Icloud files back on my mac hard drive
how do I take my icloud files and put them back on my mac hard drive and delete everything in icloud
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.14
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If you only have iCloud Drive turned on (without the Desktop and Documents option on), just use Finder and move the files to another folder on your Mac from the iCloud Drive folder. You can use the Finder "Go" menu to find the iCloud Drive folder.
If you have the Desktop and Documents option on, see the following from Add your Desktop and Documents files to iCloud Drive - Apple Support
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.
- From your Mac, choose Apple menu > System Preferences. Click Apple ID, then click iCloud. On macOS Mojave or earlier, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click iCloud.
- Next to iCloud Drive, click Options.
- Deselect Desktop & Documents Folders.
- 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.