What is taking up all my space?

I have an 16 GB iPad mini that says its using 6 GB of space, but my apps don't even come close to that amount of space. How can I find out what is taking up all my space? I know people will say to back up my iPad and restore, but I don't want to upgrade to iOS 7, so that is not an option for me. Thanks so much in advance!

If you are still on iOS 6 on your mini, you may have gotten the auto-pushed iOS 7 update download on your device. Check your device under Settings>General>Software Update. If you have a button there labeled "Install" for the iOS 7 update, the update has been pushed to your device by Apple without your knowledge or permission, then extracted from an approx 1GB download file to a ~3.1GB installation package which is now using ~3.1GB of your storage space. It happened to my iPad mini along with an 8GB iPhone 4 (~2.5GB - 3GB of space robbed from an 8GB device) as well. The actual size of the update after extracted can vary between ~2.5GB to over 3.1GB depending on the device.
See the following topics & links:
*Auto-pushed iOS 7 @ CNET
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57604701-37/ios-6-holdouts-complain-about-larg e-unwanted-ios-7-download/
*How do I delete auto download of ios7 (linked work-around on page 2)
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5379403?start=0&tstart=0
*How do I stop my iPad 3 from automatically downloading iOS upgrades (work-around)
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5385718?start=0&tstart=0
*Apple Forced iOS7 update on my iPad2 !
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5378130?start=0&tstart=0

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