It’s a familiar scene — you’re about to board a five-hour flight and you’re frantically downloading music from Spotify or movies from Netflix, when, all of a sudden, your iPhone flashes: “iPhone Storage Full.” You pause to consider whether to delete your child’s musical recital so you can watch 3 Body Problem.
Before deleting anything, you can and should take advantage of certain iOS features to free up storage on your iPhone.
There are two built-in iOS settings that can help you clean up a significant amount of storage on your iPhone — one permanent and the other temporary — so you can install the latest software updates, take more photos and videos and download more apps. Here’s what you need to know.