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iPhone Messages (Saved) 6.7GB! How can I delete these?

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avjp87

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I already deleted my texts messages in hopes that this space would be freed up, well that didn't work. I've looked everywhere to find these, but no dice. Can anyone point me in the right direction of where these are so i can get rid of them and free up the space of 6.7GB???? Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!


 
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jman240

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avjp87 said:
I already deleted my texts messages in hopes that this space would be freed up, well that didn't work. I've looked everywhere to find these, but no dice. Can anyone point me in the right direction of where these are so i can get rid of them and free up the space of 6.7GB???? Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!


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You deleted all the conversations from the messages app? Did you reboot or give it some time. Might take a while to purge almost 7GB of data...
 
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avjp87

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screensaver400 said:
Start deleting threads in the Messages app.

Edit: Whoops, didn't see you already tried that.
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no worries my friend

yeah i tried everything i can think of right now. only thing i haven't tried is syncing it to my computer cause i'm at work. i'm hoping that'll do the trick. the other thing is there's no option anywhere in the "Messages" section to "save" them, yah know? So I don't even know why it would do that.
 
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Tyler23

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avjp87 said:
no worries my friend

yeah i tried everything i can think of right now. only thing i haven't tried is syncing it to my computer cause i'm at work. i'm hoping that'll do the trick. the other thing is there's no option anywhere in the "Messages" section to "save" them, yah know? So I don't even know why it would do that.
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If they're on your phone, they're saved. Especially if you send/receive a lot of photos/videos, those take up tons of space. You've deleted them, make sure you've rebooted your phone and give it time. It must purge nearly 7GB, wait it out a bit.
 
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avjp87

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Tyler23 said:
If they're on your phone, they're saved. Especially if you send/receive a lot of photos/videos, those take up tons of space. You've deleted them, make sure you've rebooted your phone and give it time. It must purge nearly 7GB, wait it out a bit.
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I do send/receive a lot of photos and videos, so I know that's why. But I guess I just don't where they are saved to. Are they somewhere I'm not able to access them or something? Or like you said, just wait it out?

Cause with the previous OS, when I would delete my conversations, the space they were taking up in my phone would instantly be freed up. that's why i've been scratching my head with this one.
 
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SpencerUSF

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I had a similar problem when I had my 8 GB iPhone. It turned out to be like 6 GB worth of "deleted" voicemails that had not yet been cleared. Check your voicemails and make sure everything is both deleted AND cleared.
 
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avjp87

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SpencerUSF said:
I had a similar problem when I had my 8 GB iPhone. It turned out to be like 6 GB worth of "deleted" voicemails that had not yet been cleared. Check your voicemails and make sure everything is both deleted AND cleared.
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yeah that was one of the first things I did in hoping that would fix the issue
 
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Even with every single iMessage conversation deleted - I still show 1GB of Messages (saved).

Short of restoring as a new device or using something like iBackupbot I can't reclaim this space. :rolleyes:

I see this problem is being posted on both MacRumors and Apple forums.
 
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avjp87

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iggypod said:
Even with every single iMessage conversation deleted - I still show 1GB of Messages (saved).

Short of restoring as a new device or using something like iBackupbot I can't reclaim this space. :rolleyes:

I see this problem is being posted on both MacRumors and Apple forums.
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yeah i know about the 1GB, which is a pain, but 6.7GB? holy crap
 
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restoring your iPhone as new should work...

mind you, it'll be like getting a completely new iPhone... everything will be wiped...
 
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Nolander07

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I restored as new, then restored from a recent iCloud backup. That fixed the problem for me.
 
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Try and go into a particular thread and delete the pics in there a few at a time then check space. I can do that and watch the space free up. I believe (at least in past ios versions) that deleting the thread does not do it as the next time that person text you or you txt them it reappears including the pics. Have not tried this in iOS7 but I have gone in and deleted just the pics in a particular thread and see the space free up.
 
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sbailey4 said:
Try and go into a particular thread and delete the pics in there a few at a time then check space. I can do that and watch the space free up. I believe (at least in past ios versions) that deleting the thread does not do it as the next time that person text you or you txt them it reappears including the pics. Have not tried this in iOS7 but I have gone in and deleted just the pics in a particular thread and see the space free up.
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That must mean they're stored somewhere else that's isn't accessible by normal usage on the phone. Seems so crazy that you can build up that much storage and never see it unless you check the new messages tab in settings/usage or go into iTunes.
 
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emmio

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Dec 14, 2013
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Messages (Saved) on iPhone

I am having the exact same problem as mentioned above. I have 1.7 GB of messages that backed up from my old iPhone to my new one (same model though) and they can't be deleted! It is so annoying!:apple:
 
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Elijahthaprofit

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avjp87 said:
I already deleted my texts messages in hopes that this space would be freed up, well that didn't work. I've looked everywhere to find these, but no dice. Can anyone point me in the right direction of where these are so i can get rid of them and free up the space of 6.7GB???? Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!


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I just figured it out.. Seriously. If you can JB (newest iOS can be) then download "iCleaner" and it has an option for specifically this. Cleaner up 3.6gb for me just like that.
 
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