Apple tends to give out only 5 GB of storage to its users. It sounds like a lot when considering that per account and not per the device. 5 GB across all devices within the same account is not a lot of space to share. No matter how many Apple devices you have, unless you have as many iCloud accounts, you are going to spend a lot of time sorting the media on your iOS device.On the other hand, the available 5 GB can also be more than enough for a normal iOS user. If you are saving a lot of high-quality photos and videos, they will take up a lot of space compared to the other documents and ordinary files. Let us now see how to solve iCloud storage full without paying for iCloud backup.
The steps for both iPad and iPhone are the same.
- Turn on your iPhone device.
- Tap on the home button and you will see a list of icons on the screen.
- Tap the Settings icon on the iPhone screen.
- Select iCloud and then select Storage.
- Select the option Manage Storage.
- You will now see your iPhone listed and the backup history of your iCloud account.
- On the same screen, you’ll see a list of apps that are enabled for backup.
- Tap on the green slider for the apps you do not want to take backup.
- The apps might include Media apps, Games, and other space consuming apps.
- Once the slider is disabled, the color will turn from green to grey.
At the bottom of the screen, you will see the space reduced and will show the available GB out of the 5 GB allotted for iCloud. Now, you fix the iCloud storage full without paying for iCloud backup issue.