How it works. When your device is backed up in i. Cloud, you can easily set up a new device or restore information on one you already have.
To let i. Cloud automatically back up your device each day, here’s what you need to do:
Make sure that i. Cloud Backup is turned on in Settings > [your name] > i. Cloud > i. Cloud Backup Connect your device to a power source. Connect your device to a Wi-Fi network. Make sure that your device’s screen is locked. Check that you have enough available space in i. Cloud for the backup.
A frequent question we ran across in our research was “How does iCloud backup work on my iPhone or iPad?”.
, i Cloud automatically backs up all of the data on your i. Phone or i. Pad every day, so long as the device is connected to Wi-Fi, turned on, locked, and connected to a power source. This makes it easy to restore a device if you need to wipe it or set up a brand new i. Phone or i. Pad with your existing data.
If you use i. Cloud Backup, you won’t find a list of your backups on i, and cloud., and com. Here’s how to find your i. Cloud backups on your i. OS device, Mac, or PC: On your i, phone, i Pad, or i. Pod touch, go to Settings.
Here’s how to find your i. Cloud backups on your i. OS or i, pad OS device, Mac, or PC., using i OS 10.3, go to Settings > [your name] > i, and cloud. Tap the graph that shows your i. Cloud usage, then tap Manage Storage.
So there is only one backup file per device. That file gets updated every time your device backs up, but there is no archive kept of the previous backup. If you use i. Cloud Backup, you won’t find a list of your backups on i, and cloud., and com. Here’s how to find your i. Cloud backups on your i. OS device, Mac, or PC:.
What is included in a backup of your iPhone?
, your i, phone, i Pad, and i. Pod touch backup only include information and settings stored on your device. It doesn’t include information already stored in i. Cloud, like Contacts, Calendars, Bookmarks, Mail, Notes, Voice Memos 3, shared photos, i. Cloud Photos, Health data, call history 4, and files you store in i, and cloud drive.
How do I delete an iCloud backup on my iPhone?
Tap on your Apple ID right at the top. It should be the name you used to sign up for an Apple ID. Tap on i, and cloud. Tap Manage Storage under i, and cloud. Tap the device whose backup you want to delete. Tap Delete Backup at the bottom.