Can't Delete old iPhone Backup off of iCloud backup storage
After upgrading my iPhone 4S to a iPhone 5S, I restored the 5S using the recent backup of old 4S. Now I am getting "out of cloud storage space" messages on my new 5S phone. I went into iCloud backup storage to delete the 4S backup, but, it says it is in use and cannot be deleted at this time. I have attempted to turn off iCloud backup on the old 4S phone, shutting it off, turning off iCloud backup, but, get the same failed message when attempting to delete the old backup.
What is the trick to removing this without wiping the old 4S, because I want to be sure there is nothing left on the phone, before I completely wipe it...and I can't tolerate the "No more space in cloud storage" message that keeps popping up on the 5S.
Thank you,
--k
That should clear up on it's own but may take 3-5 days to do so. Wait a few days and try deleting the old backup again. If you want to back up your phone in the meantime, manually back it up to your computer using iTunes (click Back Up Now on the Summary tab of your iTunes sync settings).
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