iPhone storage full despite iCloud backup

I recently upgraded my iCloud to 2TB and when I access iCloud everything seems well backed up and up to date, however my iphone storage is still full. When I enter settings, it seems as if the backup has not started yet. How do I manage that to free up my storage?


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Original Title: Iphone Storage Management

iPhone 13, iOS 17

Posted on Sep 11, 2025 1:51 PM

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Posted on Sep 11, 2025 1:57 PM

If your storage is full, you may need to first delete items to free space. You can free additional space by enabling iCloud photo sync and optimizing your photo storage in settings. This will remove the photos from your backup as they will sync into iCloud instead.

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