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How to find previous iCloud backups

I am trying to restore an iCloud backup made March 3, before having my iPhone 5S screen replaced. The only backup visible now is one done automatically the day the phone was retuned. How do I find the March 3 backup? Does the more recent backup overwrite the March 3 version?

Btw I have plenty of iCloud storage – approx. 140 GB.

iPhone 5s, iOS 12

Posted on Mar 23, 2021 9:31 AM

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Posted on Mar 23, 2021 12:09 PM

Hello. Anytime your phone backs up to the cloud, the old backups are removed. If you had to re-setup the phone after getting the screen replaced then you may still have the old backup before you had to set it up again, but most likely you did not.

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Mar 23, 2021 11:20 AM in response to carm147

carm147 wrote:

I am trying to restore an iCloud backup made March 3, before having my iPhone 5S screen replaced. The only backup visible now is one done automatically the day the phone was retuned. How do I find the March 3 backup? Does the more recent backup overwrite the March 3 version?
Btw I have plenty of iCloud storage – approx. 140 GB.

it gets overwritten when you create another backup.

How to find previous iCloud backups

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