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User profile for user: naftali49
naftali49
User level: Level1 8 points
Mar 29, 2024 4:03 PM in response to Lawrence Finch
There’s no such option!
this is crazy. Have looked around everywhere. No solution! My Apple Maps data is at 7.9 GB!
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User profile for user: Xgibran
Xgibran
User level: Level1 38 points
Apr 26, 2024 11:44 AM in response to test1234551515123231
I have the same issue, tried everything here (deleting, reinstalling) I have no offline maps as I've never even used the app and still have 8.04GB used.
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User profile for user: Ninja123abc
Ninja123abc
User level: Level1 38 points
Jun 26, 2024 9:14 AM in response to test1234551515123231
At this point, I'm so fed up with the lack of support from Apple, how things don't work like they say they should, that my next phone will be a Samsung.
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User profile for user: sus72
sus72
User level: Level1 14 points
May 16, 2024 7:54 PM in response to tanveersaifi
mine is taking up 31.4GB this is ridiculous
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User profile for user: Xgibran
Xgibran
User level: Level1 38 points
May 5, 2024 5:08 AM in response to Xgibran
Update, to make matters worse, it has continued to grow without the app even being installed! It was 8.04 when I last commented, now it's 11.93. It keeps hogging every bit of space I free up and can barely use the phone. This is extremely frustrating, and I haven't been able to find anything. I guess my next attempt will be to back up, wipe the phone, and restore it because this very much looks like a bug.
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User profile for user: Xgibran
Xgibran
User level: Level1 38 points
May 5, 2024 4:53 PM in response to test1234551515123231
Solution:
- Back up your phone (iCloud or Mac/PC)
- Restore your phone to factory settings
- Restore your phone from a backup/iCloud when prompted
Even though you make the backup with the trash data, it's cleared out during the restoration. For reference, even though my Maps file was just over 12GB and I only had ~2GB free at the time I started the process, I ended up with 35.64GB of free space. It seems there's even more garbage data clogging our phones. I hope this helps!
Edit: Adding that this was verified as the solution by the Apple Support team. I had to escalate to a specialist and discussed what I had done so far.
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User profile for user: insan209
insan209
User level: Level1 14 points
May 2, 2024 4:39 AM in response to test1234551515123231
I have the same issue, i dont even have the app let alone using it regularly. And yet the app is taking up 6GB of storage im so confused and annoyed. 
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User profile for user: JerryJJJJ
JerryJJJJ
User level: Level1 19 points
Apr 2, 2024 11:31 PM in response to Lawrence Finch
My phone does not have OFFLINE MAPS option, and no option for "Optimize Storage"
How did you get that?
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User profile for user: Ninja123abc
Ninja123abc
User level: Level1 38 points
Jun 27, 2024 7:13 PM in response to IdrisSeabright
Well, if they cared, they would read these comments posted onto their own website. Thank you for proving my point.
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User profile for user: LukaszNowarkiewicz
LukaszNowarkiewicz
User level: Level1 20 points
Jul 2, 2024 2:20 AM in response to test1234551515123231
Great. 25GB of trash. No solution after half of year?!
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User profile for user: ORCTEARAN
ORCTEARAN
User level: Level1 20 points
May 16, 2024 6:13 AM in response to tanveersaifi
I have the same issue. My Apple Maps Documents & Data is at 6.7gb and has grown steadily even without Apple Maps on my phone. After sharing metadata logs, phone snapshots, etc. with the Apple Support and the Apple Engineering team, the Engineering team says the only thing that can be done is to restore the device to factory settings and setting up as new and not restoring a backup. There's no fix.
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User profile for user: Lawrence Finch
Lawrence Finch
User level: Level10 211,214 points
Mar 29, 2024 5:08 PM in response to naftali49
naftali49 wrote:
There’s no such option!
this is crazy. Have looked around everywhere. No solution! My Apple Maps data is at 7.9 GB!
- Open the Settings app
- Find and tap on Maps
- Turn ON the switch for Optimize Storage (see the screen shot below)
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User profile for user: insan209
insan209
User level: Level1 14 points
May 2, 2024 4:55 AM in response to Lawrence Finch
i DO NOT have this option on my phone and its already on 
the latest iOS version.
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User profile for user: sapphire0417
sapphire0417
User level: Level1 14 points
Apr 18, 2024 10:20 AM in response to 6x6
I’ve done that and the data is still there. 5GB for an app I don’t use is insane.
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User profile for user: viktoryia97
viktoryia97
User level: Level1 8 points
Apr 18, 2024 1:34 PM in response to 6x6
I’ve tried - documents and data is still there 
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