You Can Free Up iPhone Storage Without Deleting Anything Important
If you don't want to permanently get rid of your favorite apps, offline movies and text message threads -- you don't have to.
If storage is tight on your iPhone, you have very few options. You can of course delete large files, like downloaded TV shows, movies and albums, but maybe you don't really want to give these up. There are also various cloud options, but that requires shifting files around and deleting things. Or maybe you could buy a new phone with more internal storage, but that can be expensive.
That's why, if these options aren't appealing to you, you can and should take advantage of certain iOS features to free up storage without having to delete anything or spend money.
That's right. There are two built-in iOS settings that can help you clean up a significant amount of storage on your iPhone -- one permanent and the other temporary -- so that you can install the latest software update, take more photos and videos and download more apps. Here's what you need to know.
If you want more tips on getting more iPhone storage, check out how to free up space on your iPhone with these easy tricks and the best cloud storage options in 2022.
Optimize your iPhone photos and videos
It's not always easy to just delete what's in your camera roll, so if you want to keep your precious memories, or even just your meme screenshots, but still want to free up device storage, the easiest way to do that is by optimizing the photos and videos already stored on your device.
By default, every time you take a photo or video, it is saved in full-resolution on your device. If you're capturing photos and videos in the highest resolution possible, they can take up quite a bit of space. A minute of video shot in 4K at 60fps takes up approximately 400MB -- nearly half a GB. That's pretty significant.
To optimize your photos and videos, go to Settings > Photos and toggle on Optimize iPhone Storage (for this to work, you'll need to have the iCloud Photos setting above it enabled). Depending on how many photos and videos you have on your iPhone, this can take up quite a bit of time, but once it's finished, you should see significant more space on your device storage.
2022-12-20 00:24:10
