Phone Won't Sync to iCloud Without Deleting Content
i don’t want to delete anything from my iCloud
but my phone won’t sync without doing so
iPhone 15 Plus, iOS 26
So, can you tell us a bit more?
- What indicates that you are not syncing?
- Why might this be happening?
- Are you concerned about iCloud Drive or iCloud Photos, or both?
- Do you have “Optimize Storage” turned on?
- …Do you see all your iPhone pictures and/or files at iCloud.com?
- …Have you checked to see if the Apple Account is really really the same on the iPhone and at iCloud.com?
- …Do you have more than 10% free storage on your iCloud account?
- What is your storage on this iPhone? At Settings>General>iPhone Storage, my phone says 50.5 GB of 128 GB used. What does yours say? Do you have more than 10% free storage on your iPhone?
- Has this problem always existed, or did it just start? Can you think of anything that changed that might affect your device?