I can't restore my backup because it says there's not enough room on my phone even though I just deleted everything

I Backed my iPhone up to my computer before getting a new Apple Id, but now when I try to load it on it says there's not enough room. Help please!

Sounds like you were running right at the maximum capacity of the iPhone when you made the backup, but you've since updated the iOS which is now taking up a little more space than the previous version.

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