How to Manage and Free Up Storage Space on iOS 11? https://www.coolmuster.com/phone-clean/manage-storage-sp ace-on-ios-11.html
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Feeling not enough storage space on your iOS 11 device? In fact, it's quite normal for device. Let's face the truth that 16GB, 32GB and 64GB of hard drive space on iPhone/iPad/iPod is not that much of space at a ll for high definition, rich media and digital world. It is strongly s uggested to take into consideration the storage space of iDevice you'l l actually need before buying an iOS device. However, there are always ways to figure it out if you have already bought an iPhone/iPad/iPod a nd have not enough available storage space left. Just read on and lear n how to manage storage space on iOS 11.
Part 1. Check Storage Space on iOS 11 No matter whether you feel your iOS 11 device is running slowly or not , you can check the storage space on your iPhone whenever you want to find out how much storage space has been used and how much is availabl e now. ď Ž Access "Settings" on your iOS device and tap "General" > "Usage" > "Ma nage Storage" to check each app's usage, which is listed according to how much space it is using. ď Ž
Part 2. Tips to Manage and Free Up Storage Space on iOS 1 1 1. Follow the New Storage-Saving Recommendations iOS 11 offers users personalized recommendations on how to save storag e space on iPhone and iPad. This is a new feature to manage iOS 11 sto rage space based on how you use your device. It can propose the releva nt suggestions to free up the space, for example, offloading unused ap ps when your device is low on space, identifying large messages thread s, or reviewing and deleting large file attachments. Go and visit "Settings" > "General" > "iPhone Storage" to find the rec ommendations and make a choice if you want to enable the function on y our iOS device.
2. Uninstall Useless Apps ď Ž When you are checking your storage space on your iPhone/iPad, you migh t find out some apps or games that you have not used for a long time b ut still take up the storage space. In this case, you can delete direc tly those useless apps to free up storage space by tapping the app ico n under "Manage Storage" and "Delete App". And don't worry, you can do wnload again those apps whenever you need from the App store. Certainl y, you can backup those apps via iTunes or iCloud before deleting them . ď Ž
3. Delete Videos, Photos and Songs * Videos & Photos: Videos and photos usually take a large amount of st orage space on your iOS device as time goes by. You can totally backup all the videos and photos that you want from your iPhone/iPad/iPod to you computer and delete them all from your device to regain lots of st orage space. Of course it is your choice and you might keep some of ve ry important videos and photos if you like.
* Music: It is a wise choice to remove songs that you don't listen to very often from your music library, which may occupy lots of space on your device if you are a music lover. However, you can also search for your preferred songs online and listen to them with Music Radio or oth er music apps, or backup your music from your device to computer, then delete most of songs with lyrics from your device to save more space.
4. Turn Off My Photo Stream If you have turned on "My Photo Stream" on your device, photos that have synced to your iCloud will be downloaded to your iOS device and take up t he storage space on your device. That means, with "My Photo Stream" enabl ed, if you take pictures on iPod, then you will find the same recent pict ures on your iPhone,too, which will take up your iPhone's storage space. If you don't need to sync your photos between the iOS device among the sa me iCloud account, just turn it off. Go and check if you have enabled "My Photo Stream" by visiting "Settings" >"Photos & Camera" > "My Photo Stream" and make a choice if you want to e nable the function or not. Similarly, besides My Photo Stream, you could also turn off those synchro nized functions if you don't need, like iCloud Photos Library, iCloud Mus ic and iTunes Match.
5. Delete Regularly Messages and Safari Caches & Browsing History * Messages: There may be hundreds of messages on your iOS device but t hey are barely useful at all. Just preview and delete those useless me ssages from your device to save space. * Safari Caches & Browsing History: Safari caches and browsing history are taking up the space imperceptibly. They have no many reasons to ex ist on your device consuming the space and you just need to clean them all regularly. To remove all caches and history files, you might go to "Settings" > "Safari" > "Clear All History and Website Data". And if y ou don't want to clear all website data, you might go to "Settings" > "Safari" > "Advanced" > "Website Data" to delete only the data of som e specific sites on your choice.
Part 3. Professional Way to Manage and Free Up Storage Space on iOS 11 ď Ž
The professional iOS storage manager - Coolmuster iOS Cleaner (Windows /Mac) is one of the most popular iOS device cleaning tool, which can e fficiently clear all the junk files from your iPhone/iPad/iPod to mana ge and free up storage space on iOS 11. With this powerful cleaning to ol, you can free up the storage space by cleaning all the junk files a nd private data with one click, including the app caches, app cookies, downloaded temp files, photo caches, user storage files, call history, browsing history, Safari cookies and so on. Then your iOS device will regain more space and run smoothly as new!
Step 1. Run the iOS Cleaner on your computer and connect your iOS device to PC with a USB cord. When the software has detected the connected devi ce successfully, you will see an interface with four different modes. Step 2. To clean up your device, select the "Quick Clean" mode to enter another interface where all removable file types are listed here, like a pp caches, app cookies, downloaded temp files, photo caches, user storag e files and etc. Tick the file types that you want to clean and then hit the "Start Scan" button to scan your device and show them in details. Step 3. After scanning, you might tick the junk files that you want to d elete and then click the "Clean" button. Afterwards, you will get a popup message to ask you if you are sure to delete the chosen files. Just h it "OK" to start the cleaning process and wait for a while till the clea ning process ends and the program reminds you that how much data has bee n cleaned and how much space you have created.