iPad “Not backed up” notifications on iPadOS - how to turn off

Hello,


My iPad keeps getting a very excruciatingly annoying not backed up notification coming up constantly on the screen. I do not have a normal Wi-Fi in my apartment due to financial issues I 100% have to rely upon my 4G LTE hotspot on my iPhone 8+ which means that I cannot do a back up while I am on my hotspot because the system is not designed to do it that way I must wait until I get to a normal public Wi-Fi at like a library or a coffee shop somewhere to do my back ups. I get this obnoxiously annoying message coming up constantly


I am a level one helpdesk for computer support with 25 years experience in the business for multiple corporations so I know my way around technology. I have searched the settings on both my iPhone and my iPad and I cannot find it anywhere at all to turn off this annoying message. As a tack the pit of my stomach is telling me Apple has been a bunch of idiots and not provided a way to turn off system notifications either completely or by notification based on what it is for. I am praying by coming to the community that I find out that I am wrong and that they do have a way to turn off this disgustingly annoying notification. Can anyone tell me one way or another as to if there is or is not a way to turn off this horribly annoying constant notification.


I appreciate anyone’s assistance with this I do not want to wind up in a mental hospital over this.


Sincerely,


Wonder Woman

iPad, iOS 13

Posted on Jan 19, 2020 1:09 PM

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Posted on Jan 19, 2020 1:17 PM

The solution is surprisingly simple.


Go to Settings > [Your Apple ID] > iCloud > iCloud Backup and turn it “off” until you are actually ready to perform the backup using Wi-FI.

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Jan 19, 2020 1:29 PM in response to sberman

Thank you soooo much! I have two questions About this. The first question is will this Cause my existing back ups in the iCloud to be deleted? My second question is when I turn it back on what will happen? Specifically I am asking if the next back up will behave like it is my very first back up ever instead of what probably are incremental back ups.


Sincerely,


Wonder Woman

Jan 19, 2020 1:44 PM in response to WndrWmn

WndrWmn wrote:

The first question is will this Cause my existing back ups in the iCloud to be deleted?

It will not. That is managed at Settings > [Your Apple ID] > iCloud > Manage Storage > Backups.


My second question is when I turn it back on what will happen?

I understand your concern regarding incremental vs. full backups. In fact, all iOS and iPadOS backups are never incremental. They are more like full backups - as long as you understand that items like application code, music, material stored elsewhere in iCloud like contacts and calendars are not included in this (or any iOS or iPadOS) backup.

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