How To Reduce Icloud Storage Being Used

Optimize icloud drive storage in the apple id preference pane s icloud view catalina or the icloud preference pane mojave and earlier there s a checkbox marked optimized mac storage.

How to reduce icloud storage being used. Go to settings general iphone ipad storage. Give it a tap. There are two ways to reduce icloud storage being used by apps. Store in icloud turns on the desktop documents folders and optimise mac storage settings. Go to settings your name then tap icloud.

Open system preferences icloud click on the options button next to icloud drive uncheck desktop documents folders from the list. Here you can review your total allotted storage what s free and the option to. Under icloud tap on manage storage. If you re using macos mojave or earlier choose apple menu system preferences click icloud then click options next to icloud drive. Choose turn off delete when presented after each toggle.

At the bottom of the screen you ll find storage backup. Go to settings and tap on general then storage icloud usage. To reduce the size of your photos backup save your photos and videos to your computer then manually back up your ios device. Then wait a moment for your device to calculate the breakdown of your storage usage. First you can delete these files and second you can prevent the app from creating new icloud files.

In photos choose photos preferences and then click icloud. For the most part the next step up from where you are will make the most sense obviously so if you re on a free account pick the 50gb plan and so on. To get started tap settings and then icloud. Tap the name of the device you re using then look at photos. Doing both will completely remove the problem.

Similar to how macos shows your storage you see it on an. Tap the change storage plan button and you ll see your pricing options. Choose the device being used. Only doing the first means that more files will eventually be created and only doing the second means no new files will be added but the old files won t go anywhere. If one of your apps is storing a lot of data that you don t want to delete but that you don t care if it were to be lost you can prevent it from being backed up by icloud backup and reduce the size of your backups.