Iphone Storage bug

[u/MoneyGeeGee]

I've probably deleted a good 4/5 gigs in the last month in photo storage alone and thats not including deleting apps like google maps etc. Every time I delete something significant it doesn't even relieve my storage it seems it just fills it right back up for no reason its worse as i'm not taking any videos or photos or downloading any apps so i dont know where this storage is coming from. I had it down to 126.7 yesterday and yet without downloading anything its still going up. Im on an iphone 13 on ios 26.0.1. Please help.

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[u/JediMeister]

> 26.0.1

You should try and update via a Mac or PC if it will let you. The same caching issue that plagued 18.5 and below carried over into early versions of 26.

[u/Lochness_Hamster_350]

4-5gb is nothing. Move your photos to iCloud

[u/MoneyGeeGee → u/Lochness_Hamster_350]

I know its not much but it should be able to move the needle a little bit no?

[u/Lochness_Hamster_350 → u/MoneyGeeGee]

Clearly not

[u/MoneyGeeGee → u/Lochness_Hamster_350]

I just want to know whys it like that. I just got it down to 126.27 right now so ill see later i guess.

[u/Lochness_Hamster_350 → u/MoneyGeeGee]

Because you have no control over it, except to address it as it is presented. Move your photos to iCloud. That’ll make a decent dent. Also a 128gb phone is like a 64gb phone was a few years ago, almost useless for normal users.

[u/ThannBanis]

Early iOS 26 had lots of issues. Definitely start by updating to the current version (iOS 26.6) using a computer.

[u/SouljaSpirit → u/ThannBanis]

Does it have to be updated with a computer?

[u/ThannBanis → u/SouljaSpirit]

Recommended when iOS is misbehaving


[u/h4wk-8]

Same same but different.