My iphone storage is full of "other" . how can i get rid of it?

Restore the phone through iTunes and setup as new. Make sure you have everything you need off the phone first because this process will wipe it.
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I followed your link supplied, #5 below is an issue, I have no "Edit..." button to click. There is a "Network Account Server: Join..." button.
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2. From the View menu choose Accounts.
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4. Click Login Options....
5. Click the "Edit..." button at the bottom right
6. Click the "Open Directory Utility..." button.
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HT1689 What is Other (5.96gb) on my Iphone storage and how can I get rid of it?

What is Other (5.96gb) on my Iphone storage and how can I get rid of it?

LillynWilson wrote:
What is Other (5.96gb) on my Iphone storage and how can I get rid of it?
"Other" data is real data that you put on your phone by using the built in apps. It is not music, not videos, not pictures and not App Store app data. It is "OTHER" meaning everything that does not fall into these categories. Such as:
email messages and attachments
Reminders
Calendar entries
Contacts
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Music cover art
Operating system settings
Safari cache
bookmarks
Game Center status
Music catalog
Probably a few I've missed. There was a problem in an earlier version where deleted MMS messages left behind their attachments, but that has been fixed as of 6.1. The reason that deleting music recovers some Other space is because it delete cover art. But is also screws up your music, which will no longer play correctly.
You will find posts from people who said they recovered over 1 GB of space by just deleting old text messages.
If you want Other to be smaller you will have to keep less data on your phone; delete old MMS and texts, delete old email (especially from the "deleted" folder), clear the cache, eliminate cover art.
Your Other is so large, however, that there may be corrupt data contained in it (unless you send a lot of MMS messages with large attachments). If this is the case you should restore the phone as New.

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in iPhone>Settings>General>Reset>Erase all content and Settings
in iTunes> Restore iPhone with previous Backup (point 1)
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tgarmy wrote:
Now it tell me Itunes cannot backup because an "error" occured???? If i can't back it up then what do i do?
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HTH

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kat...mom wrote:
I suppose ya. If she deletes my account from her iPad it won't affect my account, right?
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Hi, i updated to ios 8
I have several devices under my apple id account. 2 iPhones (me and my wife ). 2 iPads also me and my wife and my iMac
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