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Deleting Documents from ICloud

Hey everyone!


I saw an old thread about how to delete documents from ICloud. When following the steps that were given a lot of people said it wasn't working. Then I tried deleting my messages from my phone because I noticed my past messages are saved on my computer. It COMPLETELY changed my storage! I just wanted to share in case anyone is facing the same problem I was having.


Have a great day!


Anna

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.12

Posted on Aug 3, 2020 3:02 PM

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Posted on Aug 4, 2020 7:37 AM

When iCloud Drive and desktops and documents box are checked see the article https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/mac-help/mchle5a61431/10.14/mac/10.14

The personal documents can be directly deleted from finder > iCloud section > Documents .

https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/mac-help/mchlp1093/10.14/mac/10.14

See the section - Delete an item from your Mac or iCloud Drive


For messages https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/iphone/iph2c9c4bfcb/ios

https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT208960

Note : messages don't occupy iCloud storage space and they are synced between devices and only back up https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207428


The complete storage was changed as you deleted the documents from icloud drive .

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Aug 4, 2020 7:37 AM in response to HAD78

When iCloud Drive and desktops and documents box are checked see the article https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/mac-help/mchle5a61431/10.14/mac/10.14

The personal documents can be directly deleted from finder > iCloud section > Documents .

https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/mac-help/mchlp1093/10.14/mac/10.14

See the section - Delete an item from your Mac or iCloud Drive


For messages https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/iphone/iph2c9c4bfcb/ios

https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT208960

Note : messages don't occupy iCloud storage space and they are synced between devices and only back up https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207428


The complete storage was changed as you deleted the documents from icloud drive .

Deleting Documents from ICloud

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