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From: Connor Shannon <cshannon1898@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone
Subject: Re: How to delete the biggest files in Messages?
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2025 18:20:56 -0700
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On 4/25/25 7:54 AM, Jörg Lorenz wrote:
> On 25.04.25 16:43, Connor Shannon wrote:
>> On 4/24/25 2:26 PM, Connor Shannon wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Thank you every body. I found that and also just when you go into iPhone
>>> Storage before you go into Messages it says "Review Large Attachments"
>>> too so after I get rid of the ones I don't want in MEssages I'll look
>>> for others.
>>>
>>> I thought it might be easier to delete things in iCloud on my Mac but it
>>> just gave me little pictures of the files it didn't let me play the
>>> videos so I could see what they were so thank you for letting me know
>>> about the reviewing attachments on my iPhone.
>>>
>>
>> well rats I spent an hour yesterday deleting videos and photos and it
>> still says I have 2.6GB in Messages! Now what??
>>
>> Also when I share a picture with some body is there a way to make it
>> smaller? I know in Apple Mail you can pick Small/Medium/Large/Actual
>> Size is there a way to do that in Messages so I don't have big files
>> when I send a message? TU.
> 
> You have the option in Messages to keep the messages for 30 days, 1 year
> or unlimited.
> 
> 
> 
Thank you I did know that, for now I want to keep the messages but is 
there a way in the future to delete attachments automaticaly but not the 
text message with them?