How To Clean Up Icloud Space

Under the storage heading you will see how much of your space you have used.

How to clean up icloud space. The specifics vary from version to version so for example in ios 11 it s manage storage backups and in ios 10 it s icloud storage manage storage. If you want to learn how this space has been distributed click on manage storage. Go to settings on your ios device and select icloud. Swipe left across any message to delete it. Once there click on storage and then select manage storage.

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. Turn off the backup feature for any of these apps by swiping the button. Delete messages one at a time or tap edit tap select all and then tap trash to delete all of them. 2 if you have an old iphone or ipad you no longer use it is very possible that the back up for this device is still taking up space in icloud. In the choose data to back up section you should now see a list of the five apps that take up the most space on icloud.

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