We’ll show you how to stop an iCloud restore that is stuck or still running after 24 to 48 hours, or even all afternoon.
This can happen when an app installation crashes or some other restore issue will prevent you from installing an iOS update and can result in reduced battery life as backup and restore continue to churn through the process.
One of the best features of the iPhone is the ability to backup and restore from iCloud to get your iPhone back to the same setup as before you changed phones or had problems.
While this works most of the time, sometimes the iPhone or iPad will tell you days after it starts up. This may come with apps refusing to install or you may not see any particular reason.
This guide will show you how to stop a stuck iCloud Restore so you can get better battery life, install updates, and stop seeing this message on your lock screen.
How to fix iCloud restore stuck on iPhone or iPad.
An iCloud Restore can take an hour or two depending on the context, maybe up to a day with a slow connection and an almost full iPhone, but if it continues after that, you’ll have to manually stop iCloud Restore. The downside to this process is that you can’t tell what isn’t restored with a checklist or error message.
If necessary, you can factory reset the iPhone and then restore from iCloud to restart the process and hope it works, but you may be in the same situation.
It’s unclear why this happens, but so far it’s not a common issue for us. Here is how you can stop iCloud Restore in less than a minute. This works on iPhone, iPad and iOS 7 to iOS 11.
How to Stop iCloud Restore
You don’t need a computer to do this, and you don’t need to do a fresh iCloud Restore from backup unless you notice something is missing. Here are the short steps you need to do.
How to stop a stuck iCloud restore.
On iPhone, go to.
Now go to.
On this screen, you need to go to.
Stop your iCloud Restore.
Tap on it on the next screen.
A pop-up will appear with a warning asking if you want to stop the Restore. .
After completing this step, you will no longer see a warning about an iCloud restore in progress and you will be able to use your phone normally. This is not a process you can reverse, but you can always restore from an old iCloud backup before making a new one.
If you are facing other iCloud restore or iCloud backup problems, you can use this video and guide to help you fix them in minutes.
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