OK, I'm useless with technology. I need to wipe my iphone and free up some space on my icloud. How?

[StrawberryJamPlease]

Just that. I have an iphone and ipad that are linked and have loads (8,000 - eek) of photos on them. I think I have backed them all up on my PC so can delete them off my phone and ipad.

I need to wipe the data (having a battery replacement at the weekend) and want my contacts and WhatsApp Chats backed up (they haven't been for 7 months!)

Please can anyone help me? I will be eternally grateful!

[MissClarke86]

If you've got iCloud back up, you just tell it to back up and and then factory reset the iPad.

You can then choose to restore from the back up later - you'll get everything back including apps photos etc, it's literally a mirror image.

[MissClarke86]

You do have have to pay for it though

[StrawberryJamPlease]

Is there any way that I can take the photos off icloud and just use the free allocation for the other things?

[MissClarke86]

I'm not sure to be honest. You said you have then backed up already, in which case when you choose what to back up you can just untick the photos option.