iCloud lying about available storage

iCloud is prompting me that it is full. I removed a directory from iCloud drive that should've opened up space significantly but iCloud still reports that "Documents" is using 50GB+. I don't even have any "Documents".

Posted on Sep 24, 2019 11:36 PM

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Posted on Sep 25, 2019 11:55 AM

Try going to iCloud.com/iCloud Drive using a computer browser and click on Recently Deleted at the bottom right. If there are files there you do not need, delete them. Then try iCloud.com/Settings using a computer browser and go to Advanced at the bottom left. Access Restore Files. If there are files there you do not need, delete them.

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Sep 25, 2019 11:55 AM in response to Pajiko

Try going to iCloud.com/iCloud Drive using a computer browser and click on Recently Deleted at the bottom right. If there are files there you do not need, delete them. Then try iCloud.com/Settings using a computer browser and go to Advanced at the bottom left. Access Restore Files. If there are files there you do not need, delete them.

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