Do you remember how quickly your old phone used to run out of storage space? There was maybe room for a handful of mp3s and a few grainy, low-resolution videos. With each new generation, we always think that there is no way we could possibly run out of space this time. After all, the latest iPhone has the same storage capacity as your average desktop from around 2012! Yet, somehow, it isn’t long before you once again find yourself running low on storage. Well, there is apparently a reason your iPhone storage space is running low, and it all has to do with one app that could be hogging all your storage space up.
Where Did My iPhone Storage Go?
Our modern phones are basically miniature computers, in addition to our cameras, video cameras, media players, and so much more. Whose phone isn’t full of literal years of videos and photos that are never likely to leave your phone, never mind viewed again or printed out? Then there are the movies you put on your phone for the little one to watch on a long drive, the games you installed to pass the time, etc. However, there comes the inevitable moment when you realize that there is no space left.
So, you move all those photos to your laptop and delete a few games and hope that takes care of the problem. Yet, it’s once again full not so long after. So, what’s going on? What could be guzzling up your storage space so much? Well, apparently, the culprit is your text messages. You may not have realized this, but every photo, video, and GIF that you have been sending and receiving over the years are all taking up your iPhone storage space. Yet, you can actually delete all of these files that you had no intention of storing while still keeping the messages.
What you need to do is find out if there are large attachments you didn’t intend to store and then delete them. First, you will need to go to Settings > General > iPhone Storage. Then, select “Review Large Attachments” under “Recommendations”. You will then see a list of all the attachments stored on your phone, sorted by date and file size. Then, go through the list, deleting any of the attachments you don’t want to store. You may find it helpful to look at the file size and delete the largest ones if you are pressed for time.