r/AskTechnology • u/lyd41999 • 1d ago

Applications

My iPhone says a lot of my storage is being taken up by applications what does this mean? How can I minimize this?

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u/Fun_Sized_Momo 1d ago

Uninstall applications

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u/uncertain_expert 1d ago

If you have an iPhone you can see exactly* how much memory each application is consuming. It could be that just one or two applications account for the majority. One potential candidate may be a streaming app such as Netflix that allows you to download a video to watch offline - it’s easy to forget you ever did this and that video might be sitting around using 1GB+ for no reason.

*who knows how accurate this is?

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u/Individual_Agency703 1d ago

storage not memory

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u/jack_hudson2001 21h ago

Uninstall what you dont need... and or remove pictures and music.

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u/lyd41999 16h ago

The problem is it just says applications it doesn’t say which specific app it is 🫩

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u/jack_hudson2001 16h ago

no doubt one could get an app to tell you where and how the space is being used..

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u/lyd41999 15h ago

https://reddit.com/link/pfge2kq/video/bmwugkods1vh1/player

Here is the application thing I’m talking about.

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u/msabeln 13h ago

Applications = Apps.

Go to Settings, then iPhone Storage, then scroll down the page. You might have to click on the blue text above the list to give you a descending list of app sizes, or Last Used Date to see what you don’t use.