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The best ways to free up space on your 16GB iPhone

Antonio Villas-BoasJun 24, 2015, 23:37 IST

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16GB iPhones or iPads don't really have 16GB of available storage. Instead, it's more like 13 GB.

That's because some of your device's storage is being used for important things that make it work, like the iOS operating system.

The following steps will help you maximize the little space you have left on your iOS device, and you should be left with quite a bit if you follow all of them religiously.

Pick and choose what works best for you and your iOS life.