iCloud question

IpswichSox

Member
SoSH Member
Jul 14, 2005
2,794
Suburbs of Washington, DC
My iPhone 5 died, and I had to get a new iPhone 5s. I successfully restored my data, pictures, apps etc. from iCloud to the 5s. However, the 5s will not back up to iCloud because I don't have enough storage space, and it's asking me to buy additional storage.
 
When I go to General -> iCloud -> Manage Storage, I see my current iPhone and what I assume is my former iPhone (along with two iPads). If I delete the backup from what I think is my previous iPhone, that would free up storage to update my new iPhone. 
 
Am I safe in deleting that backup? This seems mostly straightforward, but before I nuked the backup, I thought it best to ask...thanks.
 
 
 

mt8thsw9th

anti-SoSHal
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Jul 17, 2005
17,121
Brooklyn
If you've successfully restored everything, delete away. If you're paranoid about breaking something, just create an extra backup to your desktop.