How To Clean Up Icloud Storage Space

They silently eat up a major chunk of the icloud storage in the background.

How to clean up icloud storage space. Under the storage heading you will see how much of your space you have used. To optimize icloud storage you can manage your documents movies and other data locally by transferring these files between your pc and iphone e g. To free up space you can disable icloud photo library and photo stream by tapping on photos from the main icloud screen and disabling these features. If you want to learn how this space has been distributed click on manage storage. Go to settings icloud storage manage storage.

Delete unwanted files in icloud drive from your ipad or iphone 1. Select the delete icon. On your iphone or ipad launch the files app. Here you will find the list of apps with the amount of consumed space in the icloud. You should delete the data of the app that you no longer use.

Open the iphone settings app and go to the user profile icloud manage storage. Delete messages one at a time or tap edit tap select all and then tap trash to delete all of them. To get rid of these files open up icloud from the settings app ios or system preferences app macos. Close unecessary backup if there are some apps you have no need to backup you can try follow the below steps. Swipe left and tap on the trash icon to delete the file.

Select the device you want to manage the backup for. Tap your trash folder. The specifics vary from version to version so for example in ios 11 it s manage storage. Swipe left across any message to delete it. On your iphone go to your settings option.

If your iphone ipad or ipod touch is set up to access icloud email you can delete messages from any mailbox then empty the trash to free up space. You can do the same in ios by going into settings your user name icloud and going into the storage bit. Then click or tap manage backups to see all of the backups that are currently saved to your.