iCloud User Guide
- Welcome
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- Sign in and use iCloud.com
- Customise the homepage
- Keynote
- Numbers
- Pages
- Recover files and information
- Use iCloud on your Windows computer
- Get more help with iCloud
- Legal notices and acknowledgements
- Copyright
View and manage iCloud device backups
You can view and manage your iCloud backups from an iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac or Windows computer.
If you want to customise which apps and data are backed up, see Back up your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch to iCloud.
WARNING: If you delete the iCloud backup for your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, iCloud stops automatically backing up the device.
View and manage iCloud backups on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch
On your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud.
Do one of the following:
iOS 16, iPadOS 16 or later: Tap iCloud Backup.
iOS 15, iPadOS 15 or earlier: Tap Manage Storage, then tap Backups.
You see the devices with iCloud Backup turned on.
To delete a backup, tap the name of a device, then tap Delete & Turn Off Backup (or Delete Backup).
View and manage iCloud backups on your Mac
On your Mac, do one of the following:
macOS Ventura: Choose Apple menu
> System Settings, click [your name] at the top of the sidebar, then click iCloud on the right.macOS 12 or earlier: Choose Apple menu
> System Preferences, click Apple ID, then click iCloud.
Click Manage, then click Backups on the left. On the right, you see devices with iCloud Backup turned on.
To delete a backup, select a device, then click Delete.
View and manage iCloud backups on your Windows computer
Open iCloud for Windows, then click Storage.
Click Backups on the left. On the right, you see devices with iCloud Backup turned on.
To delete a backup, select a device, then click Delete.
Note: If you turn off iCloud Backup for a device, any backups stored in iCloud are kept for 180 days before being deleted.
You can also use your computer to back up your device. See the Apple Support article How to back up your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.