How To Reduce Icloud Storage Backups

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How to reduce icloud storage backups. You can now select the device and delete its. If you have mail enabled in icloud then you can delete emails in the mail app to free up icloud storage space. Turn off icloud backup and backup to your computer using itunes. Free up space by deleting emails especially emails with large file attachments. In the bottom right corner of the window.

If you are not sure if icloud backup is enabled on your device open the settings app select icloud then select backup. You can change your storage plan. Click manage and select backups. Check if you are using icloud backup. Here you can see which apps are included in your icloud backup.

Exclude apps from the backup. If you want to turn off backup and remove all backups for that device from icloud choose delete when you re asked to confirm. Turn off apps under choose data to back up. Go to settings your apple id name icloud. Lots of ios apps back up automatically to your icloud once you have installed them.

Icloud save a few of your backups to give you more flexibility. Go to apple menu system preferences apple id then click icloud. This way you can free up tons of icloud storage. Delete all your old icloud backups i e. Go to manager storage backups.

You will also see backups option and a more granular list of apps that icloud takes a backup of and their respective size. Tap choose turn off delete. 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. To do this select the backup delete backup disable delete. If you have icloud backup enabled every app you install will automatically be backed up.