Move from your current iPhone, iPad or iPod touch to a lower-capacity device

Find out how to optimise your content and reduce your usage so you can move to a device with less storage.

Check your storage

Before you move to a new device, check how much storage your current device uses. If all your data fits on the new device, you can transfer your data to the new device without removing anything.

If you’re moving to a lower-capacity device, you may need to optimise or remove some of your existing content. Find out what takes up the most space on your device:

1. Go to Settings.

2. Tap General.

3. Tap [Device] Storage.

Find out more about data usage on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.

Manage your storage

There are a few ways to manage or reduce the storage on your device.

Audio, films, series and books

Find out how to delete music, movies, TV shows, and books from your device.

Photos and videos

To reduce the space that your photos and videos use, you can import photos and videos from your camera roll to your computer. To delete photos from your camera roll after you’ve imported them:

1. Tap Select.

2. Select the photos you want to delete.

3. Tap the Bin button.

If you want to view the photos on your device after removing them from your camera roll, sync them from your photo library. When you sync your photo library to your computer, it optimises synced photos, saving space. You can also sync a smaller selection of your photo library to save space.

Apps

To reduce the storage space your apps use:

• If an app is storing data on the device, see if it can store its data in the cloud. Check the app's documentation or contact the app developer for more information.

• Delete some of the app's content.

• Delete apps you don't use anymore.