2 Backups

Bill5818
Bill5818
Community Member
in iOS

I see to have 2 backups in my iCloud drive. Should or can I delete one.

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  • littlebobbytables
    littlebobbytables
    1Password Alumni

    Hi @Bill5818,

    Would I be correct in believing you've been a 1Password user for a while and indeed used iCloud Sync in 1Password 4, prior to converting your iCloud account to an iCloud Drive one? What we're almost undoubtedly looking at is one instance being your real iCloud Sync data and the there is the old iCloud sync container that Apple copied as part of the iCloud Drive migration.

    It's harmless and won't cause any problems but we can assist in removing it if it bothers you. It will mean disconnecting iCloud Sync temporarily though as there is no easy way to identify which is which and instead we cleanly delete the real iCloud Sync data, leaving the redundant copy which can then be deleted by other means. It genuinely won't do any harm in leaving it though so it comes down to a personal preference. Would you like the steps?

  • SandyFos
    SandyFos
    Community Member
    edited December 2015

    I'm not Bill, but I'd very much like to have those steps in order to (1) save iCloud storage space (every little bit helps) and (2) be sure that I have the right one working. That said, I'm not entirely sure my database is actually in iCloud Drive, rather than in iCloud (plain -- not Drive). I don't see 1P in the Drive files when I look there, but I do have iCloud selected for my storage.
    Thanks!

  • AGAlumB
    AGAlumB
    1Password Alumni

    Man, if I had 177MB of free space, I sure wouldn't be shuffling through iCloud one app at a time. :lol:

    @SandyFos: 1Password does not store data in iCloud Drive. It uses CloudKit, which isn't visible in the filesystem on a Mac for example. That said, removing the data is simple and harmless, provided you follow these steps exactly:

    1. Backup your vault
    2. Disable iCloud Sync and reset the iCloud data
    3. Delete any remaining 1Password entries from your iCloud settings
    4. Setup iCloud Sync again

    You'll now only have a single 1Password entry in iCloud for the vault you just started syncing. I hope this helps! :)

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