iCloud Manage Storage Functionality and Backups?

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iCloud Manage Storage Functionality and Backups?

I'm viewing the iPhone pane featured in the screenshot below. The pane is located under "Settings"->"Apple ID"->"iCloud"->"Manage Storage" and titled "iCloud Storage". My question is about the functionality of this pane and where my data is being stored.

I currently have iCloud Backups disabled and I am backing up my iPhone manually with the Apple Music application on my iMac, to my iMac (where I also have Time Machine). I have a 128GB iPhone and would prefer my data to be left on the iPhone's local large 128GB storage, not placed in the iCloud (which is limited to 5GB of space), and backed up manually to my iMac using Apple Music Sync Backup.

My question is specifically about clicking on each of the applications featured in this pane, then clicking "Delete Documents and Data". When I click on an application, then "Delete Documents and Data", am I only deleting the documents and data from being synced to the iCloud storage system or am I deleting this data from my local 128GB of storage? In other words, can I click "Delete Documents and Data" for all these apps listed and still back up my iPhone application data to my iMac using Apple Music app?

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iPhone 7, iOS 15

Posted on Nov 10, 2022 7:00 PM

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muguy

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Nov 11, 2022 12:53 PM in response to atod

The iCloud settings under your Apple ID simply control whether or not data is synced. When enabled, sync is turned on. If you turn it off, the device will no longer sync the selected items. Data remains both in iCloud and on device.

Managing the iCloud storage offers the option to delete documents and data. When you select this option, data is deleted from iCloud and also from your device.

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muguy

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Nov 10, 2022 7:15 PM in response to atod

You're deleting all documents and data everywhere.

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muguy

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Nov 10, 2022 10:52 PM in response to atod

No. You can keep the data on your device only, you just need to disable iCloud sync for books. Settings > iCloud. You would then sync through your computer

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atod Author

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Nov 10, 2022 8:38 PM in response to muguy

So in order for me to keep iBook data on my 128GB iPhone device, I am also forced to keep this data in the iCloud? If so, it seems that my extra storage space is useless, unless I have a corresponding amount of iCloud space equivalent to it.

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atod Author

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Nov 11, 2022 11:42 AM in response to muguy

So the pane titled "iCloud Storage" under "Settings->Apple ID->iCloud->Manage Storage" in the above picture, really controls App Data on local iPhone device? When clicking on "Delete Documents & Data" for example on iBooks, this deletes the local iPhone app data for iBooks?

The pane titled "iCloud" under "Settings->Apple ID->iCloud" has app titles listed. Unchecking one of these titled removes the App Data from the iCloud and leaves the data on the local iPhone device?

Very confusing

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iCloud Manage Storage Functionality and Backups?

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