It’s made up of system caches, logs, Siri voices (if you download more than one), to name a few. So, what exactly is this? This storage keeps on varying because it’s made up of a lot of miscellaneous categories. And unlike other categories, there’s not even an option to delete it. It just says that Other System Data “includes caches, logs, and other system resources currently in use by the system.” That’s not much to go on. You’ll see that iOS does not provide much information about what it is. It can range anywhere from a few hundred MBs to even 50 GB for some people. There you’ll see the option for ‘System Data’ (or ‘Other’, storage depending on which iOS you are) and the storage it’s currently occupying. If you do see such a category, scroll past the apps all the way down. If ‘System Data’ or ‘Other’ storage is hogging space on your iPhone, you’ll see a large grey chunk taking up a lot of space in the bar chart towards the right end. Once the bar chart loads, look closely at the categories. It might take a few seconds to refresh and accurately represent the latest stats. It’ll also show your apps in descending order of the amount of storage they’re occupying, from the apps taking most storage to the least. Open the Settings app and scroll down to ‘General’.Ī bar chart will appear representing your iPhone storage as an amalgam of different categories like photos, apps, media, etc. What is System Data and Where to Find it?įirst, you should see if System Data is the bane of your existence. Let’s see what exactly this storage is and how to get rid of it. We know what they are and we can even delete them whenever we want.īut it’s the ‘System Data’ (dubbed ‘Other storage’ in previous iOS iterations) that perplexes everyone.
The storage hogged by photos or apps is fine. It doesn’t matter how much you invested in the higher storage model to get that extra storage. It’s one of the inevitable truths of the modern world: we run out of storage on our phones.Īnd when it comes to iPhones, it’s a serious problem as you cannot expand your storage. We’re going about our daily lives, trying to install the latest software update or download a new app, when suddenly we can’t. All the ways to manage or get rid of System Data that’s hogging storage space on your iPhone.
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