Trick to free up space on iCloud
Apple provides 5 GB of free iCloud space for users. Backups of devices, images, documents, iCloud emails and other data bits are shared on iCloud. So soon, you will receive a notification that the storage limit has expired.
In order not to pay any extra costs and still have more free space on iCloud, you can refer to some of the ways below.
1. Check iCloud storage space
To check how much storage space is left on iCloud, go to Settings , select iCloud , then select Storage .
2. Delete unnecessary backups
Backup contains a lot of backups, occupying a large space in iCloud. If you want to free up more storage space on iCloud, it is recommended to delete unnecessary backups.
Go to Settings , select iCloud , then choose Storage . Then click Manage Storage .
You can turn off those software or scroll down to click Delete Backup to delete data on iCloud including previous backups in one operation.
3. Save the image to another application
Undeniably, image files on the phone are one of the main reasons that take up much of the storage space on the device as well as on iCloud most.
To free up more storage space on iCloud you can delete photos in the backup section.
Instead of storing photos on iCloud, you can ask for support of 3rd party applications such as Google Photos app, Yahoo's Flickr, Microsoft One Drive, DropBox, and Amazon Cloud Drive .
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