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Documents & Data

nanogirl21

nanogirl21

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Anyone else have a crazy increase in Documents & Data storage since the update from iOS 9? I went from 4GB to over 12GB and I have no idea why/how. I did a fresh install and no change. Also made sure I don't have any updates waiting and my Safari info is clear. Any way to tell specially what is eating my storage space? Any tips on how to reduce this?
 
silvetti

silvetti

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Nov 24, 2011
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I also have 4,7GB and I have no clue what that is. I have 3.17GB of Apps. I have no Pages/Numbers etc, and my apps total usage is much lower than what it is reporting so I can figure out where these 4.76GB come from :(
 
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nanogirl21

nanogirl21

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Aml216 said:
It may be a bug. Have you checked your icloud account online?
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I do use iCloud and use iCloud backup. I have 50 GB plan for iCloud and use over 40 GB of it mainly for iCloud Photo Library. I always done this and my Documents & Data have never been 12 GB. If I look at the "manage storage" under the iCloud section on my phone and the Documents & Data section says 15 mb. My 2 iPhone Back Ups are only 3.3 GB combined.
 
Polekat

Polekat

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I have 43GB of documents and date right now. Restoring is the only way to purge that?
 
Mlrollin91

Mlrollin91

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Polekat said:
I have 43GB of documents and date right now. Restoring is the only way to purge that?
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Create an iTunes encrypted backup, restore the phone, restore the backup. No data will be lost, but documents and data will return to normal.
 
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Polekat

Polekat

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Soooo, just tried restoring. Now all the apps that were on my phone did not restore and I have to install them all. I guess the bright side is that my documents and data is at 1.35GB now.
 
Mlrollin91

Mlrollin91

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Polekat said:
Soooo, just tried restoring. Now all the apps that were on my phone did not restore and I have to install them all. I guess the bright side is that my documents and data is at 1.35GB now.
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They won't restore if they were in your iTunes library.
 
blaine07

blaine07

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Mlrollin91

Mlrollin91

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blaine07 said:
It uses cellular data to download stuff off desktop onto phone. Did you read what I posted or nah?

Everything it's downloading is taking up space...?
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This has absolutely nothing to do with the topic on hand. Documents and Data is app related data on the device itself. What you posted is iCloud related, nothing do with whats physically on the device.
 
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Mlrollin91

Mlrollin91

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blaine07 said:
Screenshot I posted says right in it it is downloading desktop to phone.

"... that file synced to my iPhone."
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iOS does not download files from iCloud Drive. You can access the files from iCloud Drive but they do not make a hardcopy on your device without you manually doing it.

I can transfer a Pages document from iCloud Drive to my iPhone 'hard drive' but it will not automatically do it.
 
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