# How do I backup my iPhone?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 3, 2014, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-backup-my-iphone/682712 "2014-03-03T00:17:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-backup-my-iphone/682712/1 "2014-03-03T00:17:46Z")

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This may seem a goofy question. I’ve had my iPhone for a couple of years. I’ve never backed it up. How do I do that? I can’t find anything in the information section in the Safari link that mentions backing it up.

I would like to back it up to the iCloud. I do have an Apple account.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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**Author:** ![tellyworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@tellyworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tellyworth)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-backup-my-iphone/682712/2 "2014-03-03T00:28:12Z")

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[This page](http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US) shows how to enable iCloud backups. In short: Settings / iCloud / Storage & Backup.