TuT How To Find Files Taking Up A lot Of Space on Your iDevice

Dannyyy · November 18, 2015

Hey guys, some people have trouble with their memory usage saying that there is way too little space left. Here's a way to find files that are taking up a lot of space that are not detected by going to settings>general>usage>manage storage. The files are usually deleted files in the trash and .deb files you don't need anymore.

P.S: Not hiding anything since it was DiDa who taught me this

Requirements:

1. iFile/Filza or any other file manager

2. MobileTerminal (from cydia)

Instructions:

•Copy this:

cd / && find . -size +100M

•Open MobileTerminal and paste that

•Hit the enter button and watch the magic happen

•Do not worry, it will show a lot of text which is perfectly normal.

•After it is finished searching for files, the text you see are locations/paths to where there is a file that is higher than 100MB. just follow the path to the file and if it is a file you don't need, delete it and then go to your trash and delete it permanently if you'd like to search for a different value than 100MB in the text that you copied change the "100" to a different number.

For example, if you want to search for files that are 75MB and higher, change the "100M" to "75M" then hit enter and the text will show again.

I hope this helps!

Credits:

- @@DiDA

Updated November 18, 2015 by Dannyboii15

DanYal · November 18, 2015

Hey guys, some people have trouble with their memory usage saying that there is way too little space left. Here's a way to find files that are taking up a lot of space that are not detected by going to settings>general>usage>manage storage. The files are usually deleted files in the trash and .deb files you don't need anymore.

P.S: Not hiding anything since it was DiDa who taught me this

Requirements:

1. iFile/Filza or any other file manager

2. MobileTerminal (from cydia)

Instructions:

•Copy this:

cd / && find . -size +100M

•Open MobileTerminal and paste that

•Hit the enter button and watch the magic happen

•Do not worry, it will show a lot of text which is perfectly normal.

•After it is finished searching for files, the text you see are locations/paths to where there is a file that is higher than 100MB. just follow the path to the file and if it is a file you don't need, delete it and then go to your trash and delete it permanently if you'd like to search for a different value than 100MB in the text that you copied change the "100" to a different number.

For example, if you want to search for files that are 75MB and higher, change the "100M" to "75M" then hit enter and the text will show again.

I hope this helps!

Credits:

-DiDa

Wrong Section

Dannyyy · November 18, 2015

Wrong Section

tutorial?

DanYal · November 18, 2015

tutorial?

Yes

Dannyyy · November 18, 2015

Yes

Sorry about that, how do I change it?

DanYal · November 18, 2015

Sorry about that, how do I change it?

Global mod will do it for you , i can't move it

Dannyyy · November 18, 2015

Global mod will do it for you , i can't move it

Alright, thanks

ArronH · November 18, 2015

You solved my problem!!! I went to private/var/mobile/media/AppCake/btdownloads and deleted the two files I downloaded recently. My storage went up to 3.5 GB! Thanks so much!

Dannyyy · November 18, 2015

You solved my problem!!! I went to private/var/mobile/media/AppCake/btdownloads and deleted the two files I downloaded recently. My storage went up to 3.5 GB! Thanks so much!

No problem dude

Feels Amazing knowing you helped someone