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iPhone Storage Full? Free Up Space and Keep Photos

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The short answer

iPhone storage full? Go to Settings → General → iPhone Storage to see what's using space.

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Your iPhone has a fixed amount of built-in storage, such as 128 GB or 256 GB.

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Apple groups your storage into categories:

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By default, every photo and video on your iPhone is stored at full resolution, which takes a lot of space.

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Apple says the Other or System Data section includes items you can't remove, such as Siri voices, fonts and dictionaries, plus system logs and caches.

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Apple says that when storage is low, the iPhone automatically removes items it can download again, like cached files.

Watch out

With iCloud Photos on, deleting a photo on your iPhone deletes it on all your devices.

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How do I free up iPhone storage without deleting photos?

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iPhone Storage Full? Free Up Space and Keep Photos

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