Locate backups of your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

Find a list of your iOS or iPadOS backups on your Mac, PC, and iOS or iPadOS device. Larn how to delete backups, copy them, and more than.

  • Find backups stored on Mac or PC
  • Delete or re-create backups stored on Mac or PC
  • Find and manage backups stored in iCloud

Find backups stored on your Mac or PC

To avert ruining whatever of your backup files, here'southward what you should know:

  • The Finder and iTunes relieve backups to a Backup folder. The location of the Backup binder varies by operating system. Though you can copy the Backup folder, you lot should never move information technology to a different folder, external drive, or network drive.
  • Don't edit, relocate, rename, or extract content from your backup files. For example, to restore from a relocated backup file, yous need to move the backup file back to where it was in the Backup folder or the file won't work. Backups serve as a safe copy of most all of your device'southward data and settings. So while you lot might be able to view or access a backup file'southward contents, the contents usually aren't stored in a format that you can read.

Search for the backup binder on your Mac

To observe a list of your backups:

  1. Click the magnifier in the card bar.
  2. Type or re-create and paste this: ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/
  3. Printing Render.
  4. Select the Backup folder under Folders.

Observe a specific backup

On a Mac with macOS Catalina or later:

  1. Open the Finder. Click your device.
  2. Under the General tab, click Manage Backups to come across a list of your backups. From hither, right-click on the backup that you want, then cull Testify in Finder, or select Delete or Archive.
  3. Click OK when you're finished.

On a Mac with macOS Mojave or before, or on a PC:

  1. Open iTunes. Click your device.
  2. Choose Preferences, then click Devices. From here, correct-click on the fill-in that y'all want, then choose Show in Finder, or select Delete or Archive.
  3. Click OK when you're finished.

Search for the backup folder on Windows 8 or 10

  1. Find the Search bar:
    • In Windows 8, click the magnifying drinking glass in the upper-right corner.
    • In Windows 10, click the Search bar side by side to the Start button.
  2. In the Search bar, enter %appdata%. If y'all don't see your backups, enter %USERPROFILE%.
  3. Press Render.
  4. Double-click these folders: "Apple" or "Apple Figurer" > MobileSync > Fill-in.

Delete or re-create backups on your Mac or PC

Don't edit, relocate, rename, or extract content from your backup files, because these deportment might ruin the files. You can make copies of your backups or delete backups that you no longer need.

Copy backups to some other location

If you need copies of your backups, y'all can find the Backup folder and copy the unabridged folder (not just part of it) to another place, similar an external bulldoze or network-storage location.

Time Auto automatically copies your Backup folder when you back up the Home folder on your Mac.

Delete backups

On a Mac with macOS Catalina or later:

  1. Open the Finder. Click your device.
  2. Under the General tab, click Manage Backups to run across a list of your backups. From hither, right-click on the backup that y'all want, so select Delete or Archive.
  3. Click Delete Backup, then ostend.

On a Mac with macOS Mojave or earlier, or on a PC:

  1. Open iTunes. Click your device.
  2. Choose Preferences, then click Devices. From hither, correct-click on the backup that you want, then choose Delete or Archive. Click OK when y'all're finished.
  3. Click Delete Backup, and then ostend.

Observe and manage backups stored in iCloud

If you apply iCloud Backup, you won't find a list of your backups on iCloud.com. Here's how to notice your iCloud backups on your iOS or iPadOS device, Mac, or PC.

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch:

  1. Go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud.
  2. Tap Manage Storage, then tap Backups.
  3. Tap a backup to see more details nigh it, choose which data to support, or delete the fill-in.

You can choose which content to support just from the Settings menu of the device that stores that content. For example, while y'all tin can view your iPad backup from your iPhone, you can choose which iPad content to support only from the Settings menu of your iPad.

On a Mac with macOS Catalina or later:

  1. Choose Apple tree bill of fare  > System Preferences.
  2. Click Apple ID.
  3. Click iCloud.
  4. Click Manage.
  5. Select Backups.

On a Mac with macOS Mojave or before:

  1. Choose Apple tree menu  > System Preferences.
  2. Click iCloud.
  3. Click Manage.
  4. Select Backups.

On your PC:

  1. Open iCloud for Windows
  2. Click Storage.
  3. Select Fill-in.

Learn more than about how to delete or manage iCloud backups from your Mac or PC.

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