How To Free Up Icloud Storage Space

Tap the name of the device that you re using.

How to free up icloud storage space. Alternatively you can open the iphone files app and go to the icloud folder. You can expect to free up some icloud storage space by removing data stored by unwanted apps in your icloud account. If you have mail enabled in icloud then you can delete emails in the mail app to free up icloud storage space.

Don t back up so much. Tap manage storage backups. Choose turn off delete.

Delete the messages you don t need anymore and you ll free up some storage space. Let s look at system backups first. There are two kinds of backups.

Icloud s automatic backups can take up a lot of space. Go to settings on your ios device and select icloud. Don t forget your mac the mac has a few features that rely on icloud storage.

System backups and individual app backups. Under choose data to back up turn off any apps that you don t want to back up. Open iphone settings and navigate to profile icloud and here you will see the detailed breakdown of icloud storage with consumed and available space.

Otherwise you can visit the icloud website open the mail app in the web browser and delete emails within the web interface. Delete app backups from icloud on your iphone or ipad. Scroll down to the bottom and it will display the available icloud storage.