I Reclaimed 10GB of iPhone Space Without Deleting a Single Memory. Here's How

With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and writes about iPhone and Android features, privacy and security settings, and more.

Your iPhone is the ultimate memory machine, but it's 2026 and "Storage Full" alerts shouldn't be a regular part of your life. Whether you're recording 4K video of a weekend getaway or snapping thousands of pet photos, that "plenty of space" your phone started with eventually gets choked out by high-res files, unused apps and ghost data from your downloads. You shouldn't have to play a game of "which memory do I delete" just to make room for one more app update.