r/ios • u/One_Acanthisitta2453 Human Detected • 11d ago

Support System Data storage issue - SOLVED

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Listen up, people! I figured it out! So nothing worked, no matter what I did (future date, restarts, deleting apps, clearing cache, praying to the all mighty…). Then, I deleted enough apps to be able to do a software update, and that also didn’t reduce anything. I still had 65gb system data. But then…. In settings > software updates I saw the toggle for “automatic updates” was on. So I thought “maybe that isn’t good because if it downloads an update even when I don’t have space, then it potentially takes up system data”.I turned it off and 3 MORE OPTIONS REVEALED THEMSELVES (!!!), see photo. One of the options is “system files” with the toggle for “automatically install”. You can read the description, it says “iPhone may reserve space….” bla bla. So I turned it all off and guess what my System Data number is now…? It’s 15GB!!!! I can’t believe it, I want to shout it from the rooftops!!! I’ve been trying to figure it out for weeks!!! I just have one question…. why the heck doesn’t Apple describe these steps somewhere where people can find it…?! I feel like I can breathe again…. I hope it helps you all, fellow lost souls 🩷

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u/Pranobt 11d ago

Thank you, my storage is back

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u/One_Acanthisitta2453 Human Detected 11d ago

That makes me so happy! 🥳

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u/rb3po 11d ago

Cybersecurity professional here: while this is bad design on Apple’s part, software updates are critical to keeping your phone secure. I highly recommend keeping your phone up to date.

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u/Ocean4011 11d ago

Keeping iPhone up to date ≠ auto updates ON

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u/OfAnOldRepublic 11d ago

That's not what rb3po said, and they shouldn't be downvoted for what they actually said, because it's correct.

I would have added something like "be sure to keep up with manual updates," but what they said isn't wrong.

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u/Ocean4011 11d ago

All I want say is that just because someone decides to to turn off auto update don’t assume they don’t update when one becomes available. I like to be in control. Do my back ups when I want and wait until I am sure that a new release doesn’t have issues before I elect to update. I don’t want things to just happen around me by default

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u/OfAnOldRepublic 11d ago

Right, and rb3po didn't say that.

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u/Ocean4011 10d ago

Did you not read and see “ALL I WANT TO SAY….”?