Do I really need to backup my iPhone?

But it's also important to back up your iPhone or iPad. While you may not have a lot of documents on these devices that aren't stored on a cloud server—which you can easily retrieve if necessary—you are likely to have photos and videos which, if you haven't backed up, could be lost.

What happens if you don't backup your iPhone?

If I don't back it up, what will happen? Nothing, but if for some reason the device needs to be restored there will be a lot of data missing. The easy way around this is to either turn the Wi-Fi back on or plug the device into the computer it normally syncs with and backup the device to the computer.

Can I skip iPhone backup?

Click the small gray "X" icon at the top of the iTunes window when you see the words "Backing Up." Clicking the icon will cancel the backup process and move directly to syncing your contacts, calendars and content.

Is iCloud backup really necessary?

Many apps sync their data online like this anyway, so the iCloud backup isn't completely essential. It depends on the individual app. To customize the individual apps that back up on another device, you'll have to visit this screen on the other device.

What does iPhone backup actually do?

An iPhone backup saves a record of everything that makes your phone irreplaceable: the files in your apps, your progress in games, your photos and your text conversations. As of iOS 8, the iPhone supports two backup methods: iCloud backups and iTunes backups.

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What happens if I delete a backup?

If you delete iCloud backup, your photos, messages, and other app data will be permanently removed. Your music files, movies, and the apps themselves are not in iCloud backups.

Does backing up iPhone save photos?

An iTunes backup will save nearly everything on the iPhone including pictures on the camera roll, just as long as the photos were not downloaded from the computer but taken directly from the iPhone's camera. For more info on backups, see About backups for iOS devices. Cheers!

Is it OK to delete backup on iCloud?

When you delete iPhone backup, the data synced to iCloud.com won't be affected. In fact, it won't have any impact on what's actually on your device. I guess, most of you are concerned with photos. Well, photos on the iOS device are never only stored in the backup.

Why is my iCloud backup taking up so much storage?

Backups of your devices are often the culprits behind a full iCloud storage space. It's entirely possible you had your old iPhone set to upload backups to the cloud automatically, and then never removed those files.

Why are my iPhone backups so large?

The cause in this case was Messages which contained photos, videos and content that pushed the backup over the 5GB available in iCloud. With messages kept for 1 year all photos and videos from messages needed to be deleted manually (no select all/delete all here) after which the backup worked.

How do I stop my iPhone from automatically backing up?

You can turn off the automatic backup and backup whenever you see fit. Settings>Your username>iCloud>iCloud Backup>Off. No data is lost if you turn off automatic backups, but you run the risk of losing data if something goes wrong and you haven't had a chance to make a recent backup.

Do I need to back up my phone before updating?

The first thing you should do is properly back up your phone's files, so you can access them later. You may want to load them back onto your new phone or at the very least, access your photos and videos on a computer or television in the future.

How do I stop my iPhone from syncing and backing up?

Go to iTunes Preferences, and go to the DEVICES tab. The backup is part of the Sync process. All you can do is disable the sutosync when you connect your device. Just uncheck that option under Options for your connected device.

Will I lose my contacts if I don't backup my iPhone?

Helpful answers. You are confusing iCloud backup and iCloud sync, and neither will result in your totally losing your contacts. iCloud backup does not, in fact, back up Contacts. Contacts are either sync'd via iCloud or sync'd via iTunes, depending on how you have them set up to sync.

Do I need to backup my phone?

Trojans and viruses can take over your phone, destroy its system and everything on it. While the device can be easily replaced, the content stored on it… not so much. That is, if you don't have a backup for it.

What happens if you don't backup your photos?

If you turn off Backup by Google One on your device, your backups are deleted. Photos and videos that you previously backed up remain saved in Google Photos. If you don't use your device for 57 days, the data you backed up (except photos or videos) is also erased.

How do I clean up my iCloud storage?

Can I delete photos from iPhone and keep on iCloud?

Reduce the storage for iCloud Photos by deleting photos and videos that you don't want to keep from your iOS devices or on iCloud.com. Your device will immediately remove any photos and videos that you delete and they won't be available for recovery in your Recently Deleted album.

How do I get more iCloud storage without buying it?

Which apps should I backup?

Will deleting old backup delete everything?

No it shouldn't, because the backups don't affect anything anyway.

How big should iPhone backup be?

What is the typical size of an iOS backup stored to iCloud? You are looking at about 100-150 MB and of course this varies depending on what kind and how many apps you have installed. Of course you can always selectively turn off various app data from being backed up to control the overall size.

Do iPhone backups include messages?

Yes. Both iCloud and iTunes backups include messages. See About backups for iOS devices - Apple Support.

Does iCloud save text messages?

Apple's Messages in iCloud service can be used to backup all your text messages to the cloud so that you can download them to your new iPhone – and keep them in sync across all your Apple devices, so that every message and reply can be viewed on every device.

Does deleting backup on iPhone delete everything?

Answer: A: Answer: A: Deleting a backup deletes the backup only from the iCloud storage, not anything on the iPhone.