Apple tells you your storage is full so you'll pay for iCloud. It's not full. It's 4 settings you were never told about. Here's how to clear it in 10 minutes 1/ Remove Apps Without Losing Anything Apps hold on to files you'll never open again. This is where most of your storage actually went. Settings → General → iPhone Storage. Wait for the list to load, then look at your biggest apps. Tap each one and hit Offload App. It removes the app but keeps all your stuff. Reinstall it later and everything's still there. Instagram, TikTok and Spotify are usually the worst. 2/ Delete Duplicate Photos Photos takes up more space than anything else on your phone. Open Photos → Utilities → Duplicates → merge every one it finds. Most people are storing the same photo 3 or 4 times without knowing. This alone can free gigabytes in one tap. 3/ Stop Messages Saving Everything Every photo and video anyone has ever sent you is still on your phone. Settings → Apps → Messages → Keep Messages → change Forever to 1 Year. Then go to iPhone Storage → Messages → Review Large Attachments and delete the videos people sent you in 2019. 4/ Empty The Trash Nobody Empties Deleting things doesn't delete them. Your phone keeps everything for another 30 days. Photos → Utilities → Recently Deleted → Select All → Delete. Then do the same in Files → Browse → Recently Deleted. Takes 20 seconds and frees gigabytes on most phones. - @aiomeizza