Monday, January 19, 2026
Daily Tips

How to Back up your iPhone or iPad data to iCloud

You should keep backups of your iPhone and iPad data. The easiest way to do is to use iCloud backup. Here’s how:

  1. Open Settings: Tap the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad. 
  2. Access your name: Tap on your name at the top of the Settings menu. 
  3. Go to iCloud: Tap iCloud from the menu that appears. 
  4. Enable iCloud Backup: Tap on iCloud Backup. 
  5. Toggle Automatic Backups: Turn on the toggle for Back Up This iPhone/iPad to enable automatic backups. 
  6. Initiate a Manual Backup (Optional): To start a backup immediately, tap Back Up Now. 

Your device will now back up automatically whenever it’s connected to power, locked, and on a Wi-Fi network. 

Dennis Sellers
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Dennis Sellers is the editor/publisher of Apple World Today. He’s been an “Apple journalist” since 1995 (starting with the first big Apple news site, MacCentral). He loves to read, run, play sports, and watch movies.