How to Clean the ICloud Storage on the 5S iPhone

Many iPhone users use cloud storage icloud: this is an excellent way to store personal photos, backups, passwords and other information on Apple servers. Subject to the presence of a reliable password and active two-stage authorization is a secure and convenient storage method. However, the free version of ICloud is limited only to 5 GB of cloud storage, which means you may need to need to free up space from unnecessary information.

Clean iCloud on iPhone

You can delete unnecessary information from iCloud on the iPhone in two ways: directly through the apple smartphone itself and using the browser version of the service on the computer.

Method 1: iPhone

1. Open the settings on your phone and select the name of your Apple ID account.



2. In the next window, go to the "icloud" section.



3. At the top of the window, the level of repository is displayed. If free space on the outcome, just below the button "Store Management" button.



4. The screen displays the detailed information about the place occupied, and the list of applications that store your data in the cloud will unfold. Select the application, the data in which you no longer need, and then tap the "Delete data" button. Confirm the deletion of information. Similarly, do with other applications.



5. Usually the most space in ICloud occupy backups. If, for example, you plan to store them on the computer, you can remove them from the cloud. To do this, in the same window, open the "Backup" section.



6. If there are several copies, in the next window, select the device for which you want to remove the backup.



7. Tap the "Delete Copy" button and confirm this process.



8. If the iCloud Synchronization feature is activated on the iPhone, unnecessary photos can be removed. To do this, open the photo application and tap in the upper right corner along the "Select" button.



9. Select extra snapshots, and then tap on the icon with the garbage basket. Confirm deletion.



10. Snapshots will be moved to the "Recently deleted" folder and will immediately disappear from iCloud.
11. The application files pre-installed on the iPhone allows you to store personal user data in the cloud. If you saved information to it, you can delete unnecessary. To do this, open this application, and then press the "Select" button in the upper right corner.



12. Check out unnecessary files and track the button with the basket. Next instant the files will disappear.

Method 2: ICLOUD web version

You can manage the cloud storage of the Aiklaud not only from the smartphone, but also on the computer - it is enough to log in to the web version of the service. However, it does not provide a full data management, for example, you cannot delete backup copies. It can be used to delete photos and user files stored in ICloud Drive.

1. Go to the Browser to the ICLOUD service site and log in to your Apple ID account.



2. If you plan to clear the storage from some images and videos, open the "Photo" section.



3. To select a photo, click on it once the left mouse button. All subsequent images should be highlighted with a ctrl pin. If you want to remove a snapshot series made on a specific day, to the right, select the "Select" button.



4. When the desired photos are selected, click in the upper right corner on the icon with a basket.



5. Confirm deletion.



6. If user files are saved in iCloud, you can also delete them from the web version. To do this, return to the main window and select "ICloud Drive".



7. Click on the file to highlight it (to mark multiple documents, clamp the Ctrl key), and then select the icon with the basket at the top window. The selected information will be immediately removed from ICloud.

Thus, if you remove unnecessary information from ICloud, leaving only the most necessary (backup copies of important applications, photos), in most cases there will be a fully fair version of the cloud service.