How To Clean Up Icloud Storage Space

Instead of using icloud photo library try another app like google photos dropbox or flickr that can automatically back up your photos.

How to clean up icloud storage space. You will see all the files stored in icloud drive. Go to settings apple id icloud manage storage icloud drive. Swipe left and tap on the trash icon to delete the file. 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. Delete messages one at a time or tap edit tap select all and then tap trash to delete all of them.

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. Select the device you want to manage the backup for. You should delete the data of the app that you no longer use. Delete unwanted files in icloud drive from your ipad or iphone 1. Close unecessary backup if there are some apps you have no need to backup you can try follow the below steps.

They silently eat up a major chunk of the icloud storage in the background. You can do the same in ios by going into settings your user name icloud and going into the storage bit. On your iphone go to your settings option. If you want to learn how this space has been distributed click on manage storage. Tap your trash folder.

Under the storage heading you will see how much of your space you have used. Select the delete icon. Swipe left across any message to delete it. Go to settings icloud storage manage storage. 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.

Open the iphone settings app and go to the user profile icloud manage storage. To get rid of these files open up icloud from the settings app ios or system preferences app macos. Here you will find the list of apps with the amount of consumed space in the icloud.