How to Back Up and Restore iPhone Data with iCloud

It has always been advocated to back up your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch to prevent data damage due to replacement, loss or damage to the device. When it comes to the topic about iPhone data backup, many people may first think of iTunes and iCloud. In addition, there is a simpler and more effective method, which is to use third-party software-iPhone Data Transfer to directly transfer and back up various data from iPhone to the computer. This way supports you to preview and selective the data which you want to back up. After the backup is successful, you can view and use them directly on the computer, including selectively importing the backup content to iPhone/iPad/iPod without overwritten. As for the specific steps, we have described in another article, you can click to view.

The following will mainly describe how to use iCloud to backup iPhone data, and how to restore iCloud data without erasing device’s data.

How to Back Up iPhone Data with iCloud

To begin with, make sure you iPhone is connected to a Wi-Fi network.

Enter Settings > [your name], and click iCloud.

Tap iCloud Backup.

Tap Back Up Now. Please stay connect your iPhone to Wi-Fi network until the setting process finish.

If you want to automatically back up your iPhone each day, make sure that iCloud Backup is turned on in Settings > [your name] > iCloud > iCloud Backup.

Connect your iPhone to a Wi-Fi network. Check whether you have enough available iCloud space for the backup. 5GB iCloud storage is provided for free, and you can purchase more iCloud storage as needed.

How to Restore iPhone from iCloud Backup without Erasing iPhone Data

The iCloud is set to erase all content on the iPhone before restoring iPhone data from iCloud backup.

For many users, it is really inconvenient to erase the data in the phone to restore iCloud data. To solve this problem, you can use the third-party software - iPhone Data Recovery to export the backup from iCloud without deleting any data in your phone. You can choose to restore the entire backup or selectively restore part of the backup. This software not only supports selectively exporting iCloud backups, but also exporting iTunes backups, as well as scanning and restoring lost data directly from iPhone/iPad/iPod. It is 100% safe and allows you to retrieve deleted data without overwriting any data on the device.

Key Features about iPhone Data Recovery:

- No matter you have backup or not, it can scan and recover lost data without replacing any data with ease. There are 3 recovery modes for options: recover from iOS device, recover from iTunes backup, and recover from iCloud.

- Recoverable Data：App Photos, App Audios, App Documents, Camera Roll, Photo Stream, Contacts, Call History, Voicemail, and so forth.

- Supports backup and restore your data on iPhone, iPad or iPod touch within a few clicks.

- iOS System Recovery for fixing your iOS system error of iPhone/iPad/iPod.

Step 1. Download, install the iPhone data recovery software on computer and finish the setup process, launch it, you will see the main screen, go to "iPhone Data Recovery" > "Recover from iCloud Backup" option, the software will require you to sign in iCloud account, enter your Apple ID and password to login.

Step 2. After login iCloud account successfully, the software will list all iTunes backup on the windows, choose one backup you want to extract and click "Start Scan" button to go on.

Step 3. Now the software will start extract iCloud backup, just wait for some time, you will see all supported data type list in category on the left panel, such as photos, videos, contacts, messages, whatsapp, kik, line, viber, wechat, bookmark, facebook and more, tap one data type you want and preview related items on the right side of scan result, mark all data you want and click "Restore to PC" or "Restore to Device" to restore iPhone data.

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