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Other data iPhone - iTunes

tomi03

tomi03

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Hi everyone!

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How can I delete the data called "other" on my iPhone? I've tried different programs like phoneclean, and iTunes, still with no luck.

Thanks
 
You can't. "Other" is system cache and system files. There will always be some 'other'. Even on a clean install there will be about 1GB of 'other'. I typically only have between 1.5GB-2GB and it never really grows beyond that.
 
Mlrollin91 said:
You can't. "Other" is system cache and system files. There will always be some 'other'. Even on a clean install there will be about 1GB of 'other'. I typically only have between 1.5GB-2GB and it never really grows beyond that.
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A few days ago the data called "other" wasn't there. Why?
 
Maybe you've downloaded some apps that created that content? Could also be iBooks or pretty much any other app that writes data e.g.
 
tomi03 said:
Yes, but still is a lot.



How can I make it green again?
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Just imagine it is green. iTunes is just giving you an approximation of what is using your storage. Once the phone is full it was start purging cached app data to make room however it appears you are LONG way from that happening. This is something that is better off not worried about until its a problem.

BTW I've seen mine report 10+gb of 'other'.
 
Similar to Mac OS X , iOS "other" includes some system files, memory cache files and more. They can be removed if you are jailbroken, but iTunes sometimes report it, while other times not.
As other members suggest, ignore that, especially you are using a 128GB device.
 
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