Learn how to delete your iPod or iPhone backup from your computer. Doing so might save you a bit of hard drive space. It’s also good to keep things clean if you no longer sync the device with your computer any longer.
Option 1 – From iTunes
- Open iTunes.
- Select the “Edit” menu, then choose “Preferences“.
- Select the “Devices” tab.
- Select an iPad or iPhone on the list and click “Delete Backup”.
Option 2 – Manually Remove Files
- Navigate to the following location on your computer depending on your OS:
- Windows 10/8/7 – C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup
- MacOS – ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/
Note: From Finder, hold “Option” and select “Go” to access the “Library” folder.
- A folder with a bunch of random letters and numbers will be in the “Backup” directory. Delete that entire folder, and it will remove the backup from your computer.
Juanita Drobish says
May 15, 2019 at 10:53 amThank you so much! Worked like a charm. Clear and simple instructions
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Ajij khan says
November 30, 2018 at 11:45 pmThanks a lot !!! Very helpful article
Ire says
November 29, 2018 at 4:07 pmThanks a lot for this information. Apparently i have back ups as far back as 2012 and this had taken a significant space on my hard drive , making it impossible to to back up my recent phone.
Ayan Gupta says
November 21, 2018 at 11:35 amouff.. great relief now.. thanks for the info buddy… c drive was almost full and now my Lapy is in good condition now……
Hang says
October 29, 2018 at 3:04 amThanks for your information! I finally delete the back up!:D
Ethan says
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Sierrajeff says
August 24, 2016 at 2:07 amThank you! I had 3 failed iPhone restores, because of insufficient hard disk space – and of course, with each failed attempt, iTunes used up more and more hard disk space until I had *zero* space left! Major fail, Apple! 3 hours later – deleting programs and documents, defragmenting, etc., still not enough space – but thankfully, I find this info!