iMessage is taking up too much iCloud space. It is currently taking up 3.6 GB; however, my top conversation is less than 50 MB. Also, iMessage is only taking up 584.1 MB of local storage (on my iPhone). What could be causing this? I tried deleting large attachments, eliminated the most space-consuming conversations, online resources (even though most were outdated), etc. No matter what I tried, nothing solved this issue.
iPhone 11, iOS 14
See the section titled 'Delete Texts and Messages in iCloud' -- Manage your iCloud storage - Apple Support.
You can also try -- https://getsupport.apple.com.
Are you certain you checked all message threads for media like photos, videos, memes, gifs, etc.?
I checked the ones I know I text the most in. I went ahead and deleted a couple of attachments. However, according to the local storage I have less than 100 MB in attachments. My top conversation is now only 11.2 MB since I deleted most attachments for most conversations. It's just so weird though because my iCloud storage is 3.6 GB for iMessage, 1.3 GB for Photos, 80 MB for Notes, and the rest are less than Notes. I don't really want to upgrade my iCloud (I have the 5GB free plan), especially since only two apps are using significant cloud storage.
Yes, I am aware of how to delete texts, or attachments. I have tried that. However, this has been ineffective. I will be going to an Apple Store soon though (for a different issue), and see if they have any ideas why. Thank you for the help!
iMessage taking up too much iCloud storage.
