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Outside of that, there’s not much to this process other than going through each contact and ensuring the information you have is up to date. Unless you plan to one day call everyone on that list, why not delete contacts you don’t speak to anymore? Your iPhone will give you a head start by identifying suspected duplicate contacts.


If you’ve had an iPhone for a while, there’s a good chance your contacts list could use an edit. Unless space is at an absolute premium on your device, I would recommend against turning on this option, if only because it might delete a photo or video that has sentimental value to you. You can also set iOS to automatically delete messages and attachments that are more than a year old. That’s a good place to start since the interface does a good job of highlighting the biggest space hogs right at the top. Seeing how much storage those old photos, videos and GIFs take up may be eye opening in fact, iOS will prompt you to review large attachments. At the bottom of the interface, you will see a breakdown of all the different attachments you may have received in messaging with your friends and family. Messages, meanwhile, has a few handy options for serial texters. From the iPhone Storage menu, you can also set your device to automatically offload unused apps when you’re running low on storage, which is useful for all, but especially those with older, low-storage devices.īy subscribing, you are agreeing to Engadget's Terms and Privacy Policy. It will also remain in your App Library for easy access. As such, when you reinstall the app, you can pick up right where you left off. In the latter case, iOS will delete the app from your iPhone or iPad but leave your data untouched. You can delete the app and all its related data or “offload” it. You will also see a list of every app installed on your device, as well as how much space it takes up and when you last used it – all helpful information you can use to decide what to delete.ĭepending on the app, iOS will present you with at least two options when you tap on it. You can access it by opening the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad, then tapping “General,” followed by “iPhone Storage” or “iPad Storage.” It may take a few moments for the interface to populate, but once it does, you’ll see a handy visual representation of how much of your device’s storage you’ve given over to apps, photos and other types of files. You don’t need me to tell you to delete apps you don’t use to free up space on your iPhone, but you might not know that iOS has a dedicated tool to help you do this.
