This is so not practical having to factory reset my phone every other week because system data takes up 40GB out of my 64GB.. Apple needs to fix this after all this time. EDIT: You can absolutely use the method of doing a cloud backup and then restoring to it after reset. So many who say you can't but I have done it successfully each time. I also know that Apple has made this happen intentionally, they should be required to fix it though if you ask me.
@@teammiauw4741 I factory reset my phone. A lot of tutorials say that you can't use a system restore point/backup because the system data will come back. However I restored my phone using a backup/restore point and it worked for me. Sadly the system data will build back to stupid amounts over time again but this is the only way. You DO NOT need to factory reset your phone though, USE a restore/backup point :)
@@teammiauw4741 It probably will but hopefully not in a long time since they never fixed it, it's kinda deemed to happen. Hopefully though it will take a while before it gets filled up again :)
I think it’s the constant caches from logging into your phone and apps. It will just constantly grow and grow if you don’t restart or reset your phone regardless. But yea Apple should really fix this because sometimes I try to delete apps and it seems it doesn’t even help because it will just grow back to where I didn’t want it to be
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! I had 30 GB of SYSTEM DATA and my phone was constantly sending me the storage full message over the last 2 years!!!! It was driving me crazy - now it is dow to 1.96GB after following your steps. I appreciate you - FIVE STARS!
That's also a really good solution in case you're planning to get a new iphone soon. Cleaning up the system completely will make a backup for the transfer of data more trash-free.
I did this yesterday and gained around 8 gigs of storage on my 32-gig iPhone. Everything goes much faster if you use a password program app and install that 1st. That makes getting all your other apps up and running easier.
You might also try clearing the cache from your safari. My wife just did that and it wiped nearly 100gigs of system data storage off her iPhone 14 (she had been doing system back ups on her phones for the last three iPhones she owned, and never used iCloud before until she got the 14)
@@celineleadimet1012 idk if u still need this but u just go to the safari app in settings and scroll down until you find the option to clear history and website data. I ended up clearing 30 gigs alone from this
2 years later and I can confirm this worked well for Iphone 16 ios 18.2 (128gb phone). Reallly surprised that Apple doesnt automatically clean up the old files for you. Also found it difficult to fully delete old apps. This was the best way to clear from phone and remove 41gb of system data space. Thank you Daniel this was very helpful.
How many time have to reset my phone🤦🏻♀️…. It taking up most of my space…. Is tr any other way… all my image is not in back up…. I don’t want to loose my images while resetting… Apple need to give us choice to delete system data…
I was gonna do this, then I backed out because I wanted to write down all my passwords. It took away most my system data without losing anything. Very happy with that
But you have to make sure you have backup all your app data such as WhatsApp. Cause WhatsApp messages might have been stuck uploading due to lack of storage at the first place.
Thanx for the video... 👍🏻👍🏻 But what to do if "other" or "system data" still shows 31,9 GB after factory reset? And I set up the iPad as a new one. Is the storage memory broken?
Another thing that helps and is much simpler ==> Update your iPhone to the latest version. I had 60GB of System Data and now it has come to 8GB. All the best
Hi everyone i just have a question does anyone have this problem where my iPhone suddenly restart by itself sometimes when it’s charging and sometimes when i turn on wifi and then the notifications freezes my phone and then it restarts, it used to happen with my friend’s phone (11 pro max) and now it’s with my (XR) i used to fix it by resetting using itunes but i don’t wanna do it cause it doesn’t help that much nowadays… if anyone had the same problem and he was able to fix it i hope you could help…
A while back when I had this issue on my iPhone 6 I contacted Apple support and I don’t know what they did on their end but they were able to remove my system data that was taking up space/storage without me having to reset my phone…… if only we knew how they’re able to do it….
I can't get past the 9:00 point of the video instruction. I have no other devices. I was eventually given the option to just choose my phone number to receive the special code, but it never came to my phone. I can't enter the passcode because they're not sending it to my phone, which isn't (re)set up yet, so how can I receive the passcode yet at that point? I'm stuck in mid-setup limbo now.
Thank you so much for this. I have tried multiple ways for clearing the system data but each time, it keeps increasing. This one really works. Apple should fix this.
Thank you so much for your video. I had this issue on my iPhone, my system data was almost at 40GB 😢. I just followed your steps and everything worked perfectly.
So what about the files that are in the file folder on the phone do you lose those because there’s no checkbox in the iCloud to sync those so what happens to those
i was going to do this, but then you said it deleted the apps... which were the thing i was aiming to keep haha. One of my apps had a large update so i needed storage for it, but i think i'll just stick with deleting all my photos and old apps, etc. No offense to you, of course! This video was super helpful and i now know what to do if i ever decide to! thanks tho, the vid was really easy to follow.
You really gave a very clear video it was described really good because I don’t understand a lot I’m 50 and I’m not very technical. I’m going to do it now but I’m so scared I’m gonna delete everything because I’m a TH-camr and I can’t make videos at the moment
What do you do when you were using a 64 gig storage then you buy a new more storage phone 128gig but it keeps highlighting storage full. Yet you bought a new phone with more gigs than the past
Great! But in 6:33 as far as I’m concerned does it apply even in second hand iPhones? Because mine is iPhone 6s Plus and it’s currently running on iOS 15.5 and according to what I’ve watched, it’ll be a big trouble if you reset your iPhone if it’s running on iOS 15 and above. Hopefully it’s not applicable if you want to erase your system data.
@@xii_ray Okay bro, here’s what I did. Is your account logged into your iPhone? Because if your account is logged into your iPhone and you know your password, then it’s okay to reset your phone-in fact I did reset my phone two times and nothing bad happened.
thank you !!! I brought it down from 12 gigs to 4 gigs. I did lose my notes, not sure why. It looks like an iCloud issue. I do hate how all these companies force you into upgrading. Thank you again !!!!
My iPhone 8 with 64 GB is using 14 GB for system data, if you do this restoring without the apps, what about the Apple wallet would I have to re-enter my bank card? It’s a major pain I have to be on the phone with my bank for about an hour
I was screen recording a video and it turned off and the recording cancelled and not ending up in photos and my system data is max and my storage is full, I do not know what to do..
Hey bro my whatever i delete (apps photos videos) deleted data turns into system data in my ipad 2017 pro model. Ios 15.1 and i cant update ios because its says unable to check update probably due to system data taking so much storage and no storage left to update software ios. Please help
Also the other storage category filling up quickly could also cause instabilities such as all apps crashing when you try to launch them or your device getting bricked and stuck in a boot loop if it crashes and automatically force reboots.
thank you it helped me a lot. Now, I´m having problems sending imessage with my phone number it only works with the email, do you have a video or tip that can help me with that?
I'm scared to try this... I've got everything on icloud but I'm not sure what will happen to Whatsapp? I just switched phones and I can't restore my whatsapp media (photos and videos) because I don't have enought space. System Data is taking up 90GB.
This is so not practical having to factory reset my phone every other week because system data takes up 40GB out of my 64GB.. Apple needs to fix this after all this time.
EDIT: You can absolutely use the method of doing a cloud backup and then restoring to it after reset. So many who say you can't but I have done it successfully each time. I also know that Apple has made this happen intentionally, they should be required to fix it though if you ask me.
yeah the should
So I have 512 GB but I have 200 GB of system data so how do I fix that
@@teammiauw4741 I factory reset my phone. A lot of tutorials say that you can't use a system restore point/backup because the system data will come back. However I restored my phone using a backup/restore point and it worked for me. Sadly the system data will build back to stupid amounts over time again but this is the only way. You DO NOT need to factory reset your phone though, USE a restore/backup point :)
@@squtzy thanks it better don’t get back to 200 GB☠️☠️☠️☠️
@@teammiauw4741 It probably will but hopefully not in a long time since they never fixed it, it's kinda deemed to happen. Hopefully though it will take a while before it gets filled up again :)
I think it’s the constant caches from logging into your phone and apps. It will just constantly grow and grow if you don’t restart or reset your phone regardless. But yea Apple should really fix this because sometimes I try to delete apps and it seems it doesn’t even help because it will just grow back to where I didn’t want it to be
true
why apple doesn’t really care about this
Prob because even you delete something it creates NEW data, so that’s what I think
@@n0t_EymZMoney?
@@LennyThePlatformerImpPuppet Like cancer, don't get any Iphone any more but I think its the same issue with Android only I can get more memory easy
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! I had 30 GB of SYSTEM DATA and my phone was constantly sending me the storage full message over the last 2 years!!!! It was driving me crazy - now it is dow to 1.96GB after following your steps. I appreciate you - FIVE STARS!
I have 105 GB 😂😂😂
@@noemihuszar5694me too bro I don’t get ot
You guys know how to handle that???
Will my pictures get deleted?
@@saxenart no
I’m so glad that this is a thing and I’m not alone 😭😭😭 I thought something was wrong with my phone.
same it takes half of my storage wtf
Iit take up 112gb of my 124 gb
Bro i know, i have 107GB on that shit
same
@@redimogen5693 same lmfao
This is one of the reasons why I regret getting an iphone
Same 😢
Right do to much for nothing
its also in Samsung
My 13 pro is 256GB but 75 GB is taken by system
Same😭😭😭
That's also a really good solution in case you're planning to get a new iphone soon. Cleaning up the system completely will make a backup for the transfer of data more trash-free.
What does that mean
Absolutely THE BEST EXPLANATION EVER!!! I just finished doing this and I went from 32GB on my iPad to 11GB!!!! Thank you soooooo much!!! ❤
Did you really do it or are you like a bot or something, and if you did, did you lose anything?
I did this yesterday and gained around 8 gigs of storage on my 32-gig iPhone. Everything goes much faster if you use a password program app and install that 1st. That makes getting all your other apps up and running easier.
What will happen if I do it bro, do I lose something??
Thank you so much! I got 40 GB off of the 64 GB I phone. Thank you so much for your help, you are amazing!
Nahhh I’m too scared for that💀💀
Have you figured something out till now?
Same bro
Us bro
Me too bro
Bro iphones r so annoying
You might also try clearing the cache from your safari. My wife just did that and it wiped nearly 100gigs of system data storage off her iPhone 14 (she had been doing system back ups on her phones for the last three iPhones she owned, and never used iCloud before until she got the 14)
How do i clear my cache
@@celineleadimet1012 idk if u still need this but u just go to the safari app in settings and scroll down until you find the option to clear history and website data. I ended up clearing 30 gigs alone from this
2 years later and I can confirm this worked well for Iphone 16 ios 18.2 (128gb phone). Reallly surprised that Apple doesnt automatically clean up the old files for you. Also found it difficult to fully delete old apps. This was the best way to clear from phone and remove 41gb of system data space. Thank you Daniel this was very helpful.
It’s insane that you can’t do this any other way.
How many time have to reset my phone🤦🏻♀️…. It taking up most of my space…. Is tr any other way… all my image is not in back up…. I don’t want to loose my images while resetting…
Apple need to give us choice to delete system data…
I was gonna do this, then I backed out because I wanted to write down all my passwords. It took away most my system data without losing anything. Very happy with that
Same
So at what point did you back out to get this result please?
@@stephenmcanulla1481 🤓🤓🤓
@@stephenmcanulla1481 🤡 🤡 🤡
This totally works! I went from 28GB of system data to 2.2GB😊
But you have to make sure you have backup all your app data such as WhatsApp. Cause WhatsApp messages might have been stuck uploading due to lack of storage at the first place.
this is my problem rn
Thanks to TH-cam without it we wouldn't have seen this great video. My first time commenting on video. Thank you Sir
Not all of us use cloud services so this isn’t an option
only way u can do it lol
Will this delete emails and contacts tho and plus i dont no my apple id password
This tutorial makes me wanna buy a Android now, thanks
4:16 So Will our TH-cam channels still be there if we erase all content and settings
Thanx for the video... 👍🏻👍🏻
But what to do if "other" or "system data" still shows 31,9 GB after factory reset? And I set up the iPad as a new one.
Is the storage memory broken?
Another thing that helps and is much simpler ==> Update your iPhone to the latest version.
I had 60GB of System Data and now it has come to 8GB. All the best
see i would do that but, i have no storage to update my phone
I did that with the iPhone 14 pro max but it still filled up again 😅
Thanks Daniel. Big help for people like me whose phone has very minimal storage
Doesn't matter how big is your storage. Other system will be up to 100gb if your phone is 128gb.
Android we don't have this issue.
Hi everyone i just have a question does anyone have this problem where my iPhone suddenly restart by itself sometimes when it’s charging and sometimes when i turn on wifi and then the notifications freezes my phone and then it restarts, it used to happen with my friend’s phone (11 pro max) and now it’s with my (XR) i used to fix it by resetting using itunes but i don’t wanna do it cause it doesn’t help that much nowadays… if anyone had the same problem and he was able to fix it i hope you could help…
A while back when I had this issue on my iPhone 6 I contacted Apple support and I don’t know what they did on their end but they were able to remove my system data that was taking up space/storage without me having to reset my phone…… if only we knew how they’re able to do it….
Could you tell me how you did that plsss
@@J-Harrald no *in talking ben voice*
@@Headie0ne 👎🏾
They wont tell you because they lock the most basic functions away from the user.
T’es vraiment le goat que tu pense être, merci beaucoup ça fonctionne 😮💨
So if I do this, I will have to download all my apps again but will i lose the information like videos and all that?
I can't get past the 9:00 point of the video instruction. I have no other devices. I was eventually given the option to just choose my phone number to receive the special code, but it never came to my phone. I can't enter the passcode because they're not sending it to my phone, which isn't (re)set up yet, so how can I receive the passcode yet at that point? I'm stuck in mid-setup limbo now.
Will it erase all contacts?
Just got the phone a week ago and the system data is 19Gb
I wish dislike counts are still showing. Lol. This is not very practical way.
he have freefire installed on his device. What do you expect
What’s the way to do it then?
Thank you so much for this. I have tried multiple ways for clearing the system data but each time, it keeps increasing. This one really works. Apple should fix this.
I had to make a whole iCloud again thanks to you men!
Is the the cache partition?
THANK YOU SOO MUCH!! I edited my videos on my iPad and only have 32GB so I can't allow 15 gbs to be taken
Thank you so much for your video. I had this issue on my iPhone, my system data was almost at 40GB 😢. I just followed your steps and everything worked perfectly.
Thank you so much! My system data went from 220GB to 3GB! This is the only way that worked
Thank you SO MUCH!! It works 100% people!! 🙏🏼
So what about the files that are in the file folder on the phone do you lose those because there’s no checkbox in the iCloud to sync those so what happens to those
will it delete everything in my phone like photos and apps?
i was going to do this, but then you said it deleted the apps... which were the thing i was aiming to keep haha. One of my apps had a large update so i needed storage for it, but i think i'll just stick with deleting all my photos and old apps, etc. No offense to you, of course! This video was super helpful and i now know what to do if i ever decide to! thanks tho, the vid was really easy to follow.
genshin
@@solixqq yeah exactly lmao
Relatable
@@solixqq yes
@@solixqq fr
You really gave a very clear video it was described really good because I don’t understand a lot I’m 50 and I’m not very technical. I’m going to do it now but I’m so scared I’m gonna delete everything because I’m a TH-camr and I can’t make videos at the moment
How about photos? I want to free my photo library up and transfer them to iCloud storage etc
So the picture will be there even tho we dont restore the backup option ?
What about after you’ve installed the apps back on? Will it go up again even more obviously
This guy is genuinely so chill
Thank you so much for your help ,I tried and tried and nothing worked, but your advice is extremely important and good,thank you so much again
What do you do when you were using a 64 gig storage then you buy a new more storage phone 128gig but it keeps highlighting storage full.
Yet you bought a new phone with more gigs than the past
System data takes a %from maximum memory. If you a terabyte of memory you'd eventually get 500gb system data. It's bs
Brother had 200+ gigs ty man🙏
My biggest fear doing this is that I will lose my cellular data so I will have to go to the Verizon store to get it set up again…does anyone know?
what do we do if the system doesnt support or accept ur apple ID and password even though its right?!!
What happens if i don't have a second iOS device for the verification code?
Great! But in 6:33 as far as I’m concerned does it apply even in second hand iPhones? Because mine is iPhone 6s Plus and it’s currently running on iOS 15.5 and according to what I’ve watched, it’ll be a big trouble if you reset your iPhone if it’s running on iOS 15 and above.
Hopefully it’s not applicable if you want to erase your system data.
I’m EXACTLY like you, my phone is 16gb and that damn system data takes about 7.34gb and i’m running on ios 15.3. How did you solve ur problem?
@@xii_ray Okay bro, here’s what I did. Is your account logged into your iPhone? Because if your account is logged into your iPhone and you know your password, then it’s okay to reset your phone-in fact I did reset my phone two times and nothing bad happened.
@@slashpatron574 srry if i seem ignorant, the files or wtv you wanna call them on icloud were still there? the photos?
@@xii_ray Of course, unless you don’t sync it into your iCloud as far as I know.
@@slashpatron574 tyyyyy! that reassured my heart, rllyyy ty!
thank you !!! I brought it down from 12 gigs to 4 gigs. I did lose my notes, not sure why. It looks like an iCloud issue. I do hate how all these companies force you into upgrading. Thank you again !!!!
Would I lose something from Photos? Or accounts?
Can you show us how to delete iPhone history purchases on iPhone 11
Am using a second hand iphone, will my data be restored after a full reset since my iCloud ain’t the one it was using wen it was brand new???
My iPhone 8 with 64 GB is using 14 GB for system data, if you do this restoring without the apps, what about the Apple wallet would I have to re-enter my bank card? It’s a major pain I have to be on the phone with my bank for about an hour
If I do everything exactly as the video show’s,how safe will my song library from itune’s be?
Sooo, I have a quick question… would it save my photos?
do i have my contact photo video after i do that?
I was screen recording a video and it turned off and the recording cancelled and not ending up in photos and my system data is max and my storage is full, I do not know what to do..
Do you have a clue on what the ipados system file is and how tot delete it
Hey bro my whatever i delete (apps photos videos) deleted data turns into system data in my ipad 2017 pro model. Ios 15.1 and i cant update ios because its says unable to check update probably due to system data taking so much storage and no storage left to update software ios. Please help
I have 256gb iphone 11 pro and 180 gb is used by system data and my device is lagging a lot
Hey, I need help because my system data is over 200 gb
I get the option to either "Update, Then Erase" as well as just "Erase". Does it matter which of those I choose?
Can this be done with an iPad also?
my system data is 96.42GB ...
If u do this will u lose you TH-cam account or will it save
So my app acct that I set up with apple play will be cleared?
Thanks you really are a lifesaver
Hey, Have followed the process but the system data is still the same.
From 38GB to 1.4GB Thankyou ❤
After do every step you have shown it now takes 30gb from my 32gb iPhone
How about my uploads in you tube, will it be erase?
Also the other storage category filling up quickly could also cause instabilities such as all apps crashing when you try to launch them or your device getting bricked and stuck in a boot loop if it crashes and automatically force reboots.
I’m so sick of iOS 😭😭😭
Did it work?
will it only backup photos and file ?
not apps and data ?
Pls respond I. Need you they came back what do I do ? I already did what you told me to do
Dose it send you the code to type in then mate
Quick question, does it also save apps you had already bought(not downloaded actually paid for) + extras such as no ads, achievements, etc.
Yes! Those apps and purchases are saved to your iCloud account not your iphone, app subscriptions also get saved to your icloud
@@ttacos I know, I already did it.
It works, my daughter is really happy, thanks.
Can I access to these applications like PingID after deleting system data?
thank you for this video! Man, I was at dire needs. Iphone works great again!
I have a shared album in my Iphone ,would it be deleted if I do this??
Will I lose all my games data?🥺
If you have your account, it won’t
@@kevingame3198really?! Then even after doing this i won’t lose my Google account or ??
If we erase all setting and content our pictures data will be there ??
currently 250gb of my 512 14pro is used by system data
Great video!! This is what i needed to see
How can I get rid of the other on iPod touch it’s not working
Very clear tutorial tips bro 😎 thanks buddy
omg you are a genius you saved my phone
thank you it helped me a lot. Now, I´m having problems sending imessage with my phone number it only works with the email, do you have a video or tip that can help me with that?
If i do this will it delete my data for games?
does it delete your music?
Does this work for any other kind of mobile device though?
This worked great. Thank you!
I'm scared to try this... I've got everything on icloud but I'm not sure what will happen to Whatsapp? I just switched phones and I can't restore my whatsapp media (photos and videos) because I don't have enought space. System Data is taking up 90GB.