HT4847 Free up space on iPhone?

Hi. I have only 500mb of space left on my iPhone but 18gb on iCloud. How do I free up space on my phone, please?

iCloud doesn't expand the capacity of your phone, it syncs data from one device to other devices sharing the same iCloud account.  If you want to free up space on your phone you'll have to delete it.  You can see what's taking up the space on your phone by going to Settings>General>Usage.

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  • HT204053 Saving to cloud to free up space on iPhone

    I am out of space on my phone but purchased 20G icloud storage. Can I create a shared stream to put all of my photos on and then delete my photo album photos to free up space? I don't want to lose my photos, but also don't have a computer I connect to regularly to transfer my photos to.

    Photo Stream is designed to be a way to share photos between devices and with family and friends. It is not designed to be for cloud storage. See: My Photo Stream FAQ - Apple Support
    You may want to look into iCloud Photo Library beta FAQ - Apple Support It is designed for cloud storage and the following quote from the link describes how it can save space on your phone:
    If you turn on Optimize [device] Storage, iCloud Photo Library will automatically manage the size of your library on your iOS device, so you can make the most of your device's storage and access more photos than ever. iCloud Photo Library stores the original, high-resolution photos and videos in iCloud and can keep lightweight, device-optimized versions on each of your devices. As long as you have enough storage, recent photos and videos that you access the most will stay on your device at full resolution.
    To turn on Optimize [device] Storage on your device, tap Settings > iCloud > Photos or Settings > Photos & Camera, then select Optimize [device] Storage. You need an Internet connection to access an original photo or video that’s stored only in iCloud.
    Having said that, note that it is still in beta. I personally don't yet trust it with the only copy of my photos.
    If it must be cloud storage, you may also want to investigate Flickr and Dropbox.

  • Free up space on iphone; pictures

    Hi everyone,
    Most of my space on my iphone is taken up with photos. I was wondering if anyone knew of a way that I could transfer all of my photos to cloud-based service that would allow me to access them as quickly as I do now by just going to the photos app?
    Thank you,
    Steve

    You're welcome.
    For your Photo Stream access on your PC, you need to download and install the iCloud Control Panel.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/dl1455
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4486
    PC: Open the iCloud Control Panel for Windows and select the checkbox for Photos (Photo Stream in iCloud Control Panel 2.x). You can click the Options button to verify that My Photo Stream is enabled and adjust the settings. Be sure to click Apply when done.
    The photos transferred from one of your computers behind your back was not done by accident or enabled by itself. If you are now syncing your iPhone with iTunes on a different computer, under the Photos tab for your iPhone sync preferences with iTunes is anything selected? If Sync Photos is enabled, to remove all deselect Sync Photos followed by a sync. If Sync Photos is not enabled, enable it and select an empty folder or a folder of photos with a few photos followed by a sync. This will remove all existing photos on your iPhone that were transferred from the other computer and transfer the new folder of photos to your iPhone. After the sync is complete, deselect Sync Photos under the Photos tab followed by another sync to remove.

  • HT201317 How do I move photos from iPhone to iCloud to free up space on iPhone?

    My wife has a ton of photos on her phone which is preventing her from updating some apps and other things because her phone is out of storage space.  How can she move it to her iCloud account so she can delete it from her phone?  She still wants to easily access the photos from her iPhone.

    You do not store photos on icloud for archiving.  You do this by syncing photos onto a computer.  icloud will store backups of camera roll photos, but that's only good to you if your device somehow "dies" and you must restore everything back on it.  You can't selectively restore just photos from icloud.
    Read this...  import photos to your computer...
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4083

  • Can't seem to free enough space on iphone 4 for ios7

    Seems others have this problem too... removing pics and videos, hardly any apps (just not a major app person)  voluntary apps are just WWF, Candy Crush, Amazon, Ebay, FB and Twitter. Linked in, Translate, Pic Stitch, ESRB ratings and Weather.
    Is there any chance I can get ios7 or am I just out of luck?  I mainly want it for the Face Time capabilities.
    Thanks!
    AnnieRie

    Update via iTunes on your computer.

  • HT4847 My icloud storage is almost full on my iphone.  When attempting to free up space, after I click "off" on some backups and do I also press delete backups?

    My iphone shows icloud storage is almost full.  (When attempting to free up space) after I turn off some of the backups, do I also have to press "delete backups"?

    Welcome to the Apple Community.
    That depends on how quickly you want the space back. If you want it immediately, then yes you will need to delete the back up and start a new one.

  • How can I free up space on my iphone without connecting to itunes?

    How can I free up space on my iphone (by posibbly deleting some music) without connecting to my mac itunes? I'm travelling abroad for some time so can't access my itunes account on my mac at home and the iphone is full. I thought I'd left enought room for plenty of new apps, but alas no. So I need more room for more apps. We have my partners PC laptop with her itunes loaded if thats any use. I've deleted and backed up all my iphone photos already. Thanks.

    Claiming that it can be done, but not telling him how is not all that helpful. We were dying for you to share the steps that he must take.
    http://www.cultofmac.com/99990/ios-5-allows-users-to-delete-music-directly-from- iphoneipad/
    The process is just like deleting an unwanted email in your inbox. Simply find the track(s) you don’t want on your iOS 5 device anymore, slide your finger over the track listing to the left or the right to reveal a hidden “delete” button, and then select “delete” and the track is gone. Unfortunately there’s no mass delete option, so those Backstreet Boys songs are gonna have to be deleted one at a time.

  • I have previously viewed movies and TV Shows on my IPHONE that I want to delete and free up space so that I can buy new movies/TV show to watch.  How do I get them off my IPHONE and my ITUNES account?

    I have previously viewed movies and TV Shows on my IPHONE that I want to delete and free up space so that I can buy new movies/TV show to watch.  How do I get them off my IPHONE and my ITUNES account?

    Hey RR6705,
    If you would like to delete previously purchased content off of your iPhone, you may find the steps outlined in the following article helpful:
    How to delete content you've downloaded from the iTunes Store, App Store, iBooks Store, or Mac App Store - Apple Support
    Cheers,
    - Brenden

  • I recently upgraded to an iPhone 5 and I have this synced with my previous iCloud account. My problem is my old iPhone 4 is taking up 2.5 GB of space in the cloud. Is there a way to delete this iphone from the icloud so I can free up space?

    I recently upgraded to an iPhone 5 and I have this synced with my previous iCloud account. My problem is my old iPhone 4 is taking up 2.5 GB of space in the cloud. Is there a way to delete this iphone from the icloud so I can free up space as it is not needed anymore?

    Welcome to the Apple Community.
    Assuming you have finished with your old backup.....
    You can see what your iCloud storage is used for and delete any unwanted content at settings > iCloud > backup & storage > manage......

  • ITunes suddenly mentions that my iPhone cannot be synced because it needs 6.55 additional GB, although my phone still has 2 GB free of space. How can I fix this?

    iTunes suddenly mentions that my iPhone cannot be synced because it needs 6.55 additional GB, although my phone still has 2 GB free of space. How can I fix this?
    iCloud is off on both my phone and my computer.

    It is saying that the iPod does not have enough free storage to sync all the items yu have selected to sync to the iPod. You need 2.48 GB more free on the iPod. You need either to select less to sync or delete some content form the iPod.

  • I have all my music in iTunes and have "Music Match" turned on.  Apparently, I also have music on my iPhone 5.  I need to free up space on my iPhone.  If I delete the music on my phone, will it still be available to me on my phone via the cloud?

    I have all my music in iTunes and have "Music Match" turned on.  Apparently, I also have music on my iPhone 5.  I need to free up space on my iPhone.  If I delete the music on my iPhone, will it still be available to me on my phone via the cloud?
    The same is true for photo's.  I have too many photo's on my phone taking up space.  Now I realize I can remove a lot of the photo's via sync options, but ...

    This can happen if iTunes gets confused about what is and isn't on the device. These steps should resolve.
    Backup the device.
    Restore as a new device.
    Restore the backup made earlier.
    tt2

  • If I sync my iphone and load my photos will it free up space

    If I sync my iphone to itunes, can I wipe the photos from my phone and free up space to take more photos?

    Syncing the phone to iTunes will do nothing about the photos in your camera roll. If you want to remove photos from the camera roll you need to import them separately to the computer before deleting them. See this support document. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4083

  • HT5637 How do you delete a song on the iphone once you have downloaded it from itunes match to free up space again?

    Does anyone know how you delete a song on the iphone once you have downloaded it from itunes match to free up space on the device again?
    Thanks,
    Martin.

    Hi martithe_t,
    Welcome to the Support Communities!
    The article below may be able to help you with this.
    Click on the link to see more details and screenshots. 
    How to delete content you've downloaded from the iTunes Store, App Store, iBooks Store, or Mac App Store
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5772
    iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
    Before you delete, find out if you'll be able to download the song you deleted again (it depends on where you live). To delete a song:
    Tap the Music app.
    Tap the Songs category.
    Swipe left to right over the song you want to delete.
    Tap Delete.
    Apple - iTunes - Match
    http://www.apple.com/itunes/itunes-match/
    Does iTunes Match stream or download songs?
    On a computer, any songs stored in iCloud will stream over the air when played, though you can download them at any time by clicking the iCloud download button. iOS devices will start playing tracks from iCloud as they download and will store them so that you can listen to them later even if you don’t have a network connection. Apple TV only streams songs.
    Cheers,
    - Judy

  • How do I remove music from iphone, to free up space, but retain in ismart

    how do I remove music from iphone, to free up space, but retain in ismart

    Welcome to the Apple Community.
    What exactly is ismart.

  • What is "other" on iphone sync? How to free up space?

    Upgraded to Lion, iOS5, and cloud. Now I can't sync iPhone. Half the space is "other". How can I free up the space?

    Other is the iPhone operating system. Free up space by moving pictures and music off the phone to the computer.

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