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I got a warning about iCloud storage almost being full so I looked and Messages is taking up way the most storage, 2.6GB. So I went into
Messages and looked for videos b'cuz I think those would take the most
room, I deleted a bunch but it still says 2.6GB.
How can I find out what's taking up so much space in Messages? Is it
videos I've sent or ones other ppl have sent me? Is it something
besides videos?
Do I just have to keep going through my msgs and eventually if I take
away enough videos the storage will go down?
On 2025-04-23 23:16:19 +0000, Connor Shannon said:Confirmed.
I got a warning about iCloud storage almost being full so I looked and
Messages is taking up way the most storage, 2.6GB. So I went into
Messages and looked for videos b'cuz I think those would take the most
room, I deleted a bunch but it still says 2.6GB.
How can I find out what's taking up so much space in Messages? Is it
videos I've sent or ones other ppl have sent me? Is it something
besides videos?
Do I just have to keep going through my msgs and eventually if I take
away enough videos the storage will go down?
It will depend on which version of iOS you're using, but for newer ones
try going to Settings -> General -> iPhone Storage -> Messages where you should be able to get a list of the attachments, and delete ones you no longer want. See the "Bulk Delete Photos, Videos, and Attachments"
section about halfway down the page at <https://www.yahoo.com/tech/ messages-using-too-much-space-131512026.html>
You can also set messages to auto-delete after 30 days or a year in
Settings -> Apps -> Messages
How can I find out what's taking up so much space in Messages? Is it
videos I've sent or ones other ppl have sent me? Is it something besides videos?
On 2025-04-23 16:58, Your Name wrote:
On 2025-04-23 23:16:19 +0000, Connor Shannon said:Confirmed.
I got a warning about iCloud storage almost being full so I looked
and Messages is taking up way the most storage, 2.6GB. So I went into
Messages and looked for videos b'cuz I think those would take the
most room, I deleted a bunch but it still says 2.6GB.
How can I find out what's taking up so much space in Messages? Is it
videos I've sent or ones other ppl have sent me? Is it something
besides videos?
Do I just have to keep going through my msgs and eventually if I take
away enough videos the storage will go down?
It will depend on which version of iOS you're using, but for newer
ones try going to Settings -> General -> iPhone Storage -> Messages
where you should be able to get a list of the attachments, and delete
ones you no longer want. See the "Bulk Delete Photos, Videos, and
Attachments" section about halfway down the page at <https://
www.yahoo.com/tech/ messages-using-too-much-space-131512026.html>
You can also set messages to auto-delete after 30 days or a year in
Settings -> Apps -> Messages
Thank you every body. I found that and also just when you go into iPhone Storage before you go into Messages it says "Review Large Attachments"
too so after I get rid of the ones I don't want in MEssages I'll look
for others.
I thought it might be easier to delete things in iCloud on my Mac but it
just gave me little pictures of the files it didn't let me play the
videos so I could see what they were so thank you for letting me know
about the reviewing attachments on my iPhone.
On 4/24/25 2:26 PM, Connor Shannon wrote:
Thank you every body. I found that and also just when you go into iPhone
Storage before you go into Messages it says "Review Large Attachments"
too so after I get rid of the ones I don't want in MEssages I'll look
for others.
I thought it might be easier to delete things in iCloud on my Mac but it
just gave me little pictures of the files it didn't let me play the
videos so I could see what they were so thank you for letting me know
about the reviewing attachments on my iPhone.
well rats I spent an hour yesterday deleting videos and photos and it
still says I have 2.6GB in Messages! Now what??
Also when I share a picture with some body is there a way to make it
smaller? I know in Apple Mail you can pick Small/Medium/Large/Actual
Size is there a way to do that in Messages so I don't have big files
when I send a message? TU.
On 4/24/25 2:26 PM, Connor Shannon wrote:
Thank you every body. I found that and also just when you go into iPhone
Storage before you go into Messages it says "Review Large Attachments"
too so after I get rid of the ones I don't want in MEssages I'll look
for others.
I thought it might be easier to delete things in iCloud on my Mac but it
just gave me little pictures of the files it didn't let me play the
videos so I could see what they were so thank you for letting me know
about the reviewing attachments on my iPhone.
well rats I spent an hour yesterday deleting videos and photos and it
still says I have 2.6GB in Messages! Now what??
On 25.04.25 16:43, Connor Shannon wrote:
On 4/24/25 2:26 PM, Connor Shannon wrote:
Thank you every body. I found that and also just when you go into iPhone >>> Storage before you go into Messages it says "Review Large Attachments"
too so after I get rid of the ones I don't want in MEssages I'll look
for others.
I thought it might be easier to delete things in iCloud on my Mac but it >>> just gave me little pictures of the files it didn't let me play the
videos so I could see what they were so thank you for letting me know
about the reviewing attachments on my iPhone.
well rats I spent an hour yesterday deleting videos and photos and it
still says I have 2.6GB in Messages! Now what??
Also when I share a picture with some body is there a way to make it
smaller? I know in Apple Mail you can pick Small/Medium/Large/Actual
Size is there a way to do that in Messages so I don't have big files
when I send a message? TU.
You have the option in Messages to keep the messages for 30 days, 1 year
or unlimited.
On 25.04.25 16:43, Connor Shannon wrote:
On 4/24/25 2:26 PM, Connor Shannon wrote:
Thank you every body. I found that and also just when you go into iPhone >>> Storage before you go into Messages it says "Review Large Attachments"
too so after I get rid of the ones I don't want in MEssages I'll look
for others.
I thought it might be easier to delete things in iCloud on my Mac but it >>> just gave me little pictures of the files it didn't let me play the
videos so I could see what they were so thank you for letting me know
about the reviewing attachments on my iPhone.
well rats I spent an hour yesterday deleting videos and photos and it
still says I have 2.6GB in Messages! Now what??
Also when I share a picture with some body is there a way to make it
smaller? I know in Apple Mail you can pick Small/Medium/Large/Actual
Size is there a way to do that in Messages so I don't have big files
when I send a message? TU.
You have the option in Messages to keep the messages for 30 days, 1 year
or unlimited.
On 4/25/25 9:12 AM, Jolly Roger wrote:
On 2025-04-25, Connor Shannon <cshannon1898@yahoo.com> wrote:
On 4/24/25 2:26 PM, Connor Shannon wrote:
Thank you every body. I found that and also just when you go into iPhone >>>> Storage before you go into Messages it says "Review Large Attachments" >>>> too so after I get rid of the ones I don't want in MEssages I'll look
for others.
I thought it might be easier to delete things in iCloud on my Mac but it >>>> just gave me little pictures of the files it didn't let me play the
videos so I could see what they were so thank you for letting me know
about the reviewing attachments on my iPhone.
well rats I spent an hour yesterday deleting videos and photos and it
still says I have 2.6GB in Messages! Now what??
I'm curious since I don't use Messages in iCloud: What do you see
for Messages when you log into the iCloud website?
If I look at my storage for Messages on the iCloud website it still
says 2.6GB. :(
Just now I looked at Settings > General > Storage > Messages on my
MacBook and when I clicked the "i" info button it brought up a list of messages and I looked at some of the bigger ones and they're the same
videos I deleted yesterday! It's like what I did on my iPhone for an
hour yesterday didn't do anything! Help!
On 2025-04-25, Connor Shannon <cshannon1898@yahoo.com> wrote:
On 4/24/25 2:26 PM, Connor Shannon wrote:
Thank you every body. I found that and also just when you go into iPhone >>> Storage before you go into Messages it says "Review Large Attachments"
too so after I get rid of the ones I don't want in MEssages I'll look
for others.
I thought it might be easier to delete things in iCloud on my Mac but it >>> just gave me little pictures of the files it didn't let me play the
videos so I could see what they were so thank you for letting me know
about the reviewing attachments on my iPhone.
well rats I spent an hour yesterday deleting videos and photos and it
still says I have 2.6GB in Messages! Now what??
I'm curious since I don't use Messages in iCloud: What do you see
for Messages when you log into the iCloud website?
It is the idiocy of cloud syncing, especially when using multiple
devices. When you delete them from one device, the other device doesn't delete them, so they get re-up/downloaded to/from the silly cloud server again.
Turn off iCloud syncing on all devices. Then Delete the message
attachments from all devices. Then do NOT bother turning on silly iCloud syncing again.
And, before the moronic anti-Apple trolls start chiming in, the exact
same problems also affect Android syncing services. All cloud syncing services are ridiculous and never work properly, partly because the
cloud software has no idea whether you purposely or accidentally deleted
the files from one device. Hence, you end up with problems like this of
stuff reappearing.
On 4/25/25 6:47 PM, Your Name wrote:
It is the idiocy of cloud syncing, especially when using multiple
devices. When you delete them from one device, the other device doesn't
delete them, so they get re-up/downloaded to/from the silly cloud
server again.
Turn off iCloud syncing on all devices. Then Delete the message
attachments from all devices. Then do NOT bother turning on silly
iCloud syncing again.
And, before the moronic anti-Apple trolls start chiming in, the exact
same problems also affect Android syncing services. All cloud syncing
services are ridiculous and never work properly, partly because the
cloud software has no idea whether you purposely or accidentally
deleted the files from one device. Hence, you end up with problems like
this of stuff reappearing.
Oh, okay. But I like having messages show up on all my devices.
Sometimes I'm on my MacBook and sometimes I'm on my iPad and less time
I'm on my iPhone but if a msg comes in I want it to come to where I am.
So if I turn off iCloud that won't work right?
On 2025-04-26 15:56:13 +0000, Connor Shannon said:
On 4/25/25 6:47 PM, Your Name wrote:
It is the idiocy of cloud syncing, especially when using multiple
devices. When you delete them from one device, the other device
doesn't delete them, so they get re-up/downloaded to/from the silly
cloud server again.
Turn off iCloud syncing on all devices. Then Delete the message
attachments from all devices. Then do NOT bother turning on silly
iCloud syncing again.
And, before the moronic anti-Apple trolls start chiming in, the exact
same problems also affect Android syncing services. All cloud syncing
services are ridiculous and never work properly, partly because the
cloud software has no idea whether you purposely or accidentally
deleted the files from one device. Hence, you end up with problems
like this of stuff reappearing.
Oh, okay. But I like having messages show up on all my devices.
Sometimes I'm on my MacBook and sometimes I'm on my iPad and less time
I'm on my iPhone but if a msg comes in I want it to come to where I
am. So if I turn off iCloud that won't work right?
All you need to do is have the Messages apps on all the devices signed
into the same Apple account. <https://support.apple.com/guide/messages/set-up-messages-on-mac- ichte16154fb/mac>
That support page article says:
Enable Messages in iCloud: Select this option if you want
to store your messages in iCloud.
Note the important word *IF* - iCloud storage / syncing isn't necessary,
and can be a big pain in the backside, as you've found out.