I have a limit of 50 GB in my iCloud account, but in less than two weeks the used space has gone from less than 1 GB to 40 GB with "Backups" taking up 30 GB. The weird thing is when I click on backups, it only shows my iPhone taking up 0 B. At this rate I will run out of storage quickly.
Has this happened to anyone else, or does someone know how to delete backups to free up space on iCloud?
iPhone 17, iOS 26
"Backups taking up a lot of iCloud storage: I have a limit of 50 GB in my iCloud account, but in less than two weeks the used space has gone from less than 1 GB to 40 GB with "Backups" taking up 30 GB. The weird thing is when I click on backups, it only shows my iPhone taking up 0 B. At this rate I will run out of storage quickly. Has this happened to anyone else, or does someone know how to delete backups to free up space on iCloud?"
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To conserve space on iPhone, download all of iCloud. Then, search for it, using a new Finder window. Use my user tip: Getting a Quick and Direct "iCloud Drive-to-External Hard Drive" Download - User Tip WARNING: If you delete the iCloud backup for your iPhone, iCloud stops automatically backing up the device. So, customize which apps are necessary to backup to iCloud: Back up your iPhone or iPad to iCloud - Apple Support
Backups taking up a lot of iCloud storage
