I cloud back up.

joesoap1264

Hi guys, appreciate a bit of advice concerning I could back up.
keep getting messages saying it’s full, but in general, shows only 2.5Gb used ?
I had another iPad,, no longer in use, so deleted back up for extra space.
only had this one 6 months. 

Does one need everything backed up everything ?

can certain back ups be deleted.?
never back up anything intentionally, pics or anything.
wouldn’t know how to retrieve it, never had to try.
use google drive for pics I want, but rarely use it.
any advice welcome.

comeandgo

There are scam emails pretending to come from iCloud.  I get them sometimes, I just ignore them.

joesoap1264

Cheers come and go.
I cannot understand why I have 2.5Gb back up?
I never back up anything intentionally, so assume it’s auto.
how do I find out what’s there.?
In general it tells me the amount of each thing backed up, but how do I access it to see if I need to keep it or discard it?

lisyloo

Go to Settings
Click on your name (Apple ID)
click on icloud - from this point you can go into "icloud backup" and from here you can turn the backup on/off or switch aps on/off

click on storage
a few down in the list it should says "backups" and how many GB
if you click on backup it should show you which devices and the amounts

joesoap1264

Cheers list loo, much appreciated

joesoap1264

joesoap1264 said:

Cheers list loo, much appreciated

Sorry lisyloo, typo.