Solved: iPhone Backup Failed for Not Enough Space in iCloud

“I’m backing up iPhone 8 with iCloud but told that iPhone backup failed for not enough space in iCloud. I haven’t used iCloud before so why is there not enough iCloud storage?”

iCloud is a built-in tool on iPhone. You could easily find it in iPhone Settings to backup iPhone data or the whole iPhone to the cloud. You could sync iPhone data on another Apple device with iCloud or restore iPhone when you set up it. You should note that iPhone could only be restored with iCloud when you connect it to Wi-Fi because you could not use cellular data before set up iPhone.

If iPhone won’t backup up iCloud for not enough storage, this passage would help you release iCloud storage and backup iPhone with iCloud.

• If iPhone backup failed for not enough space in iCloud

• If your backup failed for not enough iCloud storage but there is

• If iCloud says not enough storage, transfer iPhone data to PC

• Conclusion

If iPhone backup failed for not enough space in iCloud

Every user could have 5GB of free iCloud storage. How to solve the problem when iCloud storage is not enough? You should delete unneeded data on iCloud or reduce iPhone backup size.

#1 Deleting iCloud photos: iPhone photos could eat much iCloud storage for their high quality. You could not view iCloud photos on iPhone but there’s another way to view or delete them.

Step 1. Go to the site of iCloud and sign the same ID

Step 2. Click the icon of photos

Step 3. Press Ctrl and select pictures as many as you want to delete them.

The best way to clear iCloud storage is backing up iPhone photos to computer and then delete all the iCloud photos.

#2 Deleting other iCloud data: Even though you could not view the specific files in the cloud, you could view and delete the whole folder on iPhone.

Step 1. Go to iPhone Settings > [your name] > iCloud > Manage Storage

Step 2. Delete the files you want especially the old backup to release iCloud storage. You could see all the iCloud data and how much storage they have occupied.

#3 Check iCloud backup size: Except for clear iCloud storage, you could also reduce the content of iPhone backup.

Step 1. Go to Manage Storage > Backups > tap the name of your device. You could find the device name there even though you haven’t backup your iPhone with iCloud.

Step 2. Uncheck the apps you don’t want to backup

You could see when you backup iPhone with iCloud last time and the estimated backup size this time. How much storage that the app data is going to take is shown.

If your backup failed for not enough iCloud storage but there is

Sometimes iCloud says not enough storage but you remember there is. It might because you are sharing the 5GB storage with others or Apple is maintaining its service.

#1 Check iCloud storage: The 5GB of free storage is shared with the multiple devices under the same ID. If you are using the same Apple ID on other device, you should enter Manage Storage in iCloud setting to check iCloud storage in iCloud settings.

#2 Check iOS System Status: Sometimes Apple is maintaining or upgrading iOS service, so iCloud might give you wrong clue. You could check iOS System Status to see whether the issue is being temporarily open. You could wait until the issue is closed or contact Apple support to consult.

If iCloud says not enough storage, transfer iPhone data to PC

iCloud just gives you 5GB of free storage but you could have unlimited storage if you choose to backup iPhone to computer with FoneTool. It’s a free professional iPhone backup software. You could backup photos, videos, music, messages, and contacts to computer and view them any time you want.

Preview and Select: Unlike iCloud, FoneTool allows you to preview and select the files you want. When restoring, you could also select the data you want.

External Drive: You could change the path by one click to backup iPhone to external drive. If you have your personal cloud tool like NAS, you could also backup iPhone to NAS as you wish.

Widely Compatible: FoneTool supports most iPhone from iPhone 4 to iPhone 14 and the latest iOS 16 would be perfectly supported. Except iPhone, you could also restore the backup to iPad or iPod Touch with FoneTool.

Backup what you care within 3 steps

Step 1. Download FoneTool for free. Connect iPhone to computer with USB cable and tap “Trust” on it.

Step 2. Click Phone Backup and choose Selective Backup . Click an icon to preview and select what you want and click OK to return.

Step 3. Click Start Backup and your backup would be saved to computer in seconds.

Conclusion

iPhone your iPhone backup failed for not enough space in iCloud, you could clear photos, old backup, or other data in iCloud setting or the website of iCloud. If you think there is enough iCloud storage, you should go to iCloud setting to check whether it is eaten by another device signed in the same Apple ID or check whether Apple is maintaining iCloud backup service.

The most convenient way to permanently solve your problem is using FoneTool to backup iPhone to computer so that you don’t have to worry about insufficient storage. If this passage solves your problem, you could share it to help more people.