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Use iCloud on iPhone

iCloud securely stores your photos, videos, documents, backups, and more—and keeps them updated across all your devices—automatically. With iCloud, you can also share photos, calendars, notes, folders, and files with friends and family. iCloud provides you with an email account and 5 GB of free storage for your data. For more storage and additional features, you can subscribe to iCloud+.

Note: Some iCloud features have minimum system requirements. The availability of iCloud and its features varies by country or region.

Change your iCloud settings

Sign in with your Apple ID, then do the following:

  1. Go to Settings  > [your name] > iCloud.

    The iCloud settings screen showing the iCloud storage meter and a list of apps and features, including Photos and Mail, that can be used with iCloud.

  2. Do any of the following:

    • See your iCloud storage status.

    • Turn on the features you want to use, such as Photos, iCloud Drive, and iCloud Backup.

For information on how to customize iCloud features on your other devices, see Set up iCloud and change settings on all your devices in the iCloud User Guide.

Ways to use iCloud on iPhone

iCloud can keep your iPhone backed up automatically. See Back up iPhone.

You can also keep the following information stored in iCloud and kept up to date across your iPhone and other Apple devices:

You can also do the following:

For additional storage and access to iCloud Private Relay, Hide My Email, and HomeKit Secure Video support, you can subscribe to iCloud+.

You can also access your iCloud data on iPad, Apple Watch, Mac, Apple TV, your Windows computer, and iCloud.com. To learn more about the available features and how they work across all your devices, see the iCloud User Guide.

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