[Completed Guide] How to Backup Videos to iCloud

You may prefer to take videos since they help record more detail of your memorable time in life than photos. As time goes by, videos may take up much space on your iPhone. What’s more, anything unexpected that happened may lead to data like videos being lost. Hence, you may want to transfer videos from iPhone to flash drive or backup iPhone videos to iCloud to keep them safe.

That’s also where this guide comes from. To keep your iPhone videos safe and free up limited storage on iPhone, this guide will elaborate to you about how to backup videos to iCloud.

Way 1. How to backup videos to iCloud on iPhone

Generally speaking, if you enable iCloud backup on iPhone, iCloud will backup all important files together with videos on iPhone. Optionally, you can rely on iCloud Photos on iPhone, but there is also something you need to be noted.

• iCloud Photos doesn’t backup videos solely. Instead, it will backup all photos and videos on your iPhone automatically.
• It may take time to automatically upload all videos to iCloud, depending on your upstream Internet speed and how many photos and videos you have.
• Since iCloud backs up videos automatically if you don’t delete unnecessary photos and videos in time, your iCloud will be in a mess sooner or later.

If you don’t mind, then follow the simple steps of how to backup iPhone videos to iCloud to make it.

Step 1. On your iPhone, go to the Settings app > Tap your profile > Choose iCloud.

Step 2. Tap Photos > Finally, toggle on iCloud Photos to backup photos and videos to iCloud.

Way 2. How to backup only videos to iCloud from PC

If you are seeking solutions about how to backup only videos to iCloud, you can rely on a third-party data management tool for iOS devices and iCloud, like FoneTool. You can rely on it to quickly transfer iPhone videos to computer without degrading their quality, and then, upload videos to iCloud. 

Free download FoneTool by clicking the icon below, and transfer videos from iPhone to computer to upload to your iCloud account. If the videos have been saved on your Windows PC, you can directly skip to Step 2 to upload videos to iCloud.

Step 1. Transfer videos from iPhone to computer

You can transfer videos in their original quality to computer via FoneTool. If needed, you can also share videos between iOS devices with it, since FoneTool supports almost all types of iPhone, iPad, and iPod.

• Connect your iPhone to Computer with USB (You may need to tap Trust on your iPhone) > Launch FoneTool > Click Phone Transfer and go to iPhone to PC.

• Click the + icon > Check Videos to preview and select the videos you want to transfer to computer > Click OK to confirm.

• Click Start Transfer > Choose a storage path to save these videos > Click Transfer to start the task.

Step 2. Backup videos to iCloud via FoneTool 

Now, you can manually upload the wanted iPhone videos to iCloud using FoneTool. Follow the steps below to learn how to backup videos to iCloud only.

• Now, choose the My iCloud option from the left pane > Sign in with your iCloud account > You will be asked to enter the verification code to confirm your operation.

• Choose Manage iCloud > Click Videos > Click the Upload button to view the videos transferred and saved on your computer.

• Choose the videos you'd like to backup to iCloud > Click Open to start the process.

Bonus: How to backup iPhone videos without iCloud (Selectively)

As it is known to all, iCloud storage can easily be full because iCloud may backup duplicate photos and videos accidentally. Besides, you may have recently seen posts about iCloud data leaks, where your backed up photos and videos may appear on strangers' iPhones

A better iPhone backup solution is recommended to you - FoneTool. It’s not only a powerful transfer tool but also professional backup software. Compared with cloud service, it seems to be safer to backup iPhone videos to your local folder on computer or your network-attached storage.

★ Backup without Internet. With a stable USB connection between iPhone and computer, you’re free to backup videos without any bother from the Internet.
★ Selective and fast backup process. You’re able to preview and backup the selective files to computer.
★ Security backup service. FoneTool saves backup files locally on your computer, avoiding the privacy leaks you may encounter in iCloud to the greatest extent.
★ Unlimited backup storage space. Besides local folders on computer, you can also backup files to external hard drives, Synology NAS, etc. by changing the storage path.

Step 1. Connect your iPhone to computer > Click Phone Backup on its homepage. Go to Selective Backup and click Get Started.

Step 2. Click the Photos or Videos icon to preview and select the wanted videos you’d like to backup > Then, click OK to confirm.

Step 3. Choose a storage path as you like > Click Start Backup to begin the task.

In Backup History, you can browse the backup files, you are also allowed to restore the backup files to any of your iOS devices without any limitations of Apple ID.

Conclusion

That’s all for how to backup videos to iCloud. You can enable iCloud Photos on iPhone to automatically backup all photos and videos to iCloud. To backup selective videos, you can transfer videos to computer first, and backup videos to iCloud by visiting its site. Alternatively, to backup more files faster and make them safer, you can also rely on FoneTool.