How Do I Backup My iPhone X/8/7/6/5/4/3GS to iTunes/iCloud/Computer

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How to Backup My iPhone

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• Method 1: How to backup iPhone to iCloud
• Method 2: How to backup iPhone to iTunes
• Method 3: How to backup my iPhone to computer selectively (Recommended)
• Method 4: Transfer iPhone data (including the deleted data) to computer with FoneLab

Method 1: How to backup iPhone to iCloud

iCloud is the tool Apple provides for its users to make iPhone backup. Before you start to backup your iPhone to iCloud, you need to pay attention to the following notes:

Steps of making iPhone backup to iCloud

What you need: your iPhone, iCloud account, Wi-Fi

Step 1On your iPhone, go to "Settings" > "iCloud" > "Backup" and slide it to ON > "Back Up Now". Here iCloud will automatically backup data such as your photo library, accounts, documents, Health data, Home configuration, and settings.

Step 2For backing up part data like contacts, photos, calendar, etc. you need to go to "Settings" > "iCloud" > slide "Photos"/"Mail"/"Contacts", etc. to ON from OFF. If it is ON, slide it to OFF > "Keep on My iPhone" > Slide it to ON > "Merge".

After backing up iPhone data to iCloud, you need to read this post to restore iPhone form iCloud backup.

Method 2: How to backup iPhone to iTunes

iTunes is also the free program made by Apple to enable users to make iPhone backup to iTunes. Still attention you need to pay:

What Data Can iTunes Backup

Photos and Images	Camera pictures taken, screenshots, images saved, wallpapers, etc.
Media Files	Movies, music, videos (other app/device), ringtones, etc.
Messages & Call Logs	iMessage, carrier SMS, voice message, contacts, call history, etc.
Application Data	• App settings, preferences, data, documents and install profiles • App Store purchased application data • Game Center and Mail account (messages aren't backed up) • Keychain (all accounts passwords to enter into websites or application, including Wi-Fi passwords) • Home screen arrangement, Paired Bluetooth devices, etc.
Settings	• Network settings (Wi-Fi hotspots, VPN settings, network preference) • Nike + iPod saved workouts and settings
Memos & Calendar & Bookmark	• Notes, voice memos, voicemail token • Calendar accounts, subscribed calendars, events, etc. • Safari and map bookmark
Others	• Safari history, offline data, browse cache, mail cache/message/attachments, temp files, etc.

Steps of backing up iPhone with iTunes

What you need: iPhone, computer with latest iTunes, USB cable

Step 1Plug your iPhone to computer, and run iTunes at the same time.

Step 2Find and click your iPhone icon on iTunes, where you can find options for your iPhone. Click "This Computer" > "Back Up Now" to start to backup your iPhone to this computer on iTunes.

Method 3: How to backup my iPhone to computer selectively (Recommended)

In this way, we will use one backup tool, iOS Data Backup & Restore, to help you backup your iPhone to computer selectively.

Step 1Free download FoneLab on PC and open the program, choose iOS Data Backup & Restore option in the main interface.

Step 2In order to backup on iPhone, connect your iOS device to your computer, and then select iOS data Backup option.

Step 3Wait until your iPhone was detected by the program automatically. Click "Start" button and select file type you want to backup. Here you can choose Photos, Messages, Call History, Contacts, Calendar, Notes, etc.

Note: You can also choose the default "Standard backup" option to "Encrypted backup" in order to protect private information.

Step 4Backup iPhone

Click "Next" button, and confirm the backup path in the pop-up window, then click Backup button to save your backup files in the local disk.

More features you need to know:

• 1. This iOS Data Backup tool enables you to backup Media (music, movies, audio books, voice memos, Podcasts, ringtones, etc.), playlist, photos, books, contacts, SMS, and toolkit selectively from your iPhone to comuter.
• 2. Apart from backup from iPhone to computer, you could also restore photos, music, videos, contacts, etc. from computer to your iPhone.
• 3. This software can be as the iPhone manager that allows you to manage your iPhone data on computer easily, like add new contacts, de-duplicate contacts, create playlist, and more.

Method 4: Transfer iPhone data (including the deleted data) to computer with FoneLab

Make iPhone backup is a good habit to avoid data loss. However, if you are unfortunate to get files on iPhone deleted or lost, then this tool, FoneLab will do you a great favor. Why? Focus on the tips:

Steps of making iPhone backup to computer with FoneLab

What you need: FoneLab, iPhone, USB cable

Step 1After download, you need to install and launch FoneLab on your computer. Meanwhile, connect your iPhone to computer.

Step 2Select "Recover from iOS Device" > "Start Scan" to let this program scan your iPhone.

Step 3After the successful scan, you can click the data type on the left sidebar, and view the details on the right window. Select the items that you want to migrate to computer, and click "Recover" to extract data from iPhone to computer.

The item names are marked in red color are those deleted items, while black are for the existing data on your iPhone. In this way, you could also retrieve the deleted data from your iPhone.

For the iPhone is locked, you can visit this tutorial: How to backup a locked iPhone.