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Why is the MN iPhone app so huge?

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venusinscorpio · 13/01/2017 13:36

It is possibly just me and I don't know much about the tech involved. But it takes up 1.57 gb at the last count! It is the most massive app I have by quite some way, Netflix is the next biggest one and it's nearly three times smaller and has 2 offline video downloads. I keep having to delete things from my iPhone 5 because it's taking up so much space. It's not storing photos or other files offline, is it, so I fail to see why it is so large! Perhaps someone can enlighten me?

YetAnotherBeckyMumsnet · 13/01/2017 15:44

Hi OP, is it the Talk app? We've just checked on an iPhone and the Talk app is taking up a rather more modest 266.7MB so this doesn't sound right. Before we pass this on to the tech team, could you delete then reinstall the app to see if that makes a difference and get back to us? Thank you.

TimMumsnet · 15/01/2017 23:14

Wow, that is huge - ok I have a few questions and I'll look into it (I'm the iOS developer):

  1. What device do you have?
  2. What does it look like when you go into Settings > General > Storage > Manage Storage > Mumsnet ? I've attached mine for comparison, on an iPhone 6.
  3. As mentioned above, what happens when you reinstall?

It's likely an issue with caching images, and me not deleting them properly (oops!).

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