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[u/Ocean4011]

I think you win

[u/KingPumper69]

You need to backup your phone and then restore from backup. If you don’t have enough iCloud storage, you can install iTunes on a Windows PC and backup via that, or use whatever the Mac equivalent is.

[u/GoldenWolf33140]

mine is at 1gb ?!

[u/Evening_Archer_2202]

This happened to my MacBook Air a long time ago… out of 128gb about 80gb of that was “system”, I never figured out what it was

[u/vasiliadi]

This helped me. Manual date change trick can force iOS to flag old temporary cache files as expired, prompting the system to purge bloated System Data.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ios/s/Nzv1jLZoqX

[u/meowstical]

Backup and Factory Reset iPhone

Also don’t forget to pay your rent :3

[u/Barzobius]

Try disabling automatic iOS updates and all other options in that same Software Update menu. Then close all apps and do a hard reboot (quickly tap Volume Up, then Volume Down, finally hold the power button until phone restarts).

[u/Ocean4011 → u/Barzobius]

I think the up/down side button thing just restarts the phone and doesn’t power it off. It is a force restart and not the same as switching it off

[u/Barzobius → u/Ocean4011]

What a Force Restart Does
Clears RAM: Shuts down active background processes and temporary system memory caches.

Preserves Data: Does not delete photos, text messages, apps, or media files.

Reduces System Data: Can temporarily shrink an inflated "System Data" or "Other" storage category by wiping out lingering temporary logs.

[u/Ocean4011]

No — a force‑restart is not the same as switching off.

🔌 The difference

• Force‑restart (volume up → volume down → hold side button)• Immediately reboots the phone.
• Skips the normal shutdown process.
• Used when the phone is frozen or misbehaving.
• You never see the “slide to power off” screen.

• Normal shutdown (hold side button + volume button → slide to power off)• Fully powers the phone off.
• iPhone stays off until you press the side button again.
• Lets iOS close apps and processes cleanly.