Where do we find and how do we delete the space occupied by "other" files on the iPhone or iPad [iOS Storage tips]

A problem often found on the devices iPhone cu small storage space, those with 16 GB, is lack of space available.
The applications have grown a lot, and the ones social networkhing such as Facebook, WhatsApp and games end up consuming a lot of the storage space of an iPhone.
When there is no more available storage space on the iPhone, alerts begin to appear that inform the user that it is time to delete less important content or to uninstall applications and games used very rarely.

"Storage Almost Full” is a notification that appears when you have no more space to even take a picture with your iPhone or iPad.

"Can not Take Photo"With the invitation to go to"Settings” to manage iPhone storage.

How do we identify the applications and files that take up the most space on our iPhone or iPad

See which are the files that take up the most storage space on an iPhone or iPad, we go to “Settings”→“General”→“iPhone Storage".
At the top of the screen will be displayed graphically the space occupied by pictures, applications, e-mail messages, media files and "others".

As can be seen in the image above, there are situations in which this "more”(Other) it takes up a huge amount of storage space on your iPhone. The screen above is on a iPhone 6s cu 16GB storage, but the problem is also on iPhone 7, iPhone 6 or iPhone 8.

What are the "others" files in the iPhone Storage and how they can be erased

As the report from the iPhone Storage it was not very conclusive and did not tell us who and where are those "others" files whose size occupies a significant space on the iPhone, I connected the iPhone to a MacBook cu iTunes installed and I went to the iPhone details in the application.

The space called "Other” in the iPhone Storage they are in fact files and documents stored on iPhone. These can be browser caches Safari, saved game files or by others applications installed on the iPhone. In addition to these files, those from iCloud which were stored on the iPhone through the "Files" application. Normally after a while these files from iCloud should only remain at the level of "shortcut” on the iPhone, to be downloaded only when the user wants to access them.

How to delete "Other" files from iPhone or iPad

Unfortunately this step implies total reset of the iPhone and deletion of all applications and games installed, but if you do a backup before you do this, you can restore all of the content without having to reinstall your applications manually.

Step 1 – How to back up all content on your iPhone or iPad

Connect your iPhone or iPad to a PC or Mac on which you have installed the latest version of iTunes, then from the top bar click on the connected device.
In the details page of the iPhone from iTunes, go to "Backups", select where you want the backup to be made (in iCloud or on the computer), then click "Back Up Now" and wait until the backup process is complete.

Step 2 – How to reset the iPhone to the factory settings and delete all the content on it

Disconnect iPhone from iTunes then we go to "Settings”→“General”→“Reset”(Penultimate option below) →“Erase All Content and Settings".

When you access “Erase All Content and Settings” iPhone lock passcode and passcode will be requested iCloud. Follow the required steps and wait until the data deletion and reset process is complete. During this operation the device will be unavailable.

After the reset and restart the iPhone, you have two possibilities. Either manually reinstall the applications and restore their settings, or connect the iPhone to the computer on which the backup was made and use the "restore" option to restore the data.

Once this operation is completed, go to "Settings” → “General” → “iPhone Storage”. You will notice that you have more storage space available and that "OtherIt takes up much less of it.