My wife’s iPhone backup is 75gb. I think it it the iMessages since there is nothing in the apps list too big. Seems like catch 22 situation, I can either backup iMessage separately or do the phone backup, but either way they are going to consume a huge amount of iCloud space, any workaround other than deleting messages?
iPhone 14
Hello Simon_In_Ohio,
The steps in this article can help you resolve the issue with the large backup:
There are also steps from the article below to reduce the size of your backup:
Make more space available in iCloud
If you run out of iCloud storage, your device won’t back up to iCloud, new photos and videos won't upload to iCloud Photos, and iCloud Drive, other iCloud apps, and messages won't stay up to date across your devices. And you also won't be able to send or receive emails with your iCloud email address.
You can free up storage in iCloud by deleting content that you're not using:
Before you delete anything, you might want to archive or make copies of the information that you store in iCloud.
Best Regards.
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