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Apr 15, 2021 · Tap Settings > [your name] > iCloud > Photos. Turn on iCloud Photos. Select Optimize iPhone Storage to save space on your device. With Optimize Storage, smaller, space-saving photos and videos are kept on your device while all of your original, full-resolution versions are stored in iCloud.
- Overview
- Make more space available in iCloud
- Check Recommended for You
- Reduce the size of your iCloud Backup
- Delete photos in iCloud Photos
- Delete folders or files in iCloud Drive
- Delete texts and attachments in Messages
- Delete messages and manage Mail
- Delete voice memos
Need more iCloud storage? You can easily manage your storage to make space or upgrade to iCloud+.
When you set up iCloud, you automatically get 5GB of storage. You can use that space for your iCloud backups, to keep your photos and videos stored in iCloud Photos, to keep your documents up to date in iCloud Drive, and more. You can always check how much iCloud storage you're using in Settings on your device or on iCloud.com. If you're running low, you can manage your storage to make more space or upgrade to iCloud+ any time.
If you run out of iCloud storage, your device won’t back up to iCloud, new photos and videos won't upload to iCloud Photos, and iCloud Drive and other iCloud apps won't stay up to date across your devices. And you also won't be able to send or receive emails with your iCloud email address.
You can free up storage in iCloud by deleting content that you're not using:
•Check Recommended for You
•Reduce the size of your iCloud Backup
•Delete photos in iCloud Photos
•Delete folders or files in iCloud Drive
If you're getting low on storage in iOS 17 or iPadOS 17 or later, you can go to Recommended for You in your iCloud settings and check if there are photos, large files, or backups that you might not need anymore and can delete.
1.Go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud.
2.Tap Recommended for You, then tap one of the options below and follow the onscreen instructions:
•Tap Review Backups to identify and delete backups from devices that you no longer use.
•Tap Review Photos & Videos to delete duplicate photos, screenshots, or videos that you might not need anymore.
•Tap Review Large Files to get space back by deleting large files that you might not need anymore.
When you back up your iPhone or iPad to iCloud, the most important information on your device is backed up automatically. Learn more about what iCloud backs up
Many apps automatically back up to iCloud after you install them. You can decrease the size of your iCloud Backup and free up space in iCloud when you stop backing up apps that you don't use or delete old iCloud backups.
iCloud Photos uses your iCloud storage to keep all of your photos and videos up to date across your devices. You can make more space in iCloud when you delete photos and videos that you no longer need from the Photos app on any of your devices.
Before you delete anything, make sure that you back up the photos and videos that you still want. When you use iCloud Photos and delete a photo or video on one device, it's also deleted on all other devices where you're signed in with the same Apple ID.
iPhone
1.Go to the Files app and tap Browse. 2.Under Locations, tap iCloud Drive. 3.Tap the More button , then tap Select. 4.Choose the file or folder that you want to remove. 5.To delete the file or folder from iCloud Drive and all of your devices, tap the Delete button . You can find it in Recently Deleted for 30 days.
iPad or Apple Vision Pro
1.Go to the Files app and open the sidebar. 2.Under Locations, tap iCloud Drive. 3.Tap Select, then choose the file or folder that you want to remove. 4.To delete the file or folder from iCloud Drive and all of your devices, tap Delete. You can find it in Recently Deleted for 30 days.
Mac
1.Open the Finder and go to the iCloud Drive folder. 2.Drag an item to the Trash, or move it to a different folder on your Mac. If you move it to the Trash, you can find it in Recently Deleted for 30 days.
Delete a message or attachment on your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Vision Pro
1.In a message conversation, touch and hold the message bubble or attachment that you want to delete. 2.Tap More. 3.Tap the Delete button , then tap Delete Message. If you want to delete all messages in the thread tap Delete All, in the upper-left corner. Then tap Delete Conversation.
Delete a message or attachment on your Mac
1.Open a message conversation. 2.Control-click the blank area of a message bubble that you want to delete. 3.Choose Delete. 4.Click Delete to confirm.
You can free up iCloud space when you delete email messages from your iCloud email account. You can also move email messages from your iPhone or iPad to your Mac or PC, where they no longer count against your iCloud storage.
Use the steps below to delete messages from your account. Remember that messages with large attachments take up more space than simple text emails.
iPhone, iPad, or Apple Vision Pro
1.Tap Edit, then select the voice memos that you want to delete. 2.Tap the Delete button . 3.Open Recently Deleted, then tap Edit. 4.Tap Delete All, or select voice memos then tap Delete.
Mac
1.Select the voice memos you want to delete. 2.Click the Delete button . 3.Open Recently Deleted, then click Delete All or Delete. 4.Click Delete Forever to confirm. Learn how iCloud operates in China mainland. Helpful? Yes No Character limit: 250 Maximum character limit is 250. Please don’t include any personal information in your comment. Submit Thanks for your feedback.
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