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Documents in iCloud Storage

My iCloud storage is full but a huge amount of space is taken up with "Documents". How do I actually see what these documents are?! I have nothing in my iCloud Drive either on iCloud or on my Mac Finder. So what are these documents & how can I see them on iCloud to delete them?

Please bear in mind I am not technology-savvy, so sorry if this is really basic but I can't seem to find an answer to this online that isn't suggesting the documents should be in my iCloud Drive.


TIA!

MacBook Pro 13", 10.13

Posted on Feb 8, 2019 3:57 AM

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Posted on Feb 8, 2019 8:27 AM

If you delete documents from www.icloud.com they will also get deleted from iCloud Drive in the finder , and moved to trash folder .

If the documents are not in iCloud Drive either you have turned off desktops and documents see this article https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT206985

When you turn off Desktop & Documents Folders, your files stay in iCloud Drive and a new Desktop and Documents folder is created on your Mac in the home folder. You can move files from iCloud Drive to your Mac as you need them, or select all of your files and drag them to the place you want to keep them.

  1. From your Mac, go to Apple menu  > System Preferences > iCloud.
  2. Next to iCloud Drive, click Options.
  3. Deselect Desktop & Documents Folders.
  4. Click Done.

If you turn off iCloud Drive or sign out of iCloud, you have the option to keep a local copy of your files that are in iCloud Drive. Whether you decide to keep a local copy or not, a new Desktop and Documents folder is created in your home folder. If you choose to keep a local copy, your files in iCloud Drive are copied to a folder called iCloud Drive (Archive) in your home folder. Then you have the option to move any files that were in your iCloud Desktop and Documents, back to your new local Desktop and Documents.

If the iCloud storage is increased , you can reduce it see this article https://support.apple.com/en-in/HT204247

https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/system-information/sysp4ee93ca4/mac


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Feb 8, 2019 8:27 AM in response to angela8308

If you delete documents from www.icloud.com they will also get deleted from iCloud Drive in the finder , and moved to trash folder .

If the documents are not in iCloud Drive either you have turned off desktops and documents see this article https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT206985

When you turn off Desktop & Documents Folders, your files stay in iCloud Drive and a new Desktop and Documents folder is created on your Mac in the home folder. You can move files from iCloud Drive to your Mac as you need them, or select all of your files and drag them to the place you want to keep them.

  1. From your Mac, go to Apple menu  > System Preferences > iCloud.
  2. Next to iCloud Drive, click Options.
  3. Deselect Desktop & Documents Folders.
  4. Click Done.

If you turn off iCloud Drive or sign out of iCloud, you have the option to keep a local copy of your files that are in iCloud Drive. Whether you decide to keep a local copy or not, a new Desktop and Documents folder is created in your home folder. If you choose to keep a local copy, your files in iCloud Drive are copied to a folder called iCloud Drive (Archive) in your home folder. Then you have the option to move any files that were in your iCloud Desktop and Documents, back to your new local Desktop and Documents.

If the iCloud storage is increased , you can reduce it see this article https://support.apple.com/en-in/HT204247

https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/system-information/sysp4ee93ca4/mac


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