How do I manage my iCloud storage to clear up space?

I get warnings every day now about how I am filling iCloud storage (I have the basic 200gb).


I have been dutifully clearing material from the storage, and have done about 15gb in the last couple of days - but it makes no difference whatsoever. I'm now at 199.8gb apparently. It appears to be iCloud Drive files that are growing inexorably rather than photos or anything else, so that's where I have been clearing stuff from.


I am at a loss to understand how to reduce this, and am reluctant to 'upgrade my iCloud plan' and spend yet more money on this.


Does anyone know where these gigabytes of hidden iCloud files might be? Thank you.


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iPhone XS, iOS 17

Posted on Jul 25, 2024 9:42 AM

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Jul 27, 2024 3:10 PM in response to Nick Daisley

Well, clearly iCloud Drive is by far your largest consumer of storage, although iCloud Photos contributes a significant amount to your storage use.


Clicking on those rows shown in your screenshot will reveal additional details that you may well find useful. For example, deleting files on iCloud Drive places them in "Recently Deleted", so the space remains used until you clear this area.

Jul 27, 2024 11:43 AM in response to sberman

Well, the only recommendation I am being given is to spend more money for more storage - I might end up having to do that, but I hope you'll understand that I am reluctant to do that until I understand what the problem is here. To illustrate, here is what is happening - in those few days I have removed another 10gb of stuff from iCloud (which is completely ignored), and yet still available space is reducing. No idea why.

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