Why isn’t everything on my iCloud not backing up to my new phone

I’ve backup my iCloud several times and then I go to my new phone and the only thing that transferred over were my pics. Other things like apps did not. Why is this happening

iPhone 13, iOS 16

Posted on Aug 19, 2023 01:42 PM

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SravanKrA

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Posted on Aug 20, 2023 01:14 AM

Apps are neither backup on iTunes nor on iCloud. Only app data is backed up.

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Aug 20, 2023 01:14 AM in response to Backupsupport

Apps are neither backup on iTunes nor on iCloud. Only app data is backed up.

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