How to properly setup your cloud accounts on iOS and OS X General idea. Turn everything on in all accounts which you use. The things that are junk will reveal themselves and you can delete content in junky areas you don't use. Example, can you say Googles Notes sync. Nobody uses this. Since its enabled, go to your notes and clean it up. Erase all the random Google notes and your iPhone hits the web. Cleaned up on your phone, cleaned on the cloud. Breathe a sigh of relief.

General idea. Turn everything ON in all accounts which you use. 

The things that are junk will reveal themselves and you can delete content in junky areas you don't use. Example, can you say Googles Notes sync. Nobody uses this. Since its enabled, go to your notes and clean it up. Erase all the random Google notes and your iPhone hits the web. Cleaned up on your phone, cleaned on the cloud. Breathe a sigh of relief.