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why does back up in icloud take up so much storage?

iPad back up takes up most of my storage in iCloud

Posted on Jun 18, 2023 9:12 AM

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Posted on Jun 18, 2023 9:16 AM

Unless you have subscribed to a paid iCloud+ storage tier, your “free of charge” storage quota is only 5GB. For most users, 5GB is only sufficient for basic synchronisation services.


Paid storage tiers are 50GB, 200GB and 2TB:

Upgrade to iCloud+ - Apple Support

iCloud+ plans and pricing - Apple Support

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Jun 18, 2023 9:16 AM in response to Acme1301

Unless you have subscribed to a paid iCloud+ storage tier, your “free of charge” storage quota is only 5GB. For most users, 5GB is only sufficient for basic synchronisation services.


Paid storage tiers are 50GB, 200GB and 2TB:

Upgrade to iCloud+ - Apple Support

iCloud+ plans and pricing - Apple Support

why does back up in icloud take up so much storage?

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