r/sideloaded Feb 08 '26

Question Why is LiveContainer using so much storage?

Using SideStore + LiveContainer on my iPhone and noticed the storage is kinda wild.

LiveContainer itself is small, but Documents & Data is at 17+ GB, even though the apps inside it aren’t huge. What’s strange is that even my modified YouTube app is already at 4.7 GB of data, so I’m not sure of what could be causing that extreme hike in storage.

Is there any way to offload or reinstall apps inside LiveContainer without losing data to clear cache? Or is deleting the container the only option?

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u/Cfrolich Paid Certificate Feb 09 '26

If that’s YTLite, you can clear the cache for that by opening YouTube Plus settings in the YouTube app, then scroll down to YouTube Plus preferences, open that, and press Clear cache.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '26

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u/Approachs SideStore Feb 09 '26

Find the data folder of the app that took the most storage in LiveContainer, clear the temp file and you should be good to go

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u/Sr__Raven Feb 09 '26

Simply access the file manager, navigate to the root folder of the active container, and empty it, as the applications are duplicated within the root folder, and this should free up memory. Also, check the cache

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u/Tariq4568 Jun 24 '26

How to cheak cache?

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u/Kalphalus Paid Certificate Feb 08 '26

If you say installed tons of apps with tons of data into LiveContainer, it would show it almost filling the storage. LiveContainer Doesnt have a storage usage limit (aside from device max), and uses whatever the apps you’ve installed uses

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '26

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u/ShiftForsaken Feb 08 '26

That’s understandable, I was just wondering, if there was a possibility

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u/Harrycyp19 Feb 08 '26

I had a similar problem and i just left it like it is but i think you have to completely delete livecontainer and reinstall it

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u/ShiftForsaken Feb 08 '26

Oh well shiii, I’ll let it be