Messages in iCloud - Storage and How It Works

I explain how Messages in iCloud works, how to use it, and how storage is managed.
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[@genmendoza550]

Thank you so much!! I had so many txt msgs I didn’t want to lose & your video saved my heart 😭❤️ lots of thanks from Orange County California 💋

[@Burger_King]

Aaron, thank you so much for this video. I'm struggling because I ran out of storage on my Mac, so I am no longer able to update. I was wondering why I had around 10GB of messages stored on my Mac, but then you pointed out that this is only part of all of your messages, that there is even more stored in iCloud. I'm still unable to update, but you answered one of my questions. Thanks!

[@faithfamilyandfuntech5062]

Any idea how to access iMessages direct in the iCloud...I'm moving to note 10 but hope to access the messages after. Will they remain on my iPad still I wondered too

[@amitgb]

Thanks Aaron. Anytime I need anything I do a KZbin search and bingo!!! I always find Aaron to save the day 😃👏🤗🤗

[@kungpowgeek]

It would be nice if it had a “Recently Deleted” option like in Notes and other iOS apps.

[@ariannahoffman]

Kung Pow Geek yeah

[@novaknovakovic1585]

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[@zahircarter7246]

Lol

[@rock-n-party9241]

Welcome to iOS 16

[@dark37flight78]

@@rock-n-party9241 lol

[@huntersmith5825]

Great video as always! I wouldnt have know this without the video! Much appreciated a long over due update

[@zachfranklin6287]

Really good video, figuring this out on my own was sort of a pain lol

[@wayne9406]

Aaron, I noticed messages received (on my iPhone) from a non-apple device will not sync to my iPad. Message sent from another apple device will sync. What up with that?

[@NewBeginningsTLC]

How do I recover a deleted message by mistake once saved in iCloud?

[@neelvasireddy7830]

hello great video! if i uploaded my messages to icloud, would i need to have a wifi/cellular connection to see the ones in icloud that aren’t downloaded on my phone?

[@tubedus]

Hi Aaron, I have a question about Apple Music and Music Match, I don't know how it work and also I have around 3.000 songs in my iTunes but I'm not able to activate Icloud Music. I'm living in Uruguay (LATAM). Could you please explain how to use those services or what I can do in my location? Thanks you!

[@AZdroptop]

Aaron, thank you! Great as always.

[@cobrabtc]

I still can’t get an answer about privacy. If you enable this iMessage icloud sync, does Apple retain the encryption keys like other icloud synced data and could theoretically decrypt and read your messages if court ordered?

[@adammmm729]

How do you delete the messages that are stored on iCloud to make more room? For example, you had 26 GB on the cloud. How would you delete from that 26 GB to free up space on the cloud?

[@TheQuietGuyAtTheBack]

This is what I’ve been struggling with. I want to be able to reclaim storage space in my meagre 5GB iCloud account. I contacted Apple support and I was told it’ll get removed automatically but I’m not so sure. As I’ve set the “keep messages for” option to 30 days, I’m hoping in 31 days the iCloud storage will reflect what I have on the phone/iPad.

[@noahmesser5023]

Great Video!

[@AndroidProUser]

Great video.

[@smbate]

I noticed I am using 675 MB of iCloud storage for messages. I went through and deleted all my messages except for a few that were current. I still have 675 MB being used. What is taking up so much space when I deleted all those messages? I want my messages to sync but I don't want to use all that space just for text messages. I can disable and delete and it says I have 30 days to download my messages. I don't see any way to download messages. Messages aren't viewable in iCloud. If I choose to keep messages for 1 year or 30 days are those messages that reside on the phone or iCloud? Very confusing and not much information.

[@johnpaul-mp7zc]

How do i get the iCloud storage to delete ancient messages? In other words i have deleted old messages on my notebook and on my iPhone, but it doesn't reflect the 1.8 GB on iCloud. So Mac appears to be forcing me to buy extra storage very soon. Thank you for your videos and help

[@rcinematic]

Did you get answer?

[@emilydean4309]

thank you for this! i backed up my phone and lost all of the attachments on every text thread, but it still says i have 47GB on my icloud from message. Any ideas how I can access those? Thank you!

[@swanand122]

Dude I use iPhone SE and I want to format it already allows iCloud to upload my text to iCloud account if I format my phone will it be deleted from iCloud? & For sefty can u suggest any another app for sms back up ?

[@harveymphotography1032]

Hi, if I have all my family iPhones etc on my account, will I get all of their messages, unless I disable iMessage in iCloud on each device?

[@jonesktl]

HI, and thank you for your helpful information. I'd like to know if this procedure is now available for the Macbook. Hope you can help

[@amritgrg9429]

So do we need to sign in Apple ID account in both devices iPhone and iPad too ? Thanks

[@johnmora9410]

Thank you for this awesome tutorial- what if I want to backup messages from 2 to 5 years ago to make 3.5 GIGs of space on my 5 GIG iCloud account- I have texts that i would definitely want to have for sentimental reasons but don t need them using space on my account. ¿What are some solutions? Thank you kindly for your response.

[@decafjava8565]

BTW just added on MacOS 10.13.5 and it works perfectly on Mac just as it did in your demo with the iPhone and iPad. :)

[@1joytowse]

hi, thanks for your video - however my iphone 7plus is giving me a message that message "messages in iCloud is not available because iCloud and Messages account are different" - may I ask if you can suggest a solution so that I can back up my messages to the cloud? thank you and regards

[@kwajaxloves]

Once I toggle this on how does this free up space on my iPhone? It still states 2.5GB of messages before and after the toggle.

[@ivjoshivjosh]

Thank you for your video. It was helpful, and confirmed that I had made the right selections on my devices. THat being said, my mac finally showed me it had synced the messages from my iphone. Here is my question. I have gone back to 3 months ago, and actually even 3 weeks ago, and the audio messages that I sent from my iphone show up on the mac, but with a "0 min" value. I am unable to download them, and they seem to not be accessible. Any hints?

[@babycaroline4279]

I’m a bit confused. If I get a brand new iPhone if I do the iCloud sync thing will I get the same messages on my new phone?

[@ramennoodlesandtacobell1992]

*_if I delete messages on my phone backed up to iCloud would it still they delete off the cloud too?_*

[@renatapetraglia8337]

hello - i am looking to download one particular conversation on SMS. is that possible? i do have them in storage

[@SteveMartinUSA]

Saving messages is dumb...how do we limit the space used on icloud?

[@ZyliceLiddell]

Thanks for the video! 😊👍

[@EastDallasKicks]

Can u do a video on how to clear our iCloud like remove some pictures etc

[@DreaminAccord]

Hey Aaron, I updated my iPhone and iPad to 11.4 this morning and enabled iMessages in iCloud. It’s working flawlessly between the phone and iPad Pro when I delete a convo...however I’m noticing that the messages are not being deleted from my AppleWatch (series 3) 🤔 any ideas? Does the “syncing across all devices” not include the watch? Thanks!

[@mariamunoz5052]

I’m on the same boat I deleted some important messages on my iPhone 12 but on my Apple Watch the messages are still there. I wonder if I can link them to my iPhone. I need to restore those messages on my iPhone because it includes important pictures and videos.

[@zayanahmad4653]

Hi Zollotech!!! Nice vid as always!!!

[@zollotech]

Hi. Thanks

[@jarcohen123]

I was wondering is there anyway to see the OnePlus 6 in person does anystore have it

[@falconsinput2226]

G’day mate, How do I transfer the iCloud storage to iPhone without losing any message. I have heaps of storage on my phone, not on the cloud. Thankyou in advance

[@jalenjenkins3482]

Hey just got a new phone wondering how can I get my messages from the old phone to the new I backed up my iCloud and singed on my new phone but only my old messages are coming up not the recent ones from my previous phone

[@edwardkim7823]

So I have around 300 mb worth of messages on my iPhone right now, but my iCloud is storing 900 mb. How do I get rid of the storage that I don’t need?

[@jamesdurazio3018]

I'm currently in a legal matter and need to print several of my text chains from my messages or save them to a PDF file. Could you please help me? Ex: I have a message chain from 2015 and would like to save the entire text chain to a PDF file of I could do sections. thank you.

[@McCoraMcc]

OMG MY MESSAGES WERE OFF ON MY DEVICE ON ICLOUD THANKS! I WOULD HAVE NEVER NOTICED THAT IF IT WASN’T FOR THIS VIDEO

[@Lexijonesmua]

My old vids & pics in the messages won’t show they say “image” but won’t show it

[@Golds-worthy]

Hello. Can you do a video about downloading pictures that are in old messages and don’t download? It shows “tap to download IMG_9045” I click on them and it kind of glitches but does nothing. Please help 🙏 I have iOS 15.5 on iPhone

[@iraAlbucher]

Thanks Aaron!

[@fieldsofgracechurch]

I went to delete a picture from a text conversation and selected "delete all" in error. How can I restore or find that information in the iCloud. Is this like photos? I know if I delete a phone on the iPhone it is still in the cloud until I delete it there. Is it the same with text messages? I do have "messages" turned on.

[@ajc4132]

I’m curious as to what device “wins” the iCloud storage history for a message chain. Meaning if you have an iPad and iPhone- and the iPhone has a message chain that is 10 exchanges to “Joe.” And then your iPad has only 5 of those same exchanges with “Joe.” When you turn on messages in icloud on both the iPad and the iPhone-which chain will it pick as the message in iCloud. If it says the iPhone is the dominant one to start- then the iPad will “catch up” and have 10 exchanges. BUT what if it thinks the iPad is the dominant chain- then will it delete some of the iPhone exchanges in that messages chain (since it started with 10) and go down to only the same 5 from the iPad. Or will it somehow combine all of them together form both devices so it has a combination from both.

[@WhittyPics]

When I turned mine on it changed the setting to keep my messages forever. I really don't have a need to keep anything more than 30 days so I changed it back

[@dbjx3xrew61]

Do both of the device have to have that on in iCloud messages?

[@1uptopjosh500]

CAn I do that with just by clicking on the one I want messages from or no

Does that mean if i reset my iphone to factory my messages will be synced?

[@atb802]

How can I manage the storage in iCloud. The iCloud shows me 5 GB used for iMessage, but one step far shows me only 2,5 GB. Where is the difference of space?

[@ko3855]

Thanks for the video! How do I know when syncing with the cloud is complete after starting it for the first time?

[@zollotech]

There will be a status bar at the bottom of the messages app if it still needs to sync

[@ko3855]

Thanks!

[@jessicanicoleferr]

i really hope someone can answer this. it may be long but i'm very confused. so i have 11.4 GB worth of messages (i think combined with my mac) and i have to downgrade back to 5 GB because i can't pay monthly. if i disable icloud for messages... will it delete all messages that were uploaded to icloud? i have really important messages and i don't want to lose them. also, will it not let me use my mac to text anymore? thanks.

[@SuperTexasheart]

Is there a way to recover a deleted text message that was sent from another I-Phone to my I-Phone. The text messages was there along with mine and then it was gone but my texts messages remain.

[@danag199]

Thank you 😊

[@kkovch1267]

It won’t download my conversations

[@celine52]

Just want to say Thank you for the video info. It really help me a lot from my iPhone to iPad. Totally help me so much :D

[@kaffeice7]

great video , intresting is that i dont even have an iphone nor i ever had, but i still love watching ur vids, they way u explaing things are so damn good, i think u know more about these phones than Apple does lol

[@zollotech]

Wow, thank you.

[@angelfrgs]

Hello can i ask a question? Im using my dad’s icloud account,So when im chatting to his number he can’t see or seen my text how can i text him so he can see what im texting to him?thankyou

[@syunukiya]

What if your ipad setting of messages is set to forever and your messages on iphone is set 1 year, what will happen?

[@13shanu]

Finally, wanted a explanation on this since long, thanks buddy ! Will this work with Mac as well?

[@zollotech]

yes

[@robertmason2625]

I just got my new XS max and restored from the iPhone 6 backup. I accidentally erased a text message on my 6 and it disappeared on my XS. How can I get it back. Thank you

[@Mr_Tezs]

Messeges are not synced properly with iphone 7 to iphone 6s what should i do they have letest update of ios 13. Please help me

[@marzhayez3428]

Thank you so much because I was ready to take it to Apple store you are life saver 😘😘

[@philacapulco9933]

Hi, how do you receive sms texts from your iphone to your mac in 2023? How do i turn it on so i can receive my sms texts on my mac as well. Thank you in advance

[@407bryyjaun]

What if you switch it on and it keep going back on default but it says messages not fully downloaded

[@rupertpupkin2493]

I recently deleted all of my messages from one conversation. Is it possible to restore them ? I always have iPhone backup turned on and my phone is automatically backed up every day.

[@Ruthless69]

Rupert Pupkin same man 🙄🙄

[@visible6976]

Thank you

[@stereop]

If you’ve turned on iMessage in the iCloud bit on settings and it still won’t transfer, try switching it on and off, worked for me

[@SagarPachorkar]

Well explained. I have a question - There were instances that my iPhone was sent for repairs / replacement and the iMessages were sent from my Mac, will it sync those messages that are missing in either of devices and what are the chances of message duplication? Appreciate your response.

[@zollotech]

Yes, as long as it’s turned on and everything is uploaded.

[@colinnicholson6137]

If your device is connected to the same i cloud account then you should be a oky

[@thacoolaudio]

Great video, thanks! I understand that it syncs both iMessages and simple sms in iCloud, right? Does that mean we can do a clean iOS install on our devices without losing no sms nor iMessages, for people like me that like to keep them all?

[@MBimmer]

Retrieve or recover the deleted ones?

[@leoraSurfs]

On iPad how do I stop my messages like videos and photos saving to my camera roll that why I have no storage

[@reefseeker]

how come I shut off all icloud messaging but icloud still says I am using 5gigs.. ? maybe I have to sink and then delete from iphone?

[@joneldoliente6431]

sir why my captured photos on imessage keep on sharing on my albhum? how can i turn it off?

[@nicolasalonso952]

Thank you!!!!!

[@jaoverpowered6506]

Mines just say “downloading messages from icloud “ for about two days .

[@vsg-daddylongslong8251]

JaOverPowered mine too

[@jeremyw3800]

Did it ever end up wprking

[@jaoverpowered6506]

Charlie P Yea I’m good now

[@ratellpilot6549]

How you did it cause mines still doing the same thing

[@domf.9020]

Celine Jo go to iCloud in the setting and toggle the messages button to on

[@Chojna69]

Any idea when will it sync with  Watch?

[@StreetsAhead120]

I’m confused about something Aaron. I activated message syncing but my “conversations” is showing 0 kb and when I click on conversations, it shows a partial list of message threads I’ve saved. Please help

[@NestorSalazarMu]

StreetsAhead120 I was having the same. But if you click in conversations and click in one of the conversations and go back again you will see now the storage uses. Mine was 0kb I do what I just told you and now shows 856mb. Sure on next updates will fix this because is confusing

[@TheThorMjollnir]

It is now available on the MacOS. They just released an update as of today.

[@luukstokhof5727]

Ehm I deleted all messages is there an easy way to fix this without a laptop or resetting the device?

[@Melancholys]

Will be iMessage Fotos also saved?

[@tipsbydami1329]

This works instantly for me

[@jimdrechsel3611]

how come once I make a group I can't send the iphone won't recognize and bring up the group contacts or group name?

[@hussamhrout2060]

Can i go through my messages from my iCloud form a web browser?

[@user-oi7bt6fk9p]

Hey man. Good video. Need your help. My dad lost his iPhone. New iphone arrived today so we restored from previous backup. The Messages app on his iPhone is empty but when you go on his iPad that is full with his previous messages. Do you no how to make these messages appear on the iPhone? I checked in settings and iCloud > apps using iCloud and messages is toggled green on both iPad and iPhone. So I don’t understand why the iPhone is not seeing the iMessages?

[@emilyklenofsky2719]

Mr R I have the same issue right now. Did you figure it out?

[@shaniyawilliams23]

How can I get my messages back if I did a hide alert on my iPhone X

[@nancyesquivel316]

My iphone storage is full, if I delete my messages on my iphone will it be deleted in the cloud

[@asheeshkashab]

Hi, I am not able to sign to iMessage and Facetime on my Macbook Pro. Tried many times but still getting same error everytime “Something went wrong! Please try later”. Anyone experiencing same issue?? Any Solutions

[@mahraali6495]

Asheesh Kashab me also if you know what to do tell me

[@xJust2Deadly]

Mine refuses to move them from my Storage to my cloud really annoying. I have 50GB plan but it will only move 1.9gb to my iCloud while I have 20gb on my phone and I really wish I could free up that space.. anyone know what’s wrong?

[@AyekevZ]

I am connected to my WiFi and my charger is plugged in but how do I know it’s downloading my old messages?

[@KhyReacts]

Kevin Antonio did u find out yet ?

[@Villa21Thes]

"messages cloud" includes sms+imessages or just ony imessages?!

[@zollotech]

Both

[@kpmsssengkk2089]

Hi guys, I was updated my software, but my iPhone XS Max linked to the iPhone 5s, so the iCloud is only 5 GB. However, I bought a iCloud card 50GB for my iPhone XS Max, so when I updated it, the iCloud become 5GB. In this case, how to resolve it? It is possible to recall or reinstall it? Please any suggestions

[@jbar_85]

Another reason for Apple to get more money from you. You'd have thought that they would hold onto them on the cloud for free. Knew they wouldn't though. Thanks for sharing!

[@Javenjerrel]

What about pictures and videos ? Saved in iCloud in the messages

[@jaig2528]

very informative! thank you! saved me a bunch of time.

[@youcanthide004]

Great tutorial, Thanks!

[@mrswidget]

SLOW DOWN with your explanations! Thanks

[@jakekp4739]

Can someone help me? Is it normal that iphone (x) consumes battery even when it’s off/in sleep mode? I have background refresh off and dont use push email.

[@zollotech]

Yes, it will consume some battery when in sleep. However if it is a lot you should check your settings and go to battery to see what is using it.