How To Reduce Icloud Storage Backups

If you have mail enabled in icloud then you can delete emails in the mail app to free up icloud storage space.

How to reduce icloud storage backups. Go to apple menu system preferences apple id then click icloud. Check if you are using icloud backup. Click manage and select backups. Go to settings your apple id name icloud. Delete all your old icloud backups i e.

If you are not sure if icloud backup is enabled on your device open the settings app select icloud then select backup. Click your apple id and sign in if prompted. Tap choose turn off delete. Backups of the devices that you no longer have. Tap your device names.

Icloud save a few of your backups to give you more flexibility. Tap on manage storage. Lots of ios apps back up automatically to your icloud once you have installed them. Turn off apps under choose data to back up. You will also see backups option and a more granular list of apps that icloud takes a backup of and their respective size.

Remove some data from the device to reduce the amount of data being backed up to icloud. Turn off icloud backup and backup to your computer using itunes. Go to settings apple id icloud manage storage backup. Go to manager storage backups. To change this go to settings apple id icloud manage storage backups and tap the icon of your device.

All of the information for that app will be removed from your icloud. Free up space by deleting emails especially emails with large file attachments. Photos and icloud backups are the biggest culprits when it comes to taking up space in icloud. How to delete icloud backups on your mac launch system preferences from the dock your finder or by clicking the apple icon on the top left of your screen. Prune your icloud mail if you re using apple s icloud mail your email also counts toward your icloud storage usage.