
From the drop-down menu, click on Preferences (See image above)ĥ. On the next window, make sure you are on Devices tab and enable the option “Prevent iPods, iPhones, and iPads from syncing automatically” by clicking on the check box next to this option (See image below). You will see iTunes appearing on your Computer screen, as soon as you connect your iPhone to the Computer and it starts syncing.ģ. Next, click on Edit tab in the iTunes upper menu (See image below).Ĥ.

Connect your iPhone or iPad to your Computer using its USB cable.Ģ. The easiest way to prevent your iPhone from automatically backing up to iTunes is to turn off the iTunes Auto sync feature by following the steps below.ġ. Turn Off iTunes Auto Backup Using Preferences Tab Whatever maybe the case, it is easy to turn off iTunes Auto Backup feature on your iPhone and iPad.

However, there are users who do not like their iPhone to automatically backup to iTunes, as they have a lot of data on their iPhone, and the auto backup takes a long time to complete.Īlso, iPhone auto backup to iTunes is not useful for those users who prefer to make Manual backups of their iPhone and do not want to relay on iTunes Auto backups.
