iCloud photos on Mac(how to remove them) ?

Question

Level 1

8 points

iCloud photos on Mac(how to remove them) ?

Hello,

I have a question. I payed for 50GB iCloud storage on my iPhone and I then found that every photo is even on my MacBook and it takes 21GB. How can I remove the photos now from my MacBook. I don't want iCloud to store my photos on the Mac because it has 256GB and I already have a 60GB backup of my phone on it...

If I delete them from the Photos app on the MacBook are they going to be deleted on my iPhone as well?

I will be happy if someone can help me with this problem. :)

MacBook Pro 13”, macOS 10.15

Posted on Feb 17, 2020 6:38 AM

Reply

Answer 1

Top-ranking reply

Eric Root

Level 10

684,537 points

Feb 17, 2020 10:40 AM in response to Hborislavov

Go to Photos/Preferences/iCloud and turn off iCloud by unchecking iCloud Photo Library syncing. Then go to System Preferences/iCloud or Apple ID, sign in, and uncheck Photos syncing. That should stop your computer from syncing photos to iCloud. After doing that, you should be able to delete the photos from the Photos app on the computer without affecting the photos stored in iCloud.

Reply

Answer 2

Eric Root

Level 10

684,537 points

Feb 17, 2020 7:20 PM in response to donv_the_ghost

You are welcome.

Reply

Answer 3

Eric Root

Level 10

684,537 points

Feb 17, 2020 1:51 PM in response to donv_the_ghost

From Photos (version 3). Open Photos, then command - , (comma)?

Reply

Answer 4

Feb 17, 2020 11:05 AM in response to Hborislavov

x I deleted what I had written. I hadn't seen Erics post.

Reply

Answer 5

Feb 17, 2020 11:17 AM in response to Eric Root

I been wondering about the best way to do this. For some reason, I can't locate Photos/Preferences/iCloud.

Reply

Answer 6

Feb 17, 2020 2:39 PM in response to Eric Root

Thank you. Duh! I knew that. For some reason, I was thinking you meant "Photos/Preferences/iCloud" was meant to refer to Preferences having to do with Photos at iCloud.com.

Reply

iCloud photos on Mac(how to remove them) ?

Similar questions