How do I empty or delete "other" storage capacity

I noticed that I have 15gb of "other" storage on my ipad. Im not sure what it is, or what it consists of.... is there any way I can clean this out?
Thank you!!

"Other" consist of quite a variety of files and data, including the data stored by any number of third party apps, as well as mail messages and their attachments and text messages (but not the apps themselves). You can get a better sense of what is using storage by opening the Settings app > General > Usage Manage Storage [under Storage].

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How delete other storage from ipad air?

The iOS will NOT automatically delete "other" if the device gets full. That is totally incorrect.
"Other" is basically all of the data and stuff that does not fit into any of the other categories on the device, like apps, photos, music, videos, and so on. It contains Safari Bookmarks and History, Notes, Contacts, Email messages, Text Messages, photos assigned to contacts, cached app data (but not documents themselves) etc. When "other" becomes too large, it can take up a lot of space and cause problems. It should not be more than a few GB at most and for most people it would probably be around 400MB - 2 GB.
IF something gets corrupted on the iPad and "other" grows out of control, you may have to restore the device in order to clear that data. One starting point troubleshooting step for dealing with the problem is to backup your iPad, restore to factory settings and then restore the backup. There are also other less invasive things that you can try first.
A Google search will turn up many articles that talk about how to reduce "other" on an iOS device.
http://osxdaily.com/2013/07/24/remove-other-data-storage-iphone-ipad/
http://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/how_remove_other_data_your_iphone
http://www.imore.com/what-other-storage-category-iphone-and-ipad-and-how-fix-it
http://www.igeeksblog.com/how-to-remove-other-data-from-iphone/

How do I get rid of "other" storage

How do I get rid of "other" storage or why is there so much dedicated to it?
PLEASE HELP!
I have an iPod touch 32Gb 4th generation with:
- 19Gb of music
- 2Gb of TV Shows
- 3Gb of Apps
- 3.3Gb of "Other"
Here is the troubleshooting attempted:
- Not syncing music or TV Shows. Result: I still have 2.1Gb of "Other
- Not syncing apps. Results: No difference
- Restoring iPod with lastest backup: No difference
- Restoring iPod from scratch and putting back everything back on: No difference.
I am out of ideas.
Please, please help!
Thanks.

Michael Black wrote:
Apps and the iOS need space for cache, temp or working file space, app-specific or in-use specific settings and a host of things.
I also ran into a problem when the "other" has grown to nearly 7 gigabytes in about two weeks of periodic use.
If it's cache and temporary space for applications, sorting, and other things - how the system adjusts its?
Under what conditions is it decreasing?
For example, if the "other" has grown to 10 Gb or even more, and I was left with only 7 Gb free capacity, the only way to regain the 10 GB - this is reset and recovery? It's not a very convenient way...

How do I delete other storage???

I just went through and deleted pictures and videos and when I re-synced my phone...the other storage grew from 1.2GB to 4GB. ***???????
T

See this document for a comprehensive list of what is in Other and how to deal with it.
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-5142

How can I clean up my "Other" Storage?!!!

I have used OmniDiskSweeper, Disk Inventory X, Disk Doctor, etc! It helps clean up storage that I can see but cannot find what is taking up 65GB of Other storage!! PLEASE HELP!

For information about the Other category in the Storage display, see this support article.
Empty the Trash if you haven't already done so. If you use iPhoto, empty its internal Trash first:
iPhoto ▹ Empty Trash
Do the same in other applications, such as Aperture, that have an internal Trash feature. Then reboot. That will temporarily free up some space.
According to Apple documentation, you need at least 9 GB of available space on the startup volume (as shown in the Finder Info window) for normal operation. You also need enough space left over to allow for growth of your data. There is little or no performance advantage to having more available space than the minimum Apple recommends. Available storage space that you'll never use is wasted space.
See this support article for some simple ways to free up storage space.
You can more effectively use a tool such as OmniDiskSweeper (ODS) to explore your volume and find out what's taking up the space. You can also delete files with it, but don't do that unless you're sure that you know what you're deleting and that all data is safely backed up. That means you have multiple backups, not just one.
Deleting files inside an iPhoto or Aperture library will corrupt the library. Any changes to a photo library must be made from within the application that created it. The same goes for Mail files.
Proceed further only if the problem isn't solved by the above steps.
ODS can't see the whole filesystem when you run it just by double-clicking; it only sees files that you have permission to read. To see everything, you have to run it as root.
Back up all data now.
If you have more than one user account, make sure you're logged in as an administrator. The administrator account is the one that was created automatically when you first set up the computer.
Install ODS in the Applications folder as usual. Quit it if it's running.
Triple-click anywhere in the line of text below on this page to select it, then copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C:
sudo /Applications/OmniDiskSweeper.app/Contents/MacOS/OmniDiskSweeper
Launch the built-in Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window (command-V). You'll be prompted for your login password, which won't be displayed when you type it. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. If you see a message that your username "is not in the sudoers file," then you're not logged in as an administrator.
The application window will open, eventually showing all files in all folders, sorted by size with the largest at the top. It may take a few minutes for ODS to finish scanning your files.
I don't recommend that you make a habit of doing this. Don't delete anything while running ODS as root. If something needs to be deleted, make sure you know what it is and how it got there, and then delete it by other, safer, means. When in doubt, leave it alone or ask for guidance.
When you're done with ODS, quit it and also quit Terminal.

Iphone 3g: "other" storage capacity

Okay, I am syncing my apps and I noticed the orange labeled "Other" with 265.8 mb and now it is now 340 mb. Are apps taking "Other" storage?? How can I access or delete the "Other" storage?
Thank You.
PS: It keeps increasing on sync; It ended on 356.7 mb

You can't access or delete what is included with the "Other" storage. "Other" stores data such as 3rd party application settings and data created and stored by 3rd party applications, contact info and contact photos, calendar events, bookmarks, Safari history/cookies/cache, locally stored email and email attachments, etc.

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I just restored my iPod touch 5. It was having problems syncing doubles of all my music. I restored my iPod and re synced all my music. All my music synced properly but now I have over 11 GB of "other" storage. How do i get rid of the other storage. I feel like it might be backed up data.

What is the Other on my iPhone and How to Remove It
First try:
"First you go settings/general/usage/music/then left swipe over music and press delete and you would think it deletes your music but it doesn't instead it deletes your other but make sure your ipod is connected to a computer while doing this"
as recommended by:
How do I get rid of "other" storage: Apple Support Communities
Next, usually restoring from backup eliminated the corrupted files. However, sometimes restoring to factory settings/new iPod is required.
To restore from backup see:
iOS: How to back up
To restore to factory settings/new iPod see:
iTunes: Restoring iOS software

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I've been putting a lot of videos on my iPod Touch 4g lately. And with 'a lot', I mean like 250 files.
But when I go to Settings>General>Usage, "Available", says "4.9 GB", "Used", says "23.6 GB"
But when I count the sizes of every file on my iPod, videos, music, pictures and apps, together, it's actually
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deleted all the cookies from Safari from my iPod, but there's still that 1.6 GB gap of some files
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Connect the iPod to your computer and look at the storage used by the various categories as shown in the colored bargarph in iTunes.
Come back with the results.
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An "other" larger than about 1 1/2 usually indicates that the "other" includes corrupted files.
First try:
"First you go settings/general/usage/music/then left swipe over music and press delete and you would think it deletes your music but it doesn't instead it deletes your other but make sure your ipod is connected to a computer while doing this"
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1. Empty Trash.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/PH10677
2. Delete "Recovered Messages", if any.
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    Select "Library" from the dropdown.
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    Empty Trash. Restart.
3. Repair Disk
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4. Disk space / Time Machine ?/ Local Snapshots
   http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4878
5. Re-index Macintosh HD
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http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202867
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1. Start up in Safe Mode.
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2. Empty Trash.
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   Delete the files you don’t want to keep.
   Be careful. Delete only the files that can be safely deleted.

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