What Can I Do When iCloud Storage Is Full?
Apple offers you a minimal amount of iCloud storage for free and slightly more at a discount. If your iCloud storage fills up, you have to either sign up for a more expensive plan or free up some storage by deleting what you have stored there. If you don’t want to upgrade, or you’ve already upgraded but would like to switch to a cheaper plan, there are several ways to free up iCloud storage:
Remove large files: Storing photos and other large files can take a lot of space.Delete app backups: You can delete app backups to save space on your iPhone or iPad.Delete Message app attachments: Free up space by deleting images you receive through iMessage.
How to Delete Large Files From iCloud Storage
The best way to free up space on iCloud storage is to delete large files. Videos, images, apps, archives, and other files can take up a lot of space, and you can delete them by using the iCloud Drive manager on the iCloud website. Files deleted in this way are immediately removed from your iCloud storage, but backups are retained for a little while just in case you delete something accidentally.
How to Delete App Backups From iCloud
If your iPhone or iPad automatically backs itself up to iCloud, those backups end up taking a lot of space. You can’t altogether remove one of these backups from iCloud without also removing the corresponding device from your account, but you can delete backup data for specific apps. Here’s how to delete app backups from iCloud:
How to Delete iMessage Photos From iCloud
When iMessage messages and photos are backed up in your iCloud, you can end up using a lot of space. To free up that space, delete specific iMessage attachments.
Deleting Messages App Photos on iOS Devices
Here’s how to delete attachments in the Messages app on an iPhone or iPad:
Deleting Messages App Photos on a Mac
You can also remove attachments from messages in the Message app on a Mac. Here’s how.
