iCloud Message storage makes no sense to me

[contacos]

After having issues with iCloud Message in the past, I thought to give it another chance after probably two years but I am having the same issues as ever before.

1. I deleted all messages from my Macbook and iPad
2. I deleted literally all attachments from messages on my iPhone
3. I deactivated iMessage on my MacBook and iPad
4. I enabled iCloud Messages on my iPhone
5. I waited for the upload to be complete
6. I check used iCloud storage of messages and it shows "60 mb" - sounds about right
7. I enable iCloud Messages on my iPad and MacBook Pro
8. Now all of the sudden, the used iCloud storage shows over 5 GB???
9. When I dig deeper, it shows 0 kb of top conversions

It just does not make sense to me.

 

[Runs For Fun]

7. I enable iCloud Messages on my iPad and MacBook Pro
8. Now all of the sudden, the used iCloud storage shows over 5 GB???

Sounds like you might need to delete attachments and stuff from your iPad and/or MacBook. Something is getting synced back to iCloud.

 

[contacos]

which is weird cuz I completely wiped the list of attachments in the local storage menu and also deleted every single thread from the message app

 

[mikzn]

FWIW - For me it was worth paying 1$ per month and upgrading the "free iCloud storage" - has worked fine since the storage upgrade - my messages have long exceeded the min 5g "free storage" provided by apple

 

[contacos]

yes I am already paying for 200 GB but I am only 40 GB short of exceeding that and I find it sort of crazy that the next step is already 2 TB for almost 5 times as much ...

 

[mikzn]

from what I can see on the attachments most of the storage is taken up by Photos 135g ?

 

[LFC2020]

Replace iCloud backup and backup to a Mac, you'll save yourself a lot of headaches, Wonder if apple will ever get iCloud to work properly.

 

[pdaholic]

Has anyone got this issue figured out? Messages is supposedly taking up 13Gb of my iCloud, but I've spent the last couple of weeks deleting every conversation except for a couple, and went through and deleted every attachment associated with those conversations. Still says I'm taking up 13Gb, but when I go to manage storage my "top conversations" takes up only a few mb. It's like nothing is actually getting deleted from the iCloud!

 

[RickDEGH]

Also trying to figure this out. This is so frustrating.

 

[pdaholic]

I just finally turned it off. iCloud is becoming very buggy lately…safari bookmarks not syncing and my notes are duplicating whenever I edit them. Reminders is the only app that seems to be working well!

 

[antiprotest]

my notes are duplicating whenever I edit them

I haven't seen this one yet. What a nightmare.

 

[antiprotest]

Time to pay up for the 2TB tier then you can just cruise.