Re: iOS 26.2 taking up all my storage

From	Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net>
Newsgroups	misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.ipad
Subject	Re: iOS 26.2 taking up all my storage
Date	2025-12-15 14:29 +0100
Organization	Camembert Normand au Lait Cru
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On 15.12.25 12:00, Chris wrote:
> Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:
>>> On 14.12.25 00:09, Chris wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I know my phone is pretty full, and during the install of 26.2 it needed to
>>>> free up some space by offloading several apps. Now, the storage is
>>>> completely full and I can't restore the apps. 
>>>>
>>>> I note there's a "Reserved Auto-Updates Space" of 11GB which I've never
>>>> seen before. 
>>>>
>>>> How to get rid of this reserved space?
>>>
>>> The name says it: The probable solution would be to turn off Auto-Update.
>>
>> It is off. Although looking again I see a (new?) setting under
>> "General->Software Update->Automatic Updates-> System Files" called
>> "Automatically Install". 
>>
>> Will disable and see. 
> 
> The only thing that turns it off is to disable it entirely. I did have it
> on "download only". 

Sure. Each and every Upgrade or update comes as one file and is always
on top of what you already have on the phone. The space is only freed
after the successful installation of the new OS. By pure logic the space
can be freed if you do not plan updates in advance.


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Re: iOS 26.2 taking up all my storage Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-12-15 11:00 +0000
  Re: iOS 26.2 taking up all my storage Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-12-15 14:29 +0100
    Re: iOS 26.2 taking up all my storage Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-12-15 15:09 +0000
      Re: iOS 26.2 taking up all my storage Old John <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> - 2025-12-16 08:43 +0000

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