How do I know how much iCloud storage I need?

How do I know how much iCloud storage I need?  I bought 10 GB and it said not enough, I bought 25 GB and it still says not enough.  I'm only backing up Contacts, Calendars, Photo Stream & Find my iPhone.

Are you sure it's storage on icloud that you're getting messages about, and not your device.  If your device's memory is getting full, try deleting video, photos (after syncing them to a computer - but you should always be doing that), and any other large files and try doing whatever you were doing that led to those errors/warnings.
It would also help if you told us exactly what operation(s) led to the warnings.

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    Music on your phone is either purchased from iTunes or synced from a computer. If from iTunes, it doesn't use your iCloud allocation and can be redownloaded from the store if necessary, if from your computer then it is already elsewhere.
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  • HT201318 How do you know how much icloud storage you need?

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    How do I know how much storage I have left available on my iCloud? I know there has to be a way to know this.

    Welcome to the Apple Community.
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    <Edited By Host>

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    Thank you SO much for you quick response on this!  My apologies for my tone; this was my first time using this forum.  I went through Apple support and didn't realize that there are no Apple employees on here.  I was on the line with someone from customer service that wasn't as helpful at the time and was very frustrated..
    Thanks again for your help!  To all others having this problem, keep calling Apple tech support until you get a Senior Advisor - they will help!!  The advisor even told me to tell people to call in and that they need to manually downgrade on their end until they get this issue resolved.

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  • How can I add my previous icloud storage from my old iTunes ID to my new icloud  account

    how can I add my previous icloud storage from my old iTunes ID to my new icloud  account,

    "So, is it possible to sync/merge/move/share those purchased apps from the old apple-ID to a new apple-ID?"
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    Sorry.
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  • HT204053 How Do I Pay For More ICloud Storage with my Itunes Account.

    How Do I Pay For More ICloud Storage with my ITunes Account Balance?

    You can refer to this article for help.
    iCloud: Purchasing iCloud Storage and Billing

  • How do i know if my icloud is on

    hello
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  • How do shared photo streams affect iCloud storage?  Do they last forever or are the still subject to the 1000 photo/30 day rule?

    How do shared photo streams affect iCloud storage?  Do they last forever or are the still subject to the 1000 photo/30 day rule?

    Stay forever and don't count towards your iCloud storage use.

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