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iPhone back up without photos

I want my iPhone to be backed up, but I don’t need to back up my photos, they’re all saved in another cloud. And I don’t wanna buy more cloud storage.

iPhone 13 Pro, iOS 15

Posted on Jan 17, 2022 7:52 AM

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Posted on Jan 17, 2022 8:48 PM

Hi MattA84,

Welcome to the Apple Community.


Seems an iPhone backup to iCloud includes Photos if they are not already stored there in iCloud

Backups do not include information already stored in your iCloud storage.


See Apple support's article below for the full details:


What does iCloud back up?

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207428

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Re: I don’t wanna buy more cloud storage.


Would backing up your iPhone to a computer help?

(Mac (Finder or iTunes) or PC)


How to back up your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203977


All the best :-)

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Question marked as Top-ranking reply

Jan 17, 2022 8:48 PM in response to MattA84

Hi MattA84,

Welcome to the Apple Community.


Seems an iPhone backup to iCloud includes Photos if they are not already stored there in iCloud

Backups do not include information already stored in your iCloud storage.


See Apple support's article below for the full details:


What does iCloud back up?

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207428

___________________________________


Re: I don’t wanna buy more cloud storage.


Would backing up your iPhone to a computer help?

(Mac (Finder or iTunes) or PC)


How to back up your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203977


All the best :-)

iPhone back up without photos

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