From what we can tell, it seems to be similar, if not identical to Other Storage, though my personal theory is it includes a bit less, as the percentage of my total storage it took up went from small to nonexistent in the update.
This could also be because of cleared caches or other things that stemmed from the update. When you browse the web on your iPhone, you create cached data that's saved in Other Storage. This data is used for autofilled names and passwords as well as URLs. Most of your favorite websites are already pre-loaded in the cached data.
This makes browsing the web faster, but over time the accumulated data in Other Storage slows down your iPhone. This method will clear out URLs that you haven't saved in Bookmarks and any login credentials not saved to your Apple Keychain. Despite some minor inconvenience, it's good practice to regularly clear your browser cache. Large attachments that you send or receive in Messages can be a big part of what takes up Other Storage. In iOS 14 and earlier, you can review large attachments.
As of iOS 15, you review just your downloaded videos instead. If you have iOS 15, you'll just tap the red minus sign between each video to remove it. You can also set up your iPhone to automatically delete your messages on a schedule. The fastest method is to delete and then reinstall apps that take up a lot of space.
The other storage category contains miscellaneous files that aren't included in the main categories like photos and videos, apps, and email. Some of the most important other files include:. The lowest hanging fruit in your other storage is usually Safari's browser cache. It's easy to clean and can grow to well over a gigabyte if you don't empty it occasionally. To clear the cache, follow the steps in the "How to clear your iPhone's cache for Safari" section of our article, " How to clear the cache on your iPhone to free up storage space and help it run faster.
Another place you can save a lot of space is by cleaning up your email. If you tend to save a lot of email, that can take up a significant amount of your other storage. To do that, you should delete email messages with large attachments. The Mail app also has its own cache, which tends to get large with time. There's no easy way to clear that cache, but if you remove and re-add your email accounts, it will flush the mail cache in the process. For a reminder about how to set up email accounts, see our article " How to add any email account to your iPhone.
If you record a lot of voice memos, you might find they are consuming a lot of your available space. To delete them, start the Voice Memos app and swipe any unwanted memos to the left and tap "Delete. Voice memos also take up room in other storage. Finally, you can reclaim other storage space by deleting apps you no longer use, since that will clear any cache the apps were using at the same time.
For more advice on how to get back space on your iPhone, read our article " How to free up space on an iPhone that's running out of storage. Since the other storage category is such a catch-all and includes files created by the Settings app and operating system which you have no way to remove, another alternative is to use a third-party utility app designed to reclaim storage space.
Under Settings, scroll down to Messages, then to the Message History option. Changing this to a shorter duration can reduce space requirements considerably. A final option is to consider offloading apps. Modern iPhones let you remove infrequently used apps. While this will not necessarily reduce your use of cache storage, it can free up valuable space.
There is no simple solution to managing iPhone storage usage. Minimising photos and videos will help, but there is a lot of space allocated to apps and their cached data. But with careful tending, we can try to keep on top of unexpected storage usage without having to wipe our devices. Portsmouth Climate Festival — Portsmouth, Portsmouth. Edition: Available editions United Kingdom.
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