[jaleelhamid]

I plan on backing up from my iCloud back up when I get the iPhone 8, but I want to re download all my apps fresh from the App Store, can anyone confirm will my messages restore back ? I noticed the new iOS 11 you can restore if you have your current device and old device you can scan the old device and it will transfer your old data

[dpscott]

There isn’t an easy route and in my opinion you should start afresh with a new phone especially if you have a lot of apps and settings (plus it adds to the magic of a new phone)

However, if you go into iCloud Settings you can select what to back up and what to exclude. When you are ready, turn the apps off and start a backup.
When you get the new phone it may download the app itself but none of the setting

[TwitchyPuppy]

Yes and yes!

[jaleelhamid]

There isn’t an easy route and in my opinion you should start afresh with a new phone especially if you have a lot of apps and settings (plus it adds to the magic of a new phone)

However, if you go into iCloud Settings you can select what to back up and what to exclude. When you are ready, turn the apps off and start a backup.
When you get the new phone it may download the app itself but none of the setting

Yeah it’s just in a lot of my text and iMessages I have a lot of media I don’t want to lose and don’t want to save lol

[TwitchyPuppy]

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[dpscott]

Yeah it’s just in a lot of my text and iMessages I have a lot of media I don’t want to lose and don’t want to save lol

Been there!

I’m fortunate that I have a Mac where I can keep things like that saved but in days gone by I’ve used Google Photos to back up all the ‘rubbish’ that I didn’t want in my iCloud

[jaleelhamid]

I want to do a fresh start, re download all my apps. But i would just like my messages backed up

[dpscott]

My solution above will do that or you can Google backup software to be more specific with backups