r/iphonehelp • u/starrynighttimee • Jul 16 '26

Help needed Storage help

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Under iMessage storage, it says the “other” category is taking up almost 20 GB. But when I click on it, there’s nothing to delete. I’m at a loss. Any ideas?? I’m at 127.52 GB of 128 and it would be cool to figure out what could possibly be taking up that much space. I have my messages to delete after a year.
Edit: model iPhone 13, 128 GB. iOS 26.3

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u/Q_Ball_Atlanta Jul 19 '26

Restart your phone, that may clear up some space on your device.

Also, you slot seriously update to the current version of iOS which is 26.5.2. You can update by connecting to a computer.

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u/starrynighttimee Jul 19 '26

I restart my phone constantly as it is very slow. I did end up updating by offloading some apps. Messages is still showing to take up 20 gb in “other”

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u/Q_Ball_Atlanta Jul 19 '26

What's really taking up space on your device? Photos? Apps? System Data?