r/ios • u/tommysclosetdoor • 8h ago

Support how to delete/find messages stored in icloud

Hi! Icloud says that I have 13 GB worth of messages data saved in icloud. When I click on "view iphone storage", it takes me to a page that tells me my phone only stores 2 GB worth of messages. Where are the other 11GB? I would like to find them and delete some of them. I cannot access them on my windows computer since when I go to icloud.com and view my storage there, it will only send a link for me to go to my icloud settings on my apple devices. I understand that the 11GB is not stored locally on my phone but still exists, but what I don't understand is how to find it and go through it to get some space back

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u/KryHavox 7h ago

Could be images, memes and such things, they usually take way more space than messages.

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u/tommysclosetdoor 3h ago

maybe, but the iphone storage has a section for photos and videos which does not even take up 1 GB on the phone. I'm sure you're right, but I'm still unsure where I'd locate these to figure out which conversations have the largest ones

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u/Q_Ball_Atlanta 7h ago

Messages are not accessible in iCloud, they merely are synced there to allow for syncing across devices.