Turn Off iCloud Backup and Apple Keeps It for Exactly 180 Days

Apple states that if iCloud Backup is turned off for a device, any backups already stored in iCloud are kept for 180 days before being deleted. That single sentence, from Apple’s own support documentation, is the only expiration window Apple publishes for a consumer’s iCloud backups. Apple's backup guidance is written for iOS 26 today, with iOS 27... Weiterlesen