Erase unused language files from iPhone to free up space

First, SSH into the iDevice (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad) as root. For instance, if you’re multiplexing the connection through USB and tunneling over port 2222 it would look like this:

ssh root@localhost -p 2222

Now enter:

find / -iwholename *.lproj -not -iwholename *en.lproj -not -iwholename *English.lproj -exec rm -r {} \;

Done. Enjoy some new FREE! free space. (o;

Obviously this is for someone that mostly speaks English, so naturally replace your language identifier(s) for your preferred languages. (ja|Japanese).lproj come to mind.

Pro tip: If you can mind the extra space needed at the end, piping through xargs works very nicely.

"find / -iwholename *.lproj -not -iwholename *en.lproj -not -iwholename *English.lproj | xargs rm -r "

 

Duh, remove quotes.



 


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