How to delete old iphone backups on icloud. Select an ios device on the right whose backup you dont need. You could opt to delete backups of an old ios device you used. Then take these steps.
Delete back up by tapping delete backup then tap on the next prompt turn off delete to confirm deletion. For ios 103 go to settings your name icloud. Tap on delete backup.
Now your iphone will return to the backups menu and the backups for your old device will be gone. Tap the name of a device whose backup you dont need then tap delete backup. On a mac with macos mojave 1014 or earlier or on a pc open itunes.
Now tap delete backup. You will see a list of all devices that are set up to be backed up to icloud. Remove a backup using your iphone ipad or ipod touch on your ios or ipados device go to settings your name icloud manage storage backups.
It should be the name you used to sign up for an apple id. From the popup tap on the turn off delete button to confirm. Tap turn off delete to complete the process.
Now the entire icloud backup of your iphone or ipad will be deleted and the icloud backup feature will be disabled. Tap manage storage under icloud. Then select the manage button on the bottom right of the window.
On a mac with macos catalina 1015 or later open the finder. All devices signed into icloud and enabled backups with the same apple id are listed under the backups section. Backups on your mac.
Tap on the device whose backups you want. Thankfully theyre easy to remove. Like an ios device users can see an overview of.
To do this swipe to the bottom of the page and tap on the delete backup option. In the finder under the general tab click manage backups to see a list of your backups. Tap on the name of the device you no longer want to be backed up.
To delete an icloud backup from a mac open system preferences and select icloud. If you set up a device as new or your dont restore from an icloud backup you can end up with multiple backups of the same data which takes up a lot of space. Disable icloud backup on iphone and ipad.
Tap the device whose backup.