Like the title says, I have officially run out of iCloud storage on my iPhone because Messages is taking up over 4.5 GB of storage space. However I do not have iMessage set up to use iCloud (although I might have in the past). I checked on all my devices. How do I recover that 4.5 GB of space?
iPhone XR
Are you sure you are not using iCloud Messages? See the "If you want to disable and delete Messages in iCloud" section in:
Get help with Messages in iCloud - Apple Support
See the "Delete texts and attachments in Messages" section in:
Manage your iCloud storage - Apple Support
Are you sure you are not using iCloud Messages? See the "If you want to disable and delete Messages in iCloud" section in:
Get help with Messages in iCloud - Apple Support
See the "Delete texts and attachments in Messages" section in:
Manage your iCloud storage - Apple Support
You can delete the space that messages are taking within settings!
Settings > Name > iCloud > Manage Storage > Messages
This should allow you to free up the space in iCloud.
iCloud full because of Messages, but Messages does not use iCloud
