In this Blind Vet Tech Quick Guides, News and Reviews podcast, we demonstrate how to optimize your iPhone’s or iPad’s storage in iOS 11. Apple changed how information appears in the Storage settings in your Settings > General settings menu. Of note, you may quickly regain much storage by automatically deleting messages and large files from the Messages app that are more than a year old. If you keep swiping, Apple changed how individual apps appear, and if you tap on one, you may offload the app. Offloading allows you to delete the app while retaining user settings from the app. Here is how the iPhone or iPad Storage settings appear:

* Amount of storage used and total capacity of your iOS device

* On/off toggle to automatically delete messages more than an year old

* Option to view and delete large files from the Messages app that are more than a year old

* List of individual apps, highlighting their name, storage required, and last used

If you double tap on an app, a detail menu appears with the following options:

* List the name of the app, developer, and version

* Amount of storage the app requires

* Amount of storage the user settings and data files require

* Offload or a reinstall and delete button an its description

Thank you for listening to this Blind Vet Tech tutorial on how to optimize your iPhone’s or iPad’s storage in iOS 11.

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