Erasing memory from one phone that shares e sim with another one
i am trying to clear the memory on my old phone but have the same esim on my new phone. if i erase it on the old one will it erase the esim on my new one
iPhone Air, iOS 26
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How to factory reset your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
says:
"If you have an eSIM, you can choose to erase your eSIM or keep it. If you erase your eSIM, you need to contact your carrier to reactivate your cellular plan."
which implies to me that whether or not the eSIM is retained is something you choose.
The bigger question to me is one of how you plan on clearing memory. If you use iCloud extensively the memory space might just fill up again.
Read this support article for how to check the storage on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
How to check the storage on your iPhone and iPad - Apple Support
- General article on seeing what is taking up storage on an Apple mobile device and tips on how to clear some storage space.
Note there's different kinds of "storage". Click on this link to learn the difference between your device and iCloud storage, ways to manage your space, and upgrading to iCloud+ if you need more --> What's the difference between device storage and iCloud storage? - Apple Support
Read this support article to learn how to how to check the storage on your iPhone and iPad, and how to utilize iCloud to optimize the storage on a device --> How to check the storage on your iPhone and iPad - Apple Support
If you can't back up to iCloud, click here --> If you can't back up to iCloud - Apple Support
If restore from iCloud backup failed, click here --> If restore from iCloud backup failed - Apple Support
Manage your photo and video storage --> Manage your photo and video storage - Apple Support