Many users come across the error of iCloud backup failed on their iPhones. So, do you know how to solve the error of iPhone backup failed? This post from MiniTool will show you reliable solutions.
If you own an iPhone or you are familiar with Apple products, you probably know about iCloud. It is a cloud service that enables you to store files, data, pictures, photos, etc. It has been available since 2011. You may also use it to back up files on your devices.
However, when you are using it, you may receive an error message iPhone backup failed. You don’t have enough space in iCloud to back up this iPhone.
Meanwhile, do you know how to fix the issue of iCloud backup not working? So, in this post, we will show you how to fix this issue.
How to Fix iCloud Backup Failed?
At this part, we will elaborate on how to fix the problem of iPhone not backing up.
Increase iCloud Storage Space
As mentioned in the above section, the issue of iCloud backup failed may be caused by the insufficient storage space. By default, each user gets 5GB. So, in order to fix the iPhone backup failed issue, the easiest way is to increase the iCloud storage space.
To do that, you can choose to buy more iCloud storage space.
Now, here is the tutorial.
- Go to Settings > Apple Account > iCloud > Manage Storage/iCloud Storage. If you are using iOS or earlier version, go to Settings > iCloud > Storage.
- Then click Buy More Storage or Change Storage Plan.
- Choose a plan.
- At last, click Buy and follow the on-screen wizard to continue.
After you have bought the iCloud storage space and it has been increased. You can run backup again and check whether the error iCloud backup failed is fixed.
If you do not want to buy more storage space, you can choose to free up space in iCloud. You can choose to back up less of your data, or remove data that is already taking up storage space.
Free Up iCloud Space
So, in order to solve the error of iCloud backup failed, you can choose to free up iCloud space. There are five types of data that takes up iCloud storage space.
- iOS apps which store data directly in the iCloud.
- iPhone backups.
- Files from documents and the desktop.( This happens only if you have macOS computers with Store in iCloud enabled)
- Data from Apple service.
- Family sharing data.
So, do you know how to free up space in iCloud?
Remove Apps and Files from Manage Storage
Now, here is the tutorial.
Go to Settings > Apple Account > iCloud > Manage Storage/iCloud Storage. Then you will see each app that’s taking up iCloud storage space. Apps with individual files will show them in a list under the app’s storage. Then you can choose to delete them. Delete Documents & Data will remove all data of that App. Then you can choose to delete them. After that, the storage will be cleaned.
Remove App from iCloud Backups
Besides deleting documents and data from apps, you can also choose to remove App from iCloud backups.
Go to Settings > Apple Account > iCloud > Manage Storage > Backups > Your Device. Under Choose data to back up, you can select which app’s data is allowed into iCloud backups.
Apart from the above solutions, to fix the issue of iCloud backup failed, you can also choose to remove large files with Apple’s File app, download and archive older iCloud device backups, disable iCloud backup, back up your files manually, and so on.
Related article: How to Recover Files from iCloud on Windows
Final Words
To sum up, in order to fix the issue of iCloud backup failed, this post has shown some reliable solutions. If you come across the same error, try these solutions. If you have any better ideas to fix it, you can share it in the comment zone.