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How do I remove my pictures/ videos from my phone correctly so I can free up some spaces. Thanks

My phone is full of pictures. I deleted most of them but it doesn’t free up any of spaces. I had about 10k pictures/ videos. Right now I have about 2k pictures left. But it still says 127.4GB out of 128GB has been used. Yes! I removed all recently deleted.


How do I remove my pictures/ videos from my phone correctly so I can free up some spaces. Thanks

iPhone 8, iOS 13

Posted on Oct 21, 2020 9:12 PM

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Posted on Oct 21, 2020 9:44 PM

It appears that all of your deleted data still exists and trapped in the "Other" category. Two ways to solve this-

  1. Update to iOS 14 by using a computer and that will trim down the data in the "Other" category OR
  2. Please follow the instructions in this guide published by Apple ➔ How to Clear OTHER Category on your iPhone.


(I doubt that your iPhone can complete an iOS update over Wi-Fi because there is not enough storage space available)


Axel F.

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Oct 21, 2020 9:44 PM in response to mng_at

It appears that all of your deleted data still exists and trapped in the "Other" category. Two ways to solve this-

  1. Update to iOS 14 by using a computer and that will trim down the data in the "Other" category OR
  2. Please follow the instructions in this guide published by Apple ➔ How to Clear OTHER Category on your iPhone.


(I doubt that your iPhone can complete an iOS update over Wi-Fi because there is not enough storage space available)


Axel F.

How do I remove my pictures/ videos from my phone correctly so I can free up some spaces. Thanks

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