Access iCloud folders from iPhone

How to access and share existing folders from iCloud Drive from an iPhone? The Files app lists only two folders under iCloud Drive: Shortcuts and Downloads. . It has always puzzled me and proven illusive to learn about the folders in iCloud Drive as seen from an iPhone. The Photos system folder and any subfolders, if any are beyond view and I have failed to understand how to share a specific folder of photos from iCloud Drive or any other folder from an iPhone using the Files app or any other method.

I don’t see any existing folders on iCloud Drive anywhere on an iPhone.

iPhone 11, iOS 14

Posted on Oct 14, 2020 11:26 AM

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Oct 14, 2020 12:40 PM in response to FoxFifth

Thank you. I found other users have similar concerns.



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User profile for user: Roger Wilmut1

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In response to letterio128

According to this page:


https://www.idownloadblog.com/2019/08/13/share-icloud-folders-tutorial/


'The ability to share iCloud folders requires an iPhone or iPod touch with iOS 13, an iPad with iPadOS or a Mac computer with the macOS Catalina 10.15 software or newer. Before those software updates were available, you could only share iCloud files, not whole folders. This feature is currently unavailable through the web interface at iCloud.com.'


The page gives detailed instructions on how to do this. iOS 13 will be released on September 19th, OSX Catalina shortly.

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Sep 15, 2019 3:10 PM

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User profile for user: Amer1go

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In response to Roger Wilmut1

I have not the share button or "Add people" button on iOS 13.1 . But why? 🤔


Sep 25, 2019 12:59 PM

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User profile for user: enrico181

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Me too. Today I was trying to share a folder but I have no option to do this on my iPhone (iOS 13.2). Can anyone please explain if this functionality is available?

Oct 29, 2019 12:33 PM

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my question still stands. I don’t see any folders and specifically, Photos. I want to group photos in folders and share accordingly, not albums. My internal organizational comprehension is based on folders rather albums and that applies also to other types of documents it files of any type.

Thank you

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