What is the "Other" data on my iPhone? I'm up to 7 gigs of it

I've tried deleting apps pictures messages everything. I restored once and it was fine for a few weeks then it came back. Anyone have any suggestions?

I got the answer off another thread I was reading. Just trying to spread it around now.
Go to:
Settings>General>Usage
Now for me, I have about 6GB of music on mine. What I did was select music, Now Left swipe the All Music row and press delete. After that I opened up my phone on iTunes and synced it like normal. The other data was gone after that.
Hope this helps everyone!

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