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ian87w

macrumors G3
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Feb 22, 2020
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I was just playing with the settings on my iPhone, and I found out a boatload of analytics files in Settings->Privacy->Analytics & Improvements->Analytics Data.

Is there a way to clear this? Maybe my OCD, but I just don't like seeing these amount of seemingly junk.
All options to share analytics have always been turned off from day 1.
 
It's essentially local system logging. I don't believe it's something that can be disabled completely.
 
Actually if you plug your phone into iTunes and let it sync, it will clear the data out.
Okay I installed iTunes, attached my iPhone to my PC, it does some "syncing" (not sure what it is syncing though...), and now the logs are gone. Thanks.
 
They should clear after an update to the new version of iOS I believe. Out of curiosity, what have you got in the logs. They aren't junk per say, they have a use to both app developers and Apple, but they are just used for either diagnosing crashes, bugs, or more often optimization of resource usage.
 
In iTunes, when you sync, the analytics data logs are overwritten, essentially removed, but Apple takes them and has them. They are not stupid, Apple takes EVERYTHING.
 
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