Old iPhone backup shows on iCloud shows 9.8gb of data stored, but only 978mb from my new iPhone 6?  My new. phone appears to have everything, but I don't want to delete the old backup file incase something's missing - can someone explain the size dis

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Hello ShannonT-1977,
It sounds like you need to look at your iCloud storage data to see what is taking up all the space. You should be able to do that with this article:
Manage your iCloud storage
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Regards,
Sterling

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