![]() ![]() I deleted the files, then tried to restore in iTunes. I tried something like that, using multiple tools. TLDR: Your device is leaving crap in /Library/SMS/Attachments/, and you may not be able to do anything about it. Is there a way to modify my backup (remove the SMS attachments), and then restore it to the device? But SMS? It stores files in a location I cannot get to without jailbreaking. They're all in user-accessible locations. I've noticed that if I've had issues with Photos or Music, I could just remove all from the device, and even wipe any album art and thumbnails from the device. So why were these attachments still there? Plus, I know I had since deleted all my conversations. ![]() Heck, I had long deleted the conversations. It had thousands of sub-folders and contained images that I had both sent and received, going back since my last full wipe/restore. (or maybe /private/var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/ or /var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/) When I browsed my Backup, one location stood out: /Library/SMS/Attachments/. When browsing my device with iExplorer, there was nothing on it. There was no change in the size of "Other". My backup to iCloud was still several gigabytes. I still had several gigabytes of "Other". I then backed up and restored, then restored from my backup to see if it made a difference. I cleared Safari's cache, deleted all text messages, removed all Mail accounts, etc. Yet another quest to figure out what the "Other" was on my device (which again had managed to take up more space than anything else on my iPhone), I deleted everything.
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