Hello, so my iPhone storage is basically full because iCloud Drive keep using an stupid amount of storage... On my account i have about 2,56gb of files on iCloud Drive and a total of 246,5gb total ocupied on my iCloud (Backups, Photos, Family Sharing, files, etc). How can i prevent this? It´s really anoying.
iPhone 15 Pro Max, iOS 17
It just updated and turning iCloud Drive off removed all the "330gb". It´s a bummer that i have to have it off for it to don't use that much space on the phone. It doesn't make sense but it's a good "temporary" solution.
When i press the iCloud Drive in the list it only shows me this:
Then on the iCloud it self this is whats using my iCloud witch is no problem for me. I just can´t understand why is iCloud Files using 307gb (currently) and it does much less sense because my iPhone only got 256gb 😅
If i turn Sync this iPhone off at least for the minutes i let it off it didn´t remove any GB of the list. I even rebooted the phone and it it´s still the same.
First advice is enable iCloud Photos "Optimize Photos"
Then tap on the iCloud Drive in the list to see what that 287GB comprises - maybe get the kids to remove their massive files.
Finally in your iphone, settings, your name, iCloud, in iCloud Drive turn off "Sync this iphone" to empty out the fullsize copies. Turning it back on should only download the files if they are viewed.
I said turn it back on, then its a permanent solution.
Theres a big chunk of Family showing in icloud storage. The bummer is whoever saved hundreds of GB and if you have kids suspect them of saving feature films.
iCloud Drive using a lot of storage on iPhone
