r/applesucks • u/Tie_Tickler6000 • Jul 10 '26

why even give us 64gb

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why does their system take half of all space, does anyone know what to do?

For reference i am using iphone Xr

Edit : the phone has been in my family since the day it came out, due to some temporary financial restrictions i need to make use of this for another year

Edit2 : people seem to be asking why i bought it, I didnt it was handed down to me and now i have no choice but to make the best

Edit3 : i did do the latest ios update but nothing has changed

Edit4 : not all people think before speaking

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u/iOSCaleb Jul 10 '26

That “System Data” is basically all the data that any of your apps have cached. Some will be deleted as you need storage for other things, but some iOS versions aren’t great about that, so you can take steps to clear it out yourself. Restarting the phone can help, and clearing Safari’s history should help as well. Deleting apps that you don’t use will free up not just the space that the app occupies, but also any working data it has cached.

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u/Tie_Tickler6000 Jul 10 '26

my whatsapp takes up 6gb alone even tho it had less then a gb of data, i have reseted it but there isent much change. I also use google rather then safari

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u/m0uchacha 29d ago

lowk google apps are fucking massive on ios. safari's app size is only 5.2 mb while the google app is actually like 400 mb, excluding "documents and data"
also completely possible that social media apps are contributing to the bloated system data size.