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I have a backup in icloud of this phone. Its quite large and my icloud storage is nearly full because of it. Im sure its all the photos in the backup. I havent got these photos stored in my phone anymore or in my PC. I want to save the photos to my pc and fully remove them from the backup, or just delete the backup and create a new one.
How do I view the photos in a backup that is stored in icloud?
iPhone 6s, iOS 13
Photos and videos are always a primary suspect for eating up space on your device or your storage in iCloud. But you can't view just the photos stored inside the backup. Backups in iCloud are entire packages (in addition to being encrypted). If you don't have the photos on your phone nor anywhere else anymore, you'd need to erase your iPhone, restore the iPhone from said backup in iCloud and then connect the newly restored iPhone (now supposedly containing all of the old photos from the old backup) to your computer. That way you can (hopefully) import the photos from the iPhone to your computer and afterwards delete the photos from the iPhone. Does that make sense?
Check out the Apple Support article on iCloud storage here:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204247
I'd also make sure to have a backup of the stuff on your PC, in case that machine breaks down. You can never have too many backups😄
Photos and videos are always a primary suspect for eating up space on your device or your storage in iCloud. But you can't view just the photos stored inside the backup. Backups in iCloud are entire packages (in addition to being encrypted). If you don't have the photos on your phone nor anywhere else anymore, you'd need to erase your iPhone, restore the iPhone from said backup in iCloud and then connect the newly restored iPhone (now supposedly containing all of the old photos from the old backup) to your computer. That way you can (hopefully) import the photos from the iPhone to your computer and afterwards delete the photos from the iPhone. Does that make sense?
Check out the Apple Support article on iCloud storage here:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204247
I'd also make sure to have a backup of the stuff on your PC, in case that machine breaks down. You can never have too many backups😄
Glad it helped! You might also want to look into iCloud Photos, since your photos would then automatically sync between your iPhone, your computer, the iCloud website and any other devices you might be using with your Apple ID. Read up on it here:
Ron B, Thanks mate for the quick answer. Spot on to what I thought, I've come to realise that was going to be my way out. Am removing current photos from my phone to pc now, also making note of any apps im using that might be different to what will be on my restored (old) phone. Cheers.
Can i view the files stored inside an existing backup
