Old ipad is showing me 30gb of "other". What is this and how do I delet it?

I got a new iPad air 2.
NowI want to make a back up from my old ipad and put in on the new one.
However, my old ipad is showing me that there is like 30gb of "other" on it.
I have no idea what it is.
Could you please explain me what it is and how I can delete it?
Otherwise I can't make a back up and restore it on my new ipad.
Sincerely
Martijn

MartijnP25 wrote:
I will lose everything when i do so right?
Yes, but isn't that what you wanted?
I just want to lose enough space to make a copy of the old ipad and restore it on the new one basicly.
Not to lose everything that is on my old ipad, like all the apps that are on there already.
So i can just use my new one and do all manually?
What does that mean?
I meant, if I do lose everything, then i'll have to use my new ipad without any back up restored from the old ipad correct?

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