To every active iPhone owner and iPad at least once in my life I had to clear the built-in memory of my gadget in order to install new game, application or . Usually the problem is solved by deleting something that is “not a pity.” But there is another, very unusual way.

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The best part is that you don’t need to take serious steps like jailbreaking (although this method also works on jailbroken iPhones and iPads).

Video instruction:

1 . Open on your iPhone or iPad app Settings, go to Basic, and then select the section Storage and iCloud. Take note of how much free space you have.

2 . Open the app on your iOS device iTunes Store .

3 . At the bottom of the screen, select a section Movies and rent a movie whose size is larger than the available free space on your device (don’t worry, they won’t charge you). Choose a film based on this criterion - this is very important! Finding out the file size is easy: scroll down the page with the description of the film to the section Information and find the item Size.

4 . Click the button For rent. The money will not be written off - a warning will appear indicating that you do not have enough free space.

5 . There will be a button in the dialog box Settings. Click on it and select again Storage and iCloud.

You will immediately notice that there is more free space. On my iPhone, I immediately received an “increase” of almost 200 megabytes!

How exactly this works is not entirely clear. Apparently, Apple, in pursuit of profit (not to just let the client go) forces iOS to delete temporary files and cache in this situation.

The procedure can be repeated over and over again until you have enough volume (the second attempt brought me another 100 MB!). The main thing is not to forget to choose a movie each time, the size of which is larger than the available one free place on disk, otherwise you will still have to pay money to rent the film.

Hello everyone friends. Today I want to give you some advice on clearing memory on iPhone. For me, the question of how to free up space on the iPhone, like for many other owners of this smartphone, is very exciting. Your memory quickly becomes clogged and you no longer know what to do? How to take new photos and where to install modern games?

This problem especially affected owners of iPhones and iPads with 16 gigabytes. Memory fills up very quickly. But, fortunately, there are ways by which you can free up several gigabytes. Now I’ll tell you about them!!!

Remove unnecessary applications

Just don’t tell me that you need ALL the apps on your iPhone! Everyone has programs on their computer, phone or tablet that, after installation, were opened only a couple of times. Now you will need to analyze all the applications and draw a conclusion which ones are needed and which ones are not.

Open Settings – General – Storage and iCloud – Manage.

Here we see all the applications that we have installed. At the very top are those that take up the most space.

Go through this list and remove everything you don't need. For example, I no longer play Pokemon GO, which means I can free up 200 megabytes!

Some users store all their videos and photos on their phone, but this is unreliable and very memory-intensive. If we look at my phone, we can see that photos and videos take up more than 1 gigabyte. You need to download them to your computer or laptop and delete them from your smartphone.

Here I will NOT teach you how to upload photos to a computer or vice versa. There are corresponding lessons for this on the site.

If you decide to free up space on your iPhone, then you will most likely have to transfer photos to your computer, since this method usually significantly frees up memory on your smartphone.

Reinstall applications

If you look at your applications that you installed six months or a year ago, you will find that they have become “fat,” that is, they have become much larger! This is due to the fact that programs save various cache and are not deleted. The cache cannot be deleted separately from the application, that is, you need to completely delete the application and the cache will be deleted along with it.

Let's reinstall applications that have become very fat.

For example, I have Google Photos. It weighs 240 megabytes, although I know that at the very beginning this application did not take up hundreds of megabytes. Now I'm uninstalling it and installing it again from App Store.

Upon completion of the operation, I return to the Storage and see that Google Photo now weighs 75 megabytes.

Already better!

So you need to reinstall everything" overfed"applications. If you suddenly don’t know how much this or that application weighs in the original, then first go to the App Store and look at information about the application.

Delete video immediately after shooting

If you are going to an event where tens of gigabytes of video will be shot on an iPhone, then you can try the following scheme. Using Yandex Disk or Dropbox, upload video files to the cloud, and then delete them from your phone and continue filming.

The point is simple: you need to install Yandex Disk on your computer and application of the same name on iPhone. On your computer, Yandex Disk will be allocated special folder, which you can select in the settings.

Now on your iPhone, open the Yandex Disk application and upload all your videos there.

These videos will be uploaded to the cloud, that is, to Yandex servers. Now, after turning on your computer and connecting to the Internet, these videos will automatically be downloaded to your Yandex Disk folder.

Naturally, after you make sure that the videos are uploaded to Yandex Disk, you can delete them from your phone.

The most main reason, which can stop you from using this method is Slow internet and limited traffic. But if the speed is good and unlimited traffic, then you can safely upload videos to Yandex Disk or another cloud service and delete these files from your smartphone.

Empty trash

Of course, after deleting photos and videos, you need to remember to empty the trash, since the files are stored there for another 30 days and take up precious space on your phone!

Delete music and movies

Optimize the amount of music and movies on your iPhone. Remove unnecessary things! For example, I deleted all the music from my phone a long time ago and now I listen to everything online, usually on VKontakte. Very comfortably!

If so, then only if necessary! For example, I’m going somewhere far away and I want to listen to something on the way. It’s perfect for a train, especially when the network signal is lost and it’s impossible to listen to music online.

Temporarily remove games and applications

If you urgently need to free up space on your iPhone, you can temporarily delete some applications and games. Especially in our time, when a game can easily weigh 2 gigabytes. By deleting a couple of these games, we will have several thousand megabytes for new videos, photos and applications.

Remove pending iOS updates

If the corresponding function is not disabled, then new versions of iOS are automatically downloaded to the iPhone. To remove them and disable auto-updates, do the following.

Open Settings – General – Storage and iCloud - Manage.

Find the downloaded firmware and delete it. Luckily I don't have one.
And so that future updates are not downloaded without our permission, we go back to the settings and find the menu iTunes Store and App Store.

Inside, remove the switch from the Update item.

Erase content and settings

If you bought your iPhone a long time ago and already have hundreds of various applications, thousands of photos and videos, an endless amount of cache, then it’s possible for your phone it's time to start life with clean slate ? You can delete all data from your iPhone and return it to factory condition! But naturally all photos, videos and programs will be deleted, so I warn you right away!

If you decide to take this step, then go to Settings – Basic and at the very bottom find the Reset item.

In the new window we need the item Erase content and settings and then Erase iPhone.

The smartphone will reboot and we will be asked to set it up as a new device! Memory will be 100% free. All you have to do is log in to the App Store and install everything required applications, install wallpaper, download music if necessary, and the like.

Attention! In some cases, you cannot reset your iPhone to factory settings. Be extremely careful! Before you reset your iPhone to factory settings, make sure there are no important files, like photos and videos! Also check if the "Find iPhone" function is enabled (go to Settings – iCloud – Find iPhone).

With the "Find My iPhone" function enabled, after resetting the settings, you will need to enter your APPLE ID login and password that applies to your iCloud. If you do not have this data, then you cannot perform full reset settings.
Otherwise, you will not be able to activate the device until you enter the login and password for your APPLE ID.

Try turning off Find My iPhone! If you succeed, then you can now safely reset your iPhone to factory settings and not be afraid that it will freeze at the activation stage.

In addition to all of the above, just in case, before resetting the settings, I recommend using iTunes program, backup your device!

That's all, the lesson is over, good luck everyone!

Everyone has it iPhone user and iPad, no matter how much memory his device has, there comes a moment when he reads a terrible phrase on the screen: “There is almost no space.” What to do? Now I will try to tell you everything.

No need to panic and run to the store to buy a new phone. I agree, some people do this, but we are not those who look for easy ways, so I will list ten simple steps to free up memory, or as Apple calls it, “storage.”

1. Checking storage capacity

To check how much space is available on your iPhone or iPad and how much is occupied, you need to go to the menu Basic – Statistics . Top line displays the amount of occupied space, the lower one – free space. In my case, there is not much free space - only 1.4 GB. That is, a normal movie, even from the iTunes cloud, will no longer be able to be downloaded. I recommend doing this check once a month in order to avoid embarrassment in the form of memory full at the most inopportune moment.

2. Deleting information via Storage

Many programs themselves take up little space, but the information they download from the Internet makes them bulk up. So, for example, harmless Twitter in its pure form it weighs only 38.4 MB, and with the saved cache it weighs 269 MB.

Tap on any application from the list and see how much it really weighs and what exactly caused it to gain weight.

3. Delete unused games

Yes, sometimes I myself don’t want to delete a game I once liked from my device. After all, there are records, and pumped up characters, and, let’s be honest, purchased items. But such games clog up the device’s storage so that there is simply nowhere to put new and no less interesting ones. Delete without regret.

4. Delete all old podcasts, music and movies

Admit it, how many times have you re-listened to old podcasts? For example, the September issue about rumors regarding yet unreleased Apple devices or “Seeing off 2014” from the Mayak radio station? I'm sure never. And they clog up the memory on your phone! The most harmless podcast for 5 minutes can weigh 25 MB, but what if you have a dozen or a hundred of them?

I deliberately save only those old podcasts that do not carry a news color. For example, stories of brand creation from Brandyatina or interesting popular science episodes of the podcast “Not Fantastic Horizons”. And then, with the goal of not listening to it again, but letting the children listen to it.

The same goes for uploaded videos. If you buy it in digital store iTunes, it will still be available in the cloud at any time, if not, you can always find it again on the network and watch it at your leisure online. There is absolutely no need to store it on the device.

5. Message retention period

Everyone who uses an iPhone knows that changing one phone to another does not mean losing all SMS from the previous device. Progress has decreed that all our once magical manipulations with file managers and pulling out folders with SMS, have become irrelevant (although experience, as they say, cannot be wasted). They were replaced by the recovery function from backup copy. Neither photos nor SMS are lost. Even those that you have long forgotten about and would like to get rid of.

You can set their storage time by entering the menu: Basic – Messages – History . There are three options available: 30 days, 1 year And indefinitely. The default is the third item, which clogs up the memory. Replace it for 1 year and you won't feel the difference and you'll free up some space.

6. Use the cloud to store photos and home videos

Now wet rags with accusations will fly at me, but think about it and look at the statistics on the use of the storage of your device. In the first place for 90% of us is precisely "Photo and Camera" .

I’ll give an example of how you can back up to Google+. Download the application from the App Store [download], go to settings personal account and set the slider in the section PHOTO on startup.

Google+ app skins from AppStore

The next step is to upload all photos and videos to the cloud.

You can set up Dropbox in the same way if the service of your native iCloud does not suit you for some reason.

7. Stop using Photo Stream

Photo Stream automatically syncs the last thousand (!) photos between your iOS devices. However, you should know that 1000 photos is approximately 1GB, which is doubled. So if you don’t have a pressing need to share photos between gadgets, turn off photo streaming on all your devices.

Settings – Photo and Camera – My Photo Stream

8. Save only photos in HDR quality

If you have configured automatic backup photos via a cloud service, then you should take care in advance that the excess does not go to storage. By “extra” I mean doubling photographs of ordinary and HDR. Why would you store two identical photos, besides, if one is also worse in quality?

Settings – Photo and Camera – Leave original

9. Subscribe to a streaming music service

The days of fiddling around with downloading music to your iPhone are long gone. Those who are less stingy buy albums and singles directly from the iTunes Store, without bothering with any special services. Those who are used to being in trend rushed to acquire music streaming services.

Many of my friends chose Google Play Music, preferring it to all others. I'm content for now Jamendo, finding it the most convenient for yourself. Another music streaming favorite Spotify(unfortunately, not available in our region). By the way, some of my friends “from the West” refused music app Apple chose it. Why? Yes, because you can download the songs and albums you need directly over the air at any time.

10. Explore the Other section in iTunes and restore your phone

"Other" – this is the volume of your e-mail, music cache, saved browser pages. Sometimes during the process of loading pages or mail, downloads are interrupted and then the data takes up more space than it should. The simplest and effective way- This backup and restoring the phone from a copy.

There is no memory for iPhone 5s. I delete applications, but there is still no memory. Why is this?

Or make a backup copy. Do a full reset and restore via iTunes from the created copy. The memory will appear

Perhaps this method of freeing up space on an iPhone is already known to many, but just in case, we will clearly show you how effective it can be. In the video, we managed to free up more than 4 GB on an iPhone 5s purchased in April last year. If you managed to free up more space, share your stories in the comments.

1. Clear Safari History and Website Data

The first step in cleaning your i-device is removing temporary Safari files. Clear browsing history and cookies from Safari, go to Settings > Safari > Clear History and Website Data. To clear all saved information from your browser, go to Settings > Safari > Add-ons > Site Data > Clear All Data.

2. Disable Photo Stream

The Photo Stream service collects the last 1000 photos from your library and distributes them to all devices. The technology actively consumes valuable megabytes, so if there is a lack of memory, it should be disabled. You can do this in Settings > iCloud > Photos.

3. Enable iCloud Photo Library

Service mechanism iCloud Photo Library provides the ability to synchronize an unlimited amount of content via the cloud. With the launch of the service, images and videos can be uploaded in full to cloud storage Apple. The originals of these files will no longer be on the iPhone and iPad, saving space. You can activate iCloud Photo Library in Settings > iCloud > Photos.

4. Uninstall and reinstall applications

During use, applications quickly grow due to temporary data. As a result, gigabytes on the iPhone and iPad are literally melting away before our eyes. Go to Settings > General > Statistics > Storage to see a list of the most resource-intensive programs. Unnecessary applications can be deleted, important ones can be reinstalled.

5. Delete tracks and stream music

Apple allows you to stream downloaded from iTunes music via iCloud - there is no need to download it and store it on your device. Delete unnecessary tracks from iPhone and listen to them online. You can also save space by using streaming services like Yandex.Music or Zvooq.

6. Delete large conversations in iMessage

Actively sending photos and videos via iMessage quickly eats up the available space on your iPhone and iPad. Deleting large correspondence in the application will free up space in the device’s memory.

7. Update to the latest version of iOS

If you don't have the best a new version iOS and you don't jailbreak, it's time to switch to current version iOS. In recent releases, Apple has fixed bugs, improved system stability, and increased performance on older devices. Besides Latest updates Free up space on iPhone and iPad. Go to General > Software Updates to check for new versions.

8. Delete screenshots

iPhone and iPad users often take screenshots. Typically, screenshots take up no more than 300 KB of device memory, but most people often forget to delete unnecessary images. So they gradually “multiply” in the photo gallery, taking up more and more space. In such situations, Screeny will come to the rescue. The application for iPhone and iPad is specially optimized to recognize screenshots and also delete them from the device.

9. Delete temporary files

Many applications, even after you delete them, leave behind temporary files. You can solve the problem using the PhoneExpander application. This free solution, designed to clean iPhone, iPad and iPod touch from unnecessary data. The utility is simple and easy to use and deletes unused and temporary files, unnecessary applications, music and photos, providing more fast work mobile device and freeing up space on its internal flash memory.

10. Clear Safari offline list

Safari's delayed reading feature consumes free memory. With frequent use, the cache volume very quickly grows to several gigabytes. To clear your data, go to Settings > General > Statistics > Storage > Safari, click the Edit button and delete the offline list. Clearing the cache will not remove objects from the reading list.

Some more useful information about Android:

How to downgrade from iOS 10 to iOS 9.3.5 without problems
How to remove iCloud from Apple mobile devices yourself?

Yes, this is the most banal, but at the same time the most effective step. Look at your device. Do you really think you need all those games or apps that you launch once a year? Surely most of them can be removed without any consequences. And if remote application You will still need it; it can be easily restored from the cloud.

You've probably noticed that some applications begin to take up too much space over time. Most often this applies to instant messengers, and cloud services. This happens due to data caching. There are applications that allow you to clear the cache, but the easiest way is to simply reinstall the application from scratch.

Don't be put off by the app's name: in addition to battery information, it does a great job of cleaning up all sorts of junk. On the Junk tab, you can clear the cache and delete temporary application files, freeing up free disk space. In addition, Battery Doctor can release RAM, including via a widget or icon quick launch on the desktop. This should be useful for game lovers.

And finally, the most troublesome, but at the same time effective method. A complete memory wipe and factory reset will return your iOS device to its original state, but, of course, you will lose all your data. Therefore, before starting the procedure, be sure to make a backup in iTunes or iCloud. After that, go to “Settings” → “General” → “Reset” and click “Erase all content and settings.” Then all that remains is to restore your device from a backup copy (or better yet, set it up as new and download all the applications again).

That seems to be all. If you know any additional ways to clear space in the memory of iOS devices, tell us about them in the comments.