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iPhone storage full,I have removed apps and still full. Bought more space on iCloud so how do I get my apps to go into iCloud?

iPhone storage is full and removed all the apps that I’m going to. Bought storage on my iCloud,how do I move the iPhone storage into my iCloud?

iPhone 6s Plus, iOS 14

Posted on Jul 4, 2021 4:59 PM

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Posted on Jul 4, 2021 5:07 PM

You can’t move apps to iCloud for storage. iCloud is a syncing service, not off devices storage. You should read the related article from which you posted your question to the community.

What's the difference between device storage and iCloud storage? - Apple Support


You will need to delete more content and also find out what it taking up the storage on the phone.

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Jul 4, 2021 5:07 PM in response to rdf_jr37

You can’t move apps to iCloud for storage. iCloud is a syncing service, not off devices storage. You should read the related article from which you posted your question to the community.

What's the difference between device storage and iCloud storage? - Apple Support


You will need to delete more content and also find out what it taking up the storage on the phone.

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iPhone storage full,I have removed apps and still full. Bought more space on iCloud so how do I get my apps to go into iCloud?

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