How to Delete Documents & Data in Facebook from My iPhone Storage

by Jenefey Aaron   Updated on 2021-10-07 / Update for  Cleanup iPhone

So I took a look at what Facebook is currently using on my iPhone 6s and it shows 1.2GB! What the hell is Facebook doing using 1.2GB of my 32GB iPhone? Is there anyway to delete Documents & Data in Facebook from my iPhone?"

-- From MacRumors

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When you check the storage space taken by Facebook on your iPhone, you will be surprised by the "Documents & Data" take up your iPhone storage. Like many other apps, Facebook will create extra data such as logs info, cookies, caches, downloaded images and video, etc., which is labeled as "Documents & Data" on your iPhone. Moreover, those data will be accumulated with time and take up more and more space on your iPhone.

Thus, how to clear Documents & Data on Facebook to reclaim more space on your iPhone? Here we list the top 3 ways for you to delete Documents & Data in Facebook from iPhone 13/12/7/7Plus/SE/6s/6s Plus/6/6 Plus/5s/5c/5 and iPad.

Method 1: Clear Documents & Data in Facebook from Facebook Settings

Some apps like Facebook you can go to the user screen and tap the gear icon for setting to clear content cache. However, in this way you clear your phone's cookie and cache from websites you've visited while using the Facebook app.

Go to Settings > Account Settings > Browser > tap on Clear Data.

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Method 2: Completely Delete "Document and Data" in Facebook by Reinstalling

Removing the app and then re-downloading Facebook is the simplest way to delete Documents & Data on an iPhone or iPad.

Hop over to Settings > General > scroll down to Storage & iCloud Usage and under the Storage subhead, select Manage Storage. In the next page, find Facebook and tap on it. Delete this app and reinstall it again.

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Method 3: Delete "Document and Data" in Facebook from iPhone without Deleting the App

The most efficient way to clear Documents & Data in Facebook from iPhone without deleting the app is using a professional iOS cleaner like Tenorshare iCareFone, which can deeply analyze your iPhone and clean up all Documents & Data (cache, history and attachments, temporary files) on your on iPhone 13/12/7/7Plus/SE/6s/6s Plus/6/6 Plus/5s/5c/5 and iPad.

  • Run Tenorshare iCareFone and connect your iPhone to computer with an USB cable. Click Speedup & Clean on the main interface and Tenorshare iCareFone will show you the storage info of your device.

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  • Click Quick Scan button to analyze and scan your device. After scanning, you can see the total space taking by junk files, temporary files, photos, large files and apps on your device. You can clean the Documents & Data in Facebook on iPhone by cleaning the junk files and temporary files.

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So, we have shared 3 ways for you to delete Documents & Data on Facebook from iPhone. If you have any other solutions or questions, please leave a message at the comment place.