Internal storage is "full" but it's not..

So for the past two or three months I've been getting notifications on my 16GB iPhone 5C saying "out of memory"/"out of storage", and within these few months I've deleted about 80% of my music, half of my pictures, more than half of my apps, and even all of my messages. And yet after all of that, my phone currently has a total free memory of 0 bytes. It is now to the point that I cannot take pictures nor can I send them (I get a little blank space saying 'Tap to Download' that does nothing when tapped), and I am unable to update any of my apps, or even my OS in general, which I why I am still using iOS 7.
I figured I was overlooking something and because my phone has an actual capacity of 13.23GB, I went through my usage app-by-app and added them all together, converting the Megabytes to Gigabytes and adding the 3.5GB from my music and messages, my phone's storage should be at roughly 4.087GB.. not a full 13.23GB.
Can anyone suggest anything to me? I'm thinking of just backing up my iPhone to my computer and resetting it, then just restoring it. Would that get rid of whatever's taking up all my space? What can I do?

Backing up and restoring the phone again should help to regain the free space again.
How to erase your iOS device and then set it up as a new device or restore it from backups

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i bought 20gb of storage but i can get my backup to download on it. my internal storage is full
also how do a change the apple id on the phone

Storage in iCloud does not make more memory available on the phone; it just increases your backup capability. The phone has a fixed, hardware limited amount of storage. If yours is full you will have to delete some content.
There are several places your Apple ID is used on the phone. For purchases go to Settings/iTunes & App Stores, log out, then log in with the new Apple ID. Note that any purchases made with the old Apple ID wil still need the password for that ID to update.
For iMessage go to Settings/Messages.
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HT4847 my iphone storage is full and I do not have enough storage for upgrades or to take photos/videos, etc. My icloud is on for photos/videos. Can I safely delete them on my phone to make storage room knowing I can access them on my icloud?

My iphone storage is full and I do not have enough storage for upgrades or to take more photos/videos, download apps, etc. I do have my photos/videos ON for icloud sync but not sure if I can safely delete them from my iphone to make room. And if I can delete them from my phone how do I access them on my icloud? I logged in for the first time and do not see where to access photos/videos?

You can't just store photos on icloud. They can be included as part of a backup or when using photo stream to sync photos from one device to another, but 1) photo stream keeps photos for up to 30 days after which they are deleted from the servers, and 2) never rely on a backup to icloud as a way of storing photos. (When photos are deleted from the device, they are no longer on recent backups, and older backups get deleted in short time.)
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Lisa W wrote:
Thank you both for your replies. Something is seriously wrong with a backup program that needs that much extra space! So much for incremental back ups.
It doesn't, necessarily. We still have no information on what's going on with your situation.
It's a back up for a laptop and I would like to connect it to the backup hard drive once a week or so, but from what I read time machine only works one way... for a computer to have it active all the time.
No. It works BEST that way, but isn't required.
That just won't work for me for many reasons. Most importantly, time machine slows up my computer and I have to leave it off to run my applications.
Then something else is wrong. Again, without any details, we can't help you determine what.
There is no setting to have it turn on in the middle of the night or once per week.
Not in TM itself. But there is a free 3rd-party app that will do this, Time Machine Editor: http://timesoftware.free.fr/timemachineeditor/
It would sure be nice if I could back up when I want. Seems like time machine is just one of those ideas that apple didn't think all the way through.
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Hi all!
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Shenti wrote:
OMG! it says 372GB for mail???? then it makes me go throug a REALLY long pathway inside the "recovered mail" folder untill I actually get to the original files... one of the folders has a suspicious name (only letters and numbers). Granted, I have a lot of e-mails saved.... but is it normal that they take up so much space???!!! could this be a virus or malware of some sort???
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There are no viruses for osx
Viruses: Are programs that earn their name by their ability to replicate themselves locally & often across a network. Many attach themselves to to other programs. When you launch one of these programs, the virus code launches as well & the virus goes about its nefarious business. Viruses are exceedingly rare on the Mac. There are no know viruses for OSX.
Trojans: Promises one thing but delivers another. You can download a program but when you run the program, the contents of your computer are instead beamed to an underground data center in Kamchatka. If you obtain software from reliable sites, you are unlikely to get a Trojan horse.
Adware: Has an embedded advertising component - one that displays or downloads ads when you run the software. Some adware is legitimate, part of the price of using a free program such as the Iconfactory's Twitterrific or Eudora for example.
Spyware: Grabs data from your computer & ofen uses it for the purposes of evil, sending personal info to a baddie or when you're using your web browser, redirecting you to site you don't want to visit.
Mac users have nothing to worry about regarding Spyware & Adware because in order for the worse forms to work, the OS must allow unrestricted access to its more sensitive parts. The Mac OS doesn't.
Free Software: ClamXav
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