how to clear icloud

my phone says i have never backed up and the back up size is zero KB but next back up size is 11.67GB. i do not have anything turned on to back up. how can i clear whatever is on my phone to be able to back up? i have done the Delete & Turn off Backups but that didn't seem to work either. Why would i have 11.67GB. All aps say No Data in the drop down.

iPhone XR, iOS 16

Posted on Mar 15, 2023 5:30 AM

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Mar 16, 2023 9:11 AM in response to kjwolfe39

Hi there kjwolfe39,


You'll want to follow these steps to choose what content you want backed up to iCloud:


Choose which apps to back up on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
1. Go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud.
2. Tap Manage Account Storage or tap Manage Storage, then tap Backups.
3. Tap the name of the device that you're using.
4. Turn off any apps that you don't want to back up.
5. Choose Turn Off & Delete.
When you confirm that you want to Turn Off & Delete an app, it turns off iCloud Backup for that app and removes all of its information from iCloud.

You'll find this and more information here: Manage your iCloud storage - Apple Support


Take care.

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