Lots (2.24GB) of "Other" content on my 16GB 4S

I've got a 2+yo 16GB 4S (I know, how pathetic and behind the times am I), and on my last sync, I noticed there was 2.24GB of "Other" content on it.
I've had around 1.8/1.9GB Other content on it for a while, but since upgrading to iOS 8.0.2 last week, it's increased, and 2.24 of 16 is a heck of a chunk of wasted space.
This is probably a silly question, but is there an easy way of getting rid of any of this and freeing up some space, a way that doesn't require an PhD in Astrophysics or Applied Mathematics?

Hi cheshireman,
If you feel you have an unusually high amount of space being taken up by Other files, you may find the steps in the following article useful (under Resolution); the article is aimed at a different but similar issue:
iOS: "Not enough free space" alert when trying to sync
Regards,
- Brenden

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