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Hi. I have a very large folder on my MacBook Air that's taking up a lot of space. A copy is on my iCloud Drive. Can I safely delete it from my MacBook and keep the file on my iCloud Drive for when I need it?
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15
As per the article Work with folders and files in iCloud Drive - Apple Support
Move items to your Mac and remove them from iCloud Drive
As per the article Work with folders and files in iCloud Drive - Apple Support
Move items to your Mac and remove them from iCloud Drive
You can select , copy the large folder and paste in home folder .
Also once you delete large folder when iCloud Drive and desktops and documents box is checked it will be deleted from iCloud Drive as well from iCloud.com .
The best way is as mentioned in the article ( drag and drop the document in other location , you won't loose that document , in future if you want to use it again save in iCloud Drive ) .
Thank you! But does this mean "Yes" to my question and that I can delete the large folder from my MacBook keeping it in my iCloud Drive?
Can I remove a large folder from my MacBook that's also on my iCloud Drive?
