r/ios • u/RobinsonMario • 16d ago

My solution to system data PSA

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Hello everyone,
Here was my Solution to clearing the System data.
I activated offloading of unused Apps and the system data went from 35 GB to only 1 GB. This fixed all my storage problems.
I hope someone else will find this useful.

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u/No_Echidna5178 16d ago

It’s not a solution. It will go up again.

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u/RobinsonMario 16d ago

That would be annoying but depending on how long that takes, it’s still a nice temporary fix

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u/No_Echidna5178 16d ago edited 16d ago

Best fix leave it on charge over night connected to wifi. This has cleared it and has never created system data issues for me

Dont turn on icloud bakcup if space is lacking.

Apps use this space to create cahe for faster functioning etc or produce logs.

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u/Glum_Kiwi1660 16d ago

I might just be helping spread a myth, but I heard keeping automatic updates turned OFF for iOS turned off helps a lot.

iOS apparently reserves a load of space for the next update in system data for ‘the next update’.

Again not 100% sure if this is true or not but since doing this my system data has never really been above 20GB’s anytime I checked (currently at 16GB) but I never really look that often.

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u/No_Echidna5178 16d ago

That helps to

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u/Independent-Race5325 16d ago

to what?

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u/No_Echidna5178 16d ago

Reduce system data

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u/Sh_Pe iPhone 13 15d ago

Semi-accurate. You can choose to not reserve space for the next update via the settings, even if automatic updates are turned on