kasim
举人
Hi Pleco team,
I’m trying to understand why Pleco is taking up such a large amount of storage on my iPhone.
Currently, the app shows around 8+ GB under “Documents & Data”, which makes it by far the largest app on my phone — something that is quite surprising for a dictionary application.
What confuses me is that the actual visible files (flashcards, dictionaries, and a few PDFs) do not come anywhere close to that size. Based on what I can see, I would expect perhaps a few hundred megabytes at most.
To troubleshoot, I have already performed the following steps inside Pleco:
- Removed orphaned items
- Compacted databases
- Rebuilt database indexes
- Refreshed derived fields
- Cleared search history
- Cleared documents and bookmarks
After all of this, the storage usage decreased by only about 300 MB, and the app is still taking up over 8 GB.
At this point, I genuinely cannot account for where this data is coming from.
Could you please clarify:
- What exactly is included in Pleco’s “Documents & Data” on iOS?
- Are there hidden caches, indexes, OCR data, audio packs, or internal databases that are not visible in the file list?
- Is there any way to see a detailed storage breakdown within the app?
- Is there a safe way to clear unnecessary data without losing flashcards and user content?
Right now, this level of storage usage seems excessive and difficult to justify, especially given the actual content stored in the app.
I would really appreciate a detailed explanation or guidance on how to reduce this.
Best regards,
Kasim
I’m trying to understand why Pleco is taking up such a large amount of storage on my iPhone.
Currently, the app shows around 8+ GB under “Documents & Data”, which makes it by far the largest app on my phone — something that is quite surprising for a dictionary application.
What confuses me is that the actual visible files (flashcards, dictionaries, and a few PDFs) do not come anywhere close to that size. Based on what I can see, I would expect perhaps a few hundred megabytes at most.
To troubleshoot, I have already performed the following steps inside Pleco:
- Removed orphaned items
- Compacted databases
- Rebuilt database indexes
- Refreshed derived fields
- Cleared search history
- Cleared documents and bookmarks
After all of this, the storage usage decreased by only about 300 MB, and the app is still taking up over 8 GB.
At this point, I genuinely cannot account for where this data is coming from.
Could you please clarify:
- What exactly is included in Pleco’s “Documents & Data” on iOS?
- Are there hidden caches, indexes, OCR data, audio packs, or internal databases that are not visible in the file list?
- Is there any way to see a detailed storage breakdown within the app?
- Is there a safe way to clear unnecessary data without losing flashcards and user content?
Right now, this level of storage usage seems excessive and difficult to justify, especially given the actual content stored in the app.
I would really appreciate a detailed explanation or guidance on how to reduce this.
Best regards,
Kasim
