Apple offers users 5GB of iCloud storage. But this is not always enough if you have iCloud backup enabled, which saves all your iPhone data. To solve this, you can reduce the size of your backups and look for some alternative solutions to reduce the load on this cloud.
Find out how to save iCloud storage by reducing your iPhone backup size.
If your device backups exceed the size Apple offers, you will need to purchase an iCloud subscription, turn backups off, or stop using other related services like iCloud Photos or iCloud Drive to save storage. So find out how to get around this problem.
How to reduce the size of iCloud backups
By using this method, you can prevent some non-essential applications from being part of the iCloud backup, which significantly reduces its size.
Non-essential applications can be those whose data you are not interested in or those that already store everything on their servers, such as YouTube, news applications, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, among others. Even if you prevent these applications from backing up, your data is kept on their servers. You can access your account and data by entering your email and password.
See how to reduce the backup file size by excluding some applications:
1. Open “Settings” and click on your name.
2. Go to “iCloud” and click on “Manage Storage”.
3. Click on “Backups” and go to the backup that says “This iPhone”.
4. Click “Show all apps” and disable all unnecessary apps to prevent them from being part of your iCloud backup.
How to create a new backup with reduced size
After following the above steps, the next backup your iPhone makes will have a reduced file size. Your device automatically backs up when it is locked, charging and connected to Wi-Fi. However, if you wish, you can do this manually by following these steps:
1. Open “Settings” and click on your name.
2. Click “iCloud” > “Copy to iCloud” > “Backup Now”.
The photos you have on your phone quickly fill the free 5GB limit. To solve this problem, you can use other alternatives to save them, such as Google Photos, Amazon Photos or even using a computer.
Using a PC to back up photos and iPhone
Imagine a situation where you have lots of photos and application backups that take up most of your iCloud storage. You don’t want to pay for your raise, but you still want to keep your iPhone photos, videos, and backups safe. In this situation, you can move your iPhone photos and videos to your computer and save them locally. However, please note that this is not cloud storage. In case of computer hardware damage, failure, or theft, you will lose these photos and files.
