Can I delete this backup? iCloud help.

[zowenso]

Hello. I was wondering if you could help me. Before I did my transfer last night from my 14 Pro to my 17 Pro I did a really good cleanup of my 14. Deleted a bunch of photos and text messages, etc. I got my iCloud storage down to 24 gb. I’m noticing after I transferred to the 17 Pro that icloud storage is now up to 34 GB. So that leads to a few questions.



1.) Could that extra 10 or 11 gigs because my old 14 pro is still being backed up in iCloud? See photo.



2.) Now that I’ve transferred to the 17 pro can I erase the backup that says “Owen’s iPhone”…NOT the one that says “Owens iPhone “this phone”” which obviously is my new 17pro?



3.) Last night it said “0gb” next to the 17pro and as you can see it now says 11gb. I’m assuming that means it’s backed up to iCloud now?



4.) Will deleting the old iPhone back up lower my gb in iCloud storage?



Thank you for any help!!

 

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When you restore a backup to a new device, it doesn't inherit the backups of the old device. It doesn't even ask you, something that's been a thing with Mac Time Machine since inception (again, another Apple fail).

You need to delete it (if you don't want to keep it anymore, that is.)

Now that I’ve transferred to the 17 pro can I erase the backup that says “Owen’s iPhone”…NOT the one that says “Owens iPhone “this phone”” which obviously is my new 17pro?

I name my iPhone with the version number (so like "Owen’s iPhone 17"), just to be clear when this sort of thing happens. Not in iCloud specifically, since it shows which phone is the one you're using, but other places (like text message forwarding) won't show that and you'll be confused as to which one is which.

 

[zowenso]

When you restore a backup to a new device, it doesn't inherit the backups of the old device. It doesn't even ask you, something that's been a thing with Mac Time Machine since inception (again, another Apple fail).

You need to delete it (if you don't want to keep it anymore, that is.)

I name my iPhone with the version number (so like "Owen’s iPhone 17"), just to be clear when this sort of thing happens. Not in iCloud specifically, since it shows which phone is the one you're using, but other places (like text message forwarding) won't show that and you'll be confused as to which one is which.

Thank you for the response and info. So before I posted this, I went into settings > general > about. Then I changed the name to Owens iPhone 17 pro and it didn’t change the name in iCloud, which I think you were meaning? so I’m assuming in ICloud that “this phone” is my 17 pro and I’ll delete the other one, correct? Thanks so much.

 

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Thank you for the response and info. So before I posted this, I went into settings > general > about. Then I changed the name to Owens iPhone 17 pro and it didn’t change the name in iCloud, which I think you were meaning? so I’m assuming in ICloud that “this phone” is my 17 pro and I’ll delete the other one, correct? Thanks so much.

Presumably it'll change once the next backup occurs. And yes that's what the label means.