Samsung has for some time introduced the possibility to save automatic backups of your deviceĀ“s data or your photos, videos, etc. into the Samsung Cloud. We have already reported on how to disable these automatic cloud backups on a Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
Now we would like to go into more detail on how to delete smartphone backups of your "old devices" in the Samsung Cloud. To delete a cloud backup for an older Samsung Galaxy smartphone:
1. From the Home screen, open the App menu and then the Android System Preferences
2. Scroll down to "Cloud and Accounts" and select the item
3. Now move on to:
Samsung Cloud --> Manage Cloud Storage --> Device Data
4. Now press long with a finger on an entry to mark this
5. Select "Delete" to delete this backup in the Samsung Cloud - Done!
You now know the procedure to delete with the Samsung Galaxy S8 an old backup, for example, from a Galaxy S7 in the cloud from Samsung.