How To Free Up TONS Of iPhone Storage [2023]

David & David show you 25 different ways to free up storage space on your iPhone, and how to optimize your iPhone so it never runs out of storage again.
Videos and photos generally take up the most iPhone storage space. Start by deleting the videos and pictures you no longer need. Pay extra attention to ProRes videos and ProRAW images. These files are significantly larger than regular videos and photos.
If you don't want to delete your photos, you can still compress images and trim videos to clear iPhone storage space. We've even built a helpful shortcut that compresses ProRAW images for you!
📱Compress iPhone Photos: www.icloud.com/shortcuts/a5ab...
Next, delete offline content you no longer need. This includes music, podcasts, and saved episodes from streaming services like Netflix.
Offloading or deleting unused apps, deleting old messages, and clearing caches can help you free up iPhone storage space.
If you're still low on storage space, or if you're receiving a notification that says iPhone storage full, transfer your photos and videos to a computer. We'll show you how to transfer these files to Macs and PCs.
📱Clear "System Data" On Your iPhone: • 19 Hacks To Clear Syst...
0. Intro [0:00]
1. iCloud Photos [1:05]
2. ProRes Video [1:55]
3. Regular Videos [4:09]
4. ProRAW Photos [4:19]
5. Duplicate Photos [5:58]
6. Downloaded Music [7:15]
7. Optimize Storage [7:42]
8. Audio Quality [8:23]
9. Automatic Downloads [9:00]
10. Delete Downloaded Videos [9:22]
11. Delete Old Music & Podcasts [9:55]
12. Turn On Offload Unused Apps [10:05]
13. Delete Apps You No Longer Need [10:28]
14. Keep Messages For 30 Days [10:51]
15. Review Large Message Attachments [11:16]
16. Clear Safari Cache [11:56]
17. Clear Specific App Caches [12:27]
18. On My iPhone In Storage [13:22]
19. Camera Formats [14:13]
20. Video Recording Settings [15:20]
21. Slo-Mo Settings [17:14]
22. Cinematic Video Settings [17:37]
23. Preserve Camera Settings [18:05]
24. Optimize iCloud Storage [18:55]
25. Transfer Photos To Mac Or PC [19:34]
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Have any tips we didn't mention in this video? Let us know in the comments below!

[@natenop]

first

[@zorazhou6775]

Hi, Would you like to cooperate with MobileClean which helps free up iphone storage.

[@peteypops]

Just pause, use the video slide at the bottom, and replay from an earlier place

[@scottstramyk]

Would love a solution to transfer these photos and videos to a external harddrive /NAS system. Is there a way to do it successfully?

[@lydiag53]

How do we stop the screen splits and slow down the ads. Everything is extra. These phones are so dam expensive this should already be include, plus with a longer cord and headset like the old days….

[@jaymelz324]

The fact that we need this in 2023 tells me that apple has some work to do regarding this

[@louisinese]

I have a 12 and a galaxy s9. I wish I could buy physical storage for my iphone instead of paying monthly for storage.

[@loserlane]

@@louisinesewell, at this point you can look into hard drives to save your files on (or pendrives that are inserted directly into phones without the need of a computer)

[@jaymelz324]

@@loserlane the pen drive is clutch I have one. But still, in 2023 that we need to do something like this is crazh

[@chase01855]

They definitely have a LOT of work to do. I have a 64GB iPhone 12 and I reset everything last month (June 2023) And if system data didn’t exist I would be able to store more!! Resetting helped but then it started eating up again and being a 64Gb iPhone, 9-10Gb of system data is a LOT. I only have like 100 songs downloaded and compared to my mother (64GB 11, she has just as much as space as I do) while having 8,000 photos and 50-60 apps.

[@SacredUser666]

my guess is that instead of them giving us the max amount of gb you can have they just want to make money from us buying space

[@Merpuppyz3767]

Who’s watching this 2024🤔

[@HarvleyStxrs]

Me

[@wavywill7611]

Me as well

[@claydonkalula6998]

Me😂

[@BabyNiahmyfavsister]

Here.

[@kotchapornolanrisikun1104]

Here

[@snowy2731]

Wow first 50 seconds of this video i learned something so important. The photos and videos aren’t just in your camera roll it’s on apps e-mails social media ect that makes so much sense now

[@user-eq3fl2iq4c]

THIS IS JUST THE VIDEO THAT I NEEDED!!!!! Thank you so much for making it!!!!! I had spent HOURS trying to figure out how to save my photos yet free space on my phone!!! And downloading them with a cable seemed quite complicated!!! I used to do it with an android and it was a very simple process, but with iPhone has not been. So thank you!!!

[@tipswithliaa]

Same, mines at 67.8GB and I only have 3GB left, and literally all of it was just iOS.

[@BooplayZ_YT]

I cleared 200 GB to this thank u

[@ItsMeBenson]

Super helpful video, well thought out, easy to follow and helped me free up loads of space on my gfs phone and save the day 😂 Thanks guys! (Also you both have supper likeable personalities, bonus compliment for you - from the heart ✊🏽)

[@barbarajeanbraceletlady3090]

I am so thankful for your helpful tips.

[@jessedevries7625]

OMG thank you so much I was trying to do this for a month and all the lessons I watched always never helped but then you guys came in and I think you guys need a celebration time whoaaaaaaaaaaaweeeee keep up the good work pls

[@drdawnshoptalk]

This was friggin AWESOME! The time you took to explain it step-by-step while actually showing the steps on the iPhone itself was SO valuable and the steps themselves were impactful because so much of this is not really explained to you. For example, I had no idea that the phone kept so many copies of everything. Not to mention that when you delete something it’s not deleted until you permanently delete it. Thanks again!!😊

[@rhyami]

Thank you for helping me reclaim over 20 GB of space on my phone. I do believe it’s important to mention one downside of automatically offloading apps though. If the app is removed from the App Store and you have offloaded it for some reason, you cannot reinstall it, even if your personal data is left on the phone. At that point, you were just forced to delete the app altogether. This may not be a problem for major apps like Facebook or dropbox, but it is a huge problem for smaller apps from independent developers. I have lost several cooking apps that way. Since I didn’t remove them from one of my other devices, I still get to use them on there with no problem. That makes me really sad. 😞 for that reason, I only offload apps manually, and I’m only willing to offload ones that are backed by large companies with deep pockets that I know I can reinstall. I wish we could go back to the days when you could download an app in iTunes and put it on your devices so you wouldn’t lose an app because Apple through an app out of the store for not updating an icon or because now they’re on a cycle where you have to post updates every few months or get kicked out of the store. Again, thank you for helping me reclaim some space on my phone. :-) Music was the big culprit for me as well as a lot of podcast files. I haven’t been paying attention to them and didn’t realize how they were creeping up on me.

[@Kalifrm]

U dident have to type all of that-

[@danthonyrashad]

@@Kalifrmthat’s what the comments are for 😂

[@kirai25]

@@Kalifrmthey did tho

[@-Tomarrystan-]

@@danthonyrashadtrue 😂

[@kirai25]

@artofcreation_photos you’re welcome

[@paul_domici]

Thanks so much guys! My 128g phone just got full and I wasn't sure what to do! This really helped

[@paulaj2829]

Always well worth the video watch for the information you guys gives us..

[@iampracticingpiano]

The information you provide is helpful, but I mainly watch because you are both so charming!

[@Sunny.Playz.]

Yuck

[@julireyrose]

@@Sunny.Playz.😂

[@derangeduck]

ew

[@ChersJourney]

This is why I’m Here. Photos/Storage!! Ty ty

[@heyyou7576]

Usually I wont comment for this kind of tutorial vdo, but i just wanna say you guys make an excellent quality that I have never seen before

[@Nesh-se1gc]

Thanks guys for this video, it helps a lot. Keep on the great work !

[@theratbuster]

Excellent advice man

[@liphumileapleni7161]

Y’all are lifesavers ❤😂

[@javtimestwo]

For the last two months my storage has been extremely high and for the previous month my system data was over 80GB. Time after time I tried to delete anything/something to get those numbers down. After watching this video I deleted apps I no longer use and then cleared the Safari cache and a few more=My storage was reduced to 19GB of system data-AMAZING!

[@chantal5755]

Mine was doing this too. I couldn’t even install the ios update. I deleted so much pretty much everything. Then did the software install. Then did a reset. It finally freed up like 40/64gb i had lol

[@Sweetsam013]

@@chantal5755 I have 128GB on my phone and I had to completely erase the phone with iCloud backup and my system data went from 40GB to 15GB!

[@MeredithHenning]

Super helpful! Thank you 🙂

[@purelightlove8888]

Many Thanks!! You 2 ROCK 💯%‼️

[@Onthemapptv]

you guys are life savers! thanks for the info!

[@iBellaOfc-ol9tz]

As a KZbinr who had trouble clearing up storage and always getting that Clear up your storage notification, I would always have to delete some of my favorite photos and delete my games and apps and redownload them! This really helps so much.❤

[@brianaaaaaa]

@Disorder1😭😭😭💀

[@kok00000o]

@Disorder1I have 113

[@Liarffxs]

@Disorder125 now 💀💀💀

[@thecrew777]

I LOVE these guys! Off to brag on them on social media!

[@wandaheard8231]

Thank you so much for sharing! Great video!

[@Jamesworthy321]

A 20 minute video on clearing your iPhone storage thank you we appreciate it so much

[@allegro1355]

I tried the Compress Image Shortcut, and to my surprise, it increased the file size rather than reducing it.

[@handzonxperience]

Wow lots of great information,ThankYou both✊🏽👑💯

[@crystalmhc]

Thank you!!! I just subscribed, because you saved me a ton of storage space. Thank you!

[@user-qq9fv9in6c]

This video was excellent!! Great info!!!

[@dukaidazisdhAjd]

Finally I Removed my iCloud Lock google iremover I like some of the transitions, but sometimes they're a bit too much and are seemingly random. Since we use these persistent elements that transition across pages to indicate some kind of relationship between the previous and the next states, some of your transitions confuse me because I can't immediately see what the relationship is. For example 1:23 of the selectable tiles (which weren't selected) transition into being two switches... does that mean anything? are they related in some way? I see this as random and a bad use of the design language. However, at 3:14 I like the transition from switches to the ticks on a paper, that makes sense to me. Epic presentation

[@shieharcy4178]

Thanks for sharing, u guys are genius! Big help for me still have to do it.

[@allisonrobar1625]

Thank you - so helpful!

[@Spetrix209]

OMG thank you, I was able to save over 50% of my data

[@habelwondesen8571]

Thank you 🙏🏽 this really helped ❤❤

[@kennamarie9962]

Thank you so much for sharing this very informative video!

[@christinameyers8784]

Omg this work I can’t believe it thank you yall much love

[@elissaquitarte2698]

THIS HELPED SO MUCHHH

[@judetongststephensch9857]

thank you i need to clear my photos

[@Y4LIE-RBLX]

Ty so much i was so worried than I knew that they weren’t fully deleted thank you so much!

[@Maxlevelnoobie]

Thanks I Finnaly got rid of unwanted videos and cleaned up my storage

[@Jakier291]

This helped me SOOO much. Thank you guys

[@fluffyfoxi]

Thank you this was very helpful!

[@Marlen-CruzCommercial_2023]

OMG Thank you guys so much!

[@ChuTheCreator]

I just wanna say that I already tried buying a more expensive iPhone and still ended up here... | very helpful video btw!! thank you!

[@JamesBondX007]

You could run a talk show. You’re great. It would be so entertaining

[@jodan6991]

Excellent!!! Thank you big time!!!

[@princesscabanes29]

Thank you so much for this it really helps me a lot thank you

[@shaneliffin6116]

Awesome tips!

[@JustinMercado-uw4zb]

Yo this helped me so much thank you bro

[@coolsavagedude2182]

thank you sir really helped, appreciate it

[@haripriyadebnath7969]

Thankyou so so so much!

[@rAlly5]

THIS HELPED SO MUCH MY GB WAS AT 64 AND NOW ITS AT 17.4 GB

[@ThemostHYPER_98704]

That was the perfect video for me❤ thank you so much 😊

[@xchitagurlx]

Hi there great vid, I have a question. I tried to delete apps per your instructions starting on 10:28. When I click on the app I do not get any options to delete? Is there another way. Also do you have a vid about receiving and deleting apps from the library? Thank you

[@joshcharlesworth515]

This video looks super clear how can I make my video look better what did you do? Thanks 🙏 for any advice

[@jayprakashbarot2578]

very good information brother

[@HannahsAvenue]

I’m glad this works😅 ty

[@Windows.G]

THANK YOU

[@rubii.280]

very helpful thank u

[@darylgarza645]

thanx this helped!

[@Ruralticket]

All of these methods work thank you so much for making this video you helped me out a lot

[@oliverjones9301]

No they really don’t

[@lamarchedutemps7427]

Pretty helpful for RAW compress photo, now I can make better photos with my 13 pro. I wonder why Apple is making HDR by default and not implementing RAW/compress by default

[@jakewamalwa]

TYSMMMMM

[@K99_DA_K9]

Omg thanks so much FINALLLY

[@crystalfabulous]

Thanks

[@bananana79]

Great ! Thank you ! :)

[@lucylu4102]

Great video - extremely helpful. I would love to know how to permanently delete a music album, which I keep removing from my library, but it always comes back. Hope you can assist.

[@trlsend65]

Please explain/ clarify as to why you I would turn ‘ON’ Lossless Audio. It clearly reads; Lossless files preserve every detail of the original audio. Turning this on will consume significantly more data.

[@-OwlBert-]

I've been clicking save video I have now learned my lesson I'll try that now

[@FidalgoSwing]

You have been a great help in managing my iphone thank you. I have a question, my mic wont work in air plain mode with google translate. Can you help? Cheers...

[@ritwikprince]

If I do all these settings and when we switch to a new iPhone will all these settings will transfer too to the new iPhone or I have to go through all the way again ? Basically my question is switching to a new device also carry forward the settings or not please make a video on switching from a older device to a new one.

[@AwhxmarOfficial]

You guys are the best! Tysm i never saw i had 474 videos deleted i had 63,2gbs now i got 29,5 out of 64gbs

[@user-cx9ky4uk4z]

I removed the icloud lock from my iphone 14 using iRemover The iPhone 14 is my first flagship Apple device. Coming from a Pixel 7, I have a few observations. The battery life is awesome, speakers are solid, Bluetooth connectivity is seemless, and the screen is smooth, despite coming from a 90htz display on the Pixel 7, I haven’t really seen a huge difference on the 60htz screen on the IPhone 14. I absolutely love this phone.

[@FreeUpLifeYT]

70gb to 28 GB ❤❤❤❤ Thank you

[@Heisnick_]

Hi thanks for the info

[@Lirana_]

THANKS SO MUCH I had 400s of photos that still counted in storage

[@theelusivefamily9043]

I did all this. My main issue is understanding the sync option. I have read that if i turn off icloud sync for photos, delete photos on my device and then turn on cloud photo sync again, cloud will update to mirror my iPhone (meaning it will update to look like the iPhone photos, including the deleted photos, therefore it will delete). I don't know if this is true, but I don't know how to remove photo from my device and not removing from cloud. I also have google photos which crashes, onedrive which fails to upload and google drive which is always paused. Amazon prime photos is very slow to upload and is still trying to catch up, but i need to delete a lot of device photos quickly and don't know how.

[@caseycharity]

Wow! This is the video I have been searching for to free up space on my iPhone for forever! Question, the delete items after import is not there on my Mac. Any ideas? Thanks

[@392DaiDai]

W vid🔥preciate it

[@navewilson3821]

Love the humor gentlemen lol. Love the videos too

[@emperorlibrazie1398]

wow thank u

[@Typicall.Kehlanii]

Thank youuu

[@greglee1585]

I loved your tutorial on how to save storage on my iPhone. I can’t believe how much you saved me. Do you happen to have a video on how to delete emails quickly and efficiently on Safari? I have 15,000 that I would love to get rid of most. Is there a quicker way to delete unopened emails after thirty days , which are mostly junk or spam? Any help would be appreciated. In the meantime time I’ll be sharing this video with my friends

[@amiralekri9144]

PRO RES DESTROYED MY STORAGE

[@tylerdavidsonhonsan4580]

Literally a light saver

[@pamssnacksphx]

This was AMAZING!!! I am a new KZbinr and this helped me so much. I will be referring this video on my channel if you have no objections?!

[@richardjamesknight]

Also, when I look on photos it has all my icloud stuff, like on my other phone. How do I differentiate between icloud and my phone? I'd really appreciate your help.

[@GarciaDouglas123]

Hey Awesome tip don’t need the clean up app. You are both awes

[@lulyarcagni]

Hello! How about the option of "optimice Photos"? Should I try it? If I want to download the videos from my iphone, then they wont be original version.

[@chrisc9960]

when you send photos through text or upload to social media, is the full resolution picture used or the thumnail?

[@PJB-ks9vn]

Yeah, having my cellphone running out of storage while working on special projects and having to sacrifice some of my important creations is *just NOT FAIR.*

[@nenepes0s]

The cache on one app was storing 100+ GB of data! It took almost all the 256GB of data I have on my phone and labeled it as my apps taking majority of my data! I deleted plenty apps and nothing happened until i realized it was the cache in that one app from this video! I’m now at 68GB used out of 256GB vs 234GB out of 256 GB from that one apps cache so crazy thanks so much 😝😊😊😊😊

[@billoneill1998]

Firstly, thanks, there is so much good stuff in. This video. I wouldn’t dream of telling you how to run your channel, but it’s too much for an old guy like me to absorb. The fault is mine not yours, but I suspect I am not alone!

[@mylifeexperiences185]

Thank you somuch to both of you. I follow the instructions. I have got no storage & reduce from 30.2 to 14.7GB. Tc

[@rjmass6]

From almost 0MB free to 190GB space is now free. Brilliant

[@davidbrough4657]

Did what you said on removing things, clearing cache, etc. Even switched off and on again. My storage increased from 3.8 to 5.2??? I even updated to the new IOS and still not moving. I even got rid of 4 apps i don't use much - and again this increased to 5 .6??? Any thoughts?

[@SanKitchen]

Thanks so much… iPhone 14 Pro Max user

[@Titancameramanbye]

Ty❤