how to stop icloud notifications (almost full)

The OP has a perfectly valid complaint and it is not reasonable to characterize it as negative.

These persistent messages are triggered when there is still half a gigabyte of iCloud storage free: for a great many users, this is enough to meet foreseeable backup needs for an extended period.

Opting out of these unwanted notifications would be a HIGHLY desirable option. Users should be free to choose to get notified when available storage falls below a user-selectable threshold, or when there is actually insufficient storage available for requirements.

It seems quite apparent that the frequency and, above all, intrusiveness of these messages is specifically intended to sell iCloud storage, not "resolve an issue"!

you can't stop it and apple does not care.

i just spoke to a "SENIOR ADVISOR" named Brandon who told me I should buy a new phone - wow what an ignorant and useless response!

clearly no respect at all for loyal customers and shareholders.

BTW - have over 2 GBs of data available on my phone, yet i still get this message daily. apple doesnt care and will not make any attempt to resolve the issue

poooby2 wrote:

The notification is there primarily to sell more iCloud storage yes?

No, that’s your interpretation. The notice is there, as with any nearing full capacity storage warning, to let you know that you may experience issues (backups failing, transfers not working, etc) since your allotted storage limit is nearing capacity.

All online storage services will issue a warning or notification when nearing your storage quota limits. As will any computer when your hard drive is nearing capacity. Nothing about them has anything to do with selling more storage. They are alerting you to a situation that can cause you future problems if you don’t take some corrective action.

As noted with iCloud, you don’t need to buy anything to correct the issue. And if they didn’t warn people and they then ran out of space, users would be complaining that the system should be warning them in advance.

Is your low gas gauge warning in your car merely an attempt to sell more gas, or to let you know your car is nearing the limit of its ability to travel unless you correct the situation?

Sure, buy a PC. While you’re at it, get an MS Office 365 account. Oh, btw, if you start to run out of OneDrive storage, you’ll get the exact same sort of constant nags to either add space or delete content. Same thing for Dropbox, box.net and so forth. Start getting low on space with any online storage system and you will get constant alerts about that state of things.

Companies are not stupid. They’ve dealt with the complaints and issues of people who’s backups or saves or whatever failed because they never paid attention to their storage account’s free space. So they all nag the heck out of you to deal with that situation when it arises.

It’s an entirely appropriate alert, and immediately goes away once you actually decide to deal with the situation instead of ranting about it.

Why leap to defend or excuse Apple when it is apparent that there are users who find a particular practice undesirable?

We aren't requesting to have a feature or policy eliminated: if you value it, enjoy. We just want the option to opt out of something that is experienced as unnecessary, repetitive and intrusive.

Regarding "soft sell": no, incorrect. Every time the notification/email appears, it does advise purchasing more storage, with a direct link to do so immediately. Any discussion of storage management comes after that sales pitch.

Case in point: the latest email starts as follows, in bold title text:

Your iCloud storage is almost full. You have 481.1 MB remaining of 5 GB total storage.

Upgrade to 50 GB for $1.49 per month

That does not equate to "do not even reference a purchase"...

Thanks for the feedback link, Apple should know that many users are very unhappy with these constant notifications.

I‘ll comment in any thread I wish to, with any post I choose to write.

And if you ignore the warning and run out of storage space, backups, iCloud email, etc will also cease to function, exactly as if you ignore the low fuel warning in your car and run out of gas. The analogy is completely appropriate.

I agree. I use my laptop at work. These constant notifications are hindering my ability to do my job. The more I am pestered to buy more storage, the more I am absolutely determined that I will NOT buy more storage. Hijacking my computer and preventing me from doing my job in order to force me to pay more money is NOT acceptable. If there is not a way to stop this, I will use a PC instead. But I WILL NOT buy more storage in order to stop this. I am usually a patient person, but this is way beyond the boundaries of anything reasonable. It happens several times an hour.

It seems quite apparent that the frequency and, above all, intrusiveness of these messages is specifically intended to sell iCloud storage, not "resolve an issue"!

If so, they have the softest sell I've ever seen.

Most notifications they send do not even reference a purchase. They point you to the settings where you can manage your storage. You know, where you can remove stuff to free up space. That is the primary choice offered.

Feedback >> http://www.apple.com/feedback/icloud.html

The notification is there primarily to sell more iCloud storage yes?

Useless analogy. The difference is that if you don’t fill your car you can no longer use it - similar to what would happen if you didn’t charge your phone. Don’t comment if you don’t have a solution

What does a notification about space on your phone have to do with space on iCloud?

Thanks tips

Using iCloud is a choice, your choice. If you don't want to you can stop anytime you want. Or you can go buy a PC and use it instead.

That's a pretty negative way to interpret the message.

The message is to notify you there is an issue. You can choose, as noted above, to deal with it by buying more storage or not buy more storage. It pops up each time iCloud syncs something and you have not addressed the issue.

Your choice to make.

Other services are no different. I would get frequent reminders that my One Drive was almost full (91% of capacity).

So a 'glass half full' interpretation is the company telling its users 'hey, you have a problem, you need to fix it or you will not be able to backup and access your data cause you're out of room'...or the glass half empty interpretation 'company wants to sell you more storage and won't stop talking until you buy it'

Reality is probably a mix of both.

I got rid of One Drive's notifications by backing up my photos elsewhere. I got rid of my iCloud warnings by doing the same...and turning off photo/video backups.

(Flickr, by the way, is a great way to backup photos. Free and up to a terrabyte....which frees up your iCloud or One Drive or other services to just deal with contacts and data instead of large file sized photos)