![]() Clear Recently Deleted album that Apple stores deleted albums like so Initially I found this helpful info and it said in section Tip 1. My fotos in reality only take about 31 GB, but due to a transfer of an old phone to this phone, it magically created duplicates worth 8000 pictures = 260 GB wtf Apple □ It was even larger than I have storage available and it was really confusing because it said the storage only takes 64 GB. I stumbled upon this thread while my iPhone 13 backup was crazy 460 GB big. Highly likely your issue will be resolved. You should try deleting voice memos, messages with media and other similar content. The total size has exceeded 5 GBs and I will have to erase some precious messages because iCloud is backing up data for disabled apps and says there is no solution other than buying additional storage. To finally resolve, I will have to delete all my chats. Now there is 4.6 GBs of iCloud backup data that is technically unaccounted for (since the application data is disabled) and Apple has no reply. When asked how much that is, they mentioned they cannot share any analytics about the device, and they also said I do not have the option to clear metadata / cache for third-party apps. Senior staff got back saying they cannot investigate issues with third-party apps and maybe it was Whatsapp metadata that was being included. I contacted Apple support and was referred to the senior staff. This was surprising because I chose not to backup Whatsapp data. I found out that the total next backup size went down by the exact amount. ![]() To further test, I deleted some photos and videos from Whatsapp chats. Whether I turned Whatsapp off or on, the total next backup size stayed the same (which should go up by 4.6 GBs after turning it on). The main issue was with Whatsapp, which was turned off, but iCloud was still including 4.6 GBs of its data. My iPhone iCloud backup size suddenly shot from 760 MBs to 4.8 GBs. iCloud was backing up data for apps that were clearly disabled. NOTE: once I added an iPad to my account, I need to do step 2 on both devices, then do step 4 on both devices. I watch as my iCloud storage fills, and when it is getting close to 4 GiB, I merely do steps 2 and 4 above and it shrinks down in a matter of moments. I have since made it a habit to bring up the top messages about once per week and remove photos that no longer serve their purpose. The first time I ran into this problem, I was at 4.8 GiB and the process brought me down below 1 GiB. Went to Settings -> -> iCloud -> Messages and turned that back on.Īt this point, I have the same size Backups (in blue) bar and a much smaller Messages (in green) bar. Typically, I deleted the cruft photos and saved the others, then used google photos app to upload them and deleted them locally. Go through the messages and eliminate photos, etc. Went to Settings -> -> iCloud -> Messages and clicked on 'Disable and Delete' which merely downloads the entirety of your messages to your phone.
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