i know! it’s so long that we waste our time when it’s so simple, it’s so annoying and i wish they’d just tell us.

[@TAITRAVELVLOGS]

How about photos? I want to free my photo library up and transfer them to iCloud storage etc

[@Pain-me8ws]

Me thinking iPhone is the best:😊 iPhone storage:👎👎👎👎🚫🚫🚫⛔️⛔️🙅‍♀️🙅‍♂️🙅🙅😐😐

[@saulzuniga8210]

thank you it helped me a lot. Now, I´m having problems sending imessage with my phone number it only works with the email, do you have a video or tip that can help me with that?

[@Jenna.Catherine82]

first my photos were taking up storage but we fixed that. anyway we are at system data as the problem. watching this now 😭😭

[@ompatel9025]

will it only backup photos and file ? not apps and data ?

[@et9361]

So,all apps will delete Right?