Inadvertently uploaded documents and desktop to iDrive. Need guidance how to erase/delete these from iDrive without deleting from my MacBook Air laptop. Many thanks.
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.14
From support.apple.com
"Turn off Desktop and Documents
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.
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."
You can find it in this link https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206985 : scroll down on this page
From support.apple.com
"Turn off Desktop and Documents
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.
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."
You can find it in this link https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206985 : scroll down on this page
As per this article https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/mac-help/mchl1a02d711/mac
Move items to your Mac and remove them from iCloud Drive
The second method is unchecking the box of iCloud Drive , you don't need to sign out the Apple ID from system preferences > iCloud .
open system preferences > iCloud and uncheck the box of iCloud Drive a pop up window appears , showing to keep a copy of documents , and remove from the Mac .
( a ) if you had clicked on keep a copy , they will be archived in home folder that can be viewed by clicking on finder in the dock , take cursor on top menu bar > Go > Home > your user name > iCloud Drive ( Archive ) .
Again checkmark the iCloud Drive box it will show setting up , the documents are archived , now you can right click the documents and delete they will move to trash , from finder > iCloud > Documents ( the documents will also get deleted / erased from iCloud.com but you have already archived them previously .
See the article https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/mac-help/mchlp1093/10.14/mac/10.14
Deleting documents and desktop uploaded to iCloud/iDrive
