With the ever-increasing over reliance on smartphones, one of the biggest worry is storing data and creating backup of files and data. It's no surprise that cloud storage has become extremely popular. It helps storing files and apps securely. Google makes it easy to backup files and phone settings directly from the web under common account settings.
Apple, on the other hand, has kept managing backup of each device separate and simple. With 5GB of free
iCloud storage available to a user, it can be easy to be carried away with the contents of your
iOS device without knowing how much space it takes up on the cloud.
We show you how to manage your iCloud backup and to manage your cloud storage across all your iOS devices.
Step 1:
Open the 'Settings' apps and head over to your account settings at the top. In iOS 10, Apple has simplified managing everything related to your Apple accounts under one unified section.
Step 2:
Select the 'iCloud' tab. At the top, you can see the bifurcation of the space used in the cloud storage according to the type of files. The yellow bar indicates the amount of space your apps take to backup their data.
Step 3:
Diving in into the bifurcations, you will see total space available in iCloud and the amount of space taken up. At the end, is the option to 'Manage your storage'. Upon selecting this option, the list of iOS devices which are backed up to iCloud will be listed. In this case, you can see that we have an
iPad Mini listed.
Step 4:
Select the device whose backup you wish to manage. The iPad has been actively saving all of the data from every app that is installed on the device. You can disable backups for apps from the list individually and save your iCloud space for pictures.
