How to delete old backups from iCloud?

iCloud storage space is almost full? Then you can delete your old backups from your iCloud that you don’t need any more.

iCloud has help us a lot with managing our iPhone data, but it’s storage is limited. After doing some backups in iCloud, it’ll become full very soon, then we’ll not to do any backup in it, unless we buy more storage from it. In this case, we can delete some old backups from iCloud that we do not need any more, the more storage space will be saved. From this article, we’ll learn how to delete old backups from iCloud.

Delete old backups from iCloud

Step 1. Connect your iPhone or iPad with Wifi, go to Setting--iCloud--Storage--Manage Storage, and choose the device backups you want to delete.



Step 2. Then choose the backup files you don’t need, tap on “Delete Backup”, and confirm with “Delete”, then the backup files will be deleted.



Or you can also delete your old backup from your iCloud on PC.

Delete old backups from iCloud on PC

Step 1. Launching your iCloud on PC, then tap on “Manage” on the right page.



Step 2. Then check and select the backups you don’t need any more, and tap on “Delete”. And confirm with “Delete”.



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