What is Documents and Data on my iPhone 4 and how do I delete it?

When I plug my iPhone 4 into my Mac is tells me that Documents and Data is taking up 2.63GB of storage. I have no idea what this is and it is taking up more storage than any of my other tabs (Music, Apps, Photos etc.) I would like to clear this storage to make room for photos and music. I would also like to know where this is coming from.

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Sorry. We can't help you. It's no longer an iPhone. Apple won't touch it.
Take it to whoever replaced the screen and see if they can help you.
iPhones are not user servicable and Apple does not sell iPhone parts at all. I'd be surprised if you were actually able to back it up at this point. It sounds like it's completely borked.

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In itunes, when i plug my 16gb iphone in, it says i have 5.8gb of "other" filled on my phone, what is "other" and how do i delete it so i can put more music on

I know by the date of this thread that I'm probably too late to help you but I had the same problem and just figured out what the "other" really was. It is application archives.
     I'll explain it if you're curious, if not just skip to the next paragraph. When you sync your device and it is trying to update apps it doesn't want to lose the old app while its doing that. So it uploads an "application archive" zip file. Those files normally get deleted once the sync is over, but If that sync gets interupted you have all those zip files there taking up space.
     You don't have to restore your iOS device and lose all your contacts, messages, app data. All you have to do is use a iOS device file browser and delete some old partial apps from incompleted syncs.
     I use "DiskAid" or "iFunBox" but you can use any app that can change the files on your device. I'm going to tell you how to do it using DiskAid.
     First download and install DiskAid
     Once it's installled open it and plug in your device.
     Click on your iPhone/iPod/iPad then on:
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          Media, then
          Application Archives,
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     I hope this helps you as much as it helped me!

When syncing my iPhone the storage says OTHER what is other and how do you delete it or make it smaller my 16g phone has 3G of other please help get rid of it

iitWhen syncing my iPhone the storage says OTHER what is other and how do you delete it or make it smaller my 16g phone has 3G of other please help get rid of it

The following has some information that may help: http://osxdaily.com/2013/07/24/remove-other-data-storage-iphone-ipad/

IPhone shows 11.77GB taken up by "Other". What is it and how can I delete it?

iPhone 4 shows 11.77GB taken up by "other" what is it and how can i delete it?

One of the great mysteries of the Universe.
However, I can tell you that if you power cycle the phone, Other will diminish significantly in size. So it probably contains caches, app workspaces, whathaveyou. Just had close to 4GB, but after force quitting all apps and then turning it off and on, Other went down to a tad over 1GB.

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?

HT1688 I have 1.6GB storage used in the other catagory? What is this and how can I delete it?

I am trying to delete info on my phone and I have 1.6GB of other storage. What is this and how can I get rid of it?

That is a normal size for others.. anything over 2.0 GB is consider corrupted data. you can't completely others
http://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-5142

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See this excellent user tip from Kappy (regular contributor to these forums):
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-5142

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There may be a problem with a font.
Can you attach a screenshot?
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screenshot
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/how-do-i-create-screenshot-my-problem
Use a compressed image type like PNG or JPG to save the screenshot.
You can do a check for corrupted and duplicate fonts and other font issues:
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What is documents and data and how do I remove it?

When I updated my phone I noticed documents and took up a lot of space. What is it and how do I remove that?

I made some significant discoveries on the Documents and Data battle last night and wanted to share.
1) Turning off Documents & Data made no difference in the 4.7GB chunk of mystery space being used up by D&D on my iPhone 4S.
2) Removing Texts did help, but I was still left with 4.1GB of mystery space. I had one text message with my son in the USAF that had lots of videos and pictures. I made sure to save them to my Camera Roll before deleting. But that one text was over .5GB. So Texts matter.
3) Backing up and Restoring just my Settings did not eliminate any of that 4.1GB.
4) Reseting my phone as a new phone initially did, until I added my two email accounts.
JACKPOT.
5) My Gmail account, upon extensive review, retains all the same folders on my phone as it does in my Gmail account on the computer (which I've never once visited). I looked in each folder until I came across one that said All Mail...containing 830 emails that date back to the establishment of that email address in the summer of 2012. On my phone there is no option to delete those, other than the painful process of going Edit>Tap>Tap>Tap>Tap>Scroll>Tap>Tap...830 times. I logged onto my Gmail account on the my computer, visited the All Mail folder, did a mass delete (100 items at a time) and then emptied the Trash
6) All 830 items were still on my iphone and were not budging without individually being deleted and I couldn't find a Sync with Gmail type option, so I deleted the Gmail account and then added it back to my phone immediately.
BOOM - Docments and Data went to 60.1MB.
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I also use an iPad and through the cloud, had duplicates of ALL my text messages and the gmail account. Which explains the 'your storage is almost full' messages I've been fighting.
I am happily restoring all my music and plan to spend today in an 80s music haze. I hope this helps someone.
Good luck to all.

My Documents and Data on my phone are taking up half of my storage! I have no idea what my documents and data are?! Please help!

My Documents and Data on my phone are taking up half of my storage! I have no idea what my documents and data are?! Please help! I need to reduce it

DDAAYY wrote:
i need to free storage on my phone,
because you want to put more Documents & Data on it.
Make sure you sync photos to computer then delete from Camera Roll. (Camera Roll photos are part of Documents & Data).
Delete some apps on the iPhone.
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