IPhone Not Backed Up Message?

[ronniejoe]

So I started to get this message a few weeks ago and it keeps showing up daily. It says


IPhone Not Backed Up

This iphone hasn't been backed up in two weeks. Backups happen when this iphone is connected to power, locked and on wifi.



My issue here is when I try to back it up, I get message


This iphone cannot be backed up because there is not enough cloud storage available.



Can someone explain to me how this happened? How much gb do you get free on the cloud and why is it during this entire time i had an iphone, i never had this message? Im confused what I have that is taking up so much space in the cloud? Is it pictures and files i added to my iphone? Its an iphone SE.


Do most of you pay for more cloud storage?


The other thing is this. How do i stop this message from keep popping up everytime? It shows up few times every single day.

 

[Runs For Fun]

You get 5GB of iCloud storage for free. Your backups will eventually use up that space and even more quickly if you also store your photos and videos in iCloud. Either turn off photos in iCloud or upgrade your iCloud storage.

 

[ronniejoe]

How do i turn off photos in cloud? Do i do that on my iphone or on the computer? Yes i do have a ton of pictures i took with my iphone. So if i delete most of it... then i won't have this issue?


What does turning off photos in icloud do then? So if something happens to my iphone, then i would have everything backed up but my photos? I also have some music as well in my iphone. Is that stored in the icloud as well?


I don't want to upgrade my icloud storage. So just delete most or all of my photos? Can i see how much gb of icloud storage i have say after every few photos i delete? Also... what about the apps i downloaded for example? Is that backed up in cloud as well? Because i downloaded a ton of apps a while back from the app store that i don't even use. Would deleting those give me more storage?

 

[ronniejoe]

I went to settings, i cloud... im using about 35gb of 64gb total on my iphone SE. I saw option to offload unused apps and now it show 29gb of 64gb used.


It shows like 3gb used for photos... another 2gb for wechat... and i downloaded lot of apps that are like a gb etc. Shows music a bit more than a gb.


So that means im using 29gb total? What includes in the 5gb? I cant imagine all of my files right? Because not long ago, I didn't had this message and i easily used up over 20gb total of my iphone storage. But which is stored on icloud?

 

[chscag]

I don't want to upgrade my icloud storage.

$.99 per month for 50 GB. Why not?

 

[ronniejoe]

Well most of the photos on iphone i took, most are useless. I just never deleted them. So I dont want to just pay for gb which i don't need even if its a dollar a month.



I got this iphone SE many years ago, like when it came out etc. Previously i used another older iphone. Im pretty certain the email that i used for the older iphone is not the same as this one... so its only this iphone.


Okay clicked on




icloud storage


Shows using up 4.9gb/5gb used for icloud


It show


my backups 4.8gb
voice memo 50mb
etc
etc



When i click on backups, it shows


Documents/data 4.8gb
My iphone 4.8gb


I click on my iphone

Last backup back in September 2020
Backup size 5.20gb
Next backup size 2gb


Choose data to back up


Photo library 3.6gb
wechat 800gb
whatsapp 600mb


Then a whole bunch of other apps which are tiny... like 200mb and below with majority 10mb and below



So what is the best thing to do here where i could sort of delete where i can keep it under 5gb?


I assume i can't just uncheck photo library now right since well that doesn't do anything to my already saved backup? I assume best thing to do is delete all the photos i dont need now from my iphone. Then once i do that... delete my backup? Then do a backup again... and when i do this... let say i delete half of my photos... then i would probably only have 3gb-3.5gb total as backup which is below the 5gb total?

 

[ronniejoe]

Anyone can answer this question?

 

[Apple_Robert]

You can delete any old backups you want. That will free up space.