Deleting iMessages from iCloud

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Deleting iMessages from iCloud

I've reviewed a lot of articles relating to purging Messages from iCloud backup, but they seem to be referencing previous versions. I've got an iPhone 12 mini running iOS 16.3.1 and Messages 14.0. Diving into Settings it's showing me I have (after deleting a lot of my threads entirely, from what I can see from my end) only ~410MB of data being used for Messages, but iCloud is claiming I am using 4.55GB for them. I've disabled the Sync option to stop adding additional Message history to my "full" iCloud account, but I cannot account for the discrepancy. I used the option to Disable & Delete, but it's telling me that I have to wait 31 days until the messages are deleted from iCloud? Is there a way to expedite their deletion?

Posted on Feb 21, 2023 07:37 AM

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Feb 22, 2023 09:36 AM in response to SravanKrA

It appears that the messages were finally deleted from the iCloud backup. But it did take overnight to reflect this on my phone. Not ideal in terms of "instant gratification" but still better than the 31 days I feared I was going to have to wait. I consider this matter resolved* (*for now ;-P).

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Feb 21, 2023 08:39 AM in response to marchewka

marchewka wrote:

, but it's telling me that I have to wait 31 days until the messages are deleted from iCloud?

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Feb 21, 2023 08:45 AM in response to marchewka

Messages are not backed up, If you had turned on Messages in iCloud. Your content is automatically stored in iCloud and is available on all devices that use the same Apple ID

If you delete messages on your iPhone it is deleted on iCloud and vice-versa.

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Feb 21, 2023 08:40 AM in response to marchewka

marchewka wrote:

...... and Messages 14.0.

What number is this?

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