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TonyPlack Author

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iMessage size does not reflect reality.

I purchased a new phone in Feb. I did not restore a backup. Messages was taking 3.6G of my iDrive. I deleted all but 5 messages.

I now have 4.7G of iMessages with only 30 messages. It never reduced in size. How do I get iCloud to either mirror these messages so I can delete them, or get iMessage to reflect my phone? Off/On in the settings has been tried with various reboots, etc. This seems to be a fault in iCloud.

Can I just delete EVERYTHING in iCloud and start over?

Posted on Dec 31, 2021 9:29 PM

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TonyPlack Author

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Posted on Dec 31, 2021 10:19 PM

Found it. There is a feature I didn't notice before that allows one to disable and delete.

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