I want to stop sending photos to ICloud. How do I do it?
I want to stop sending photos to ICloud. How do I do it?
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Stop using iCloud Photos
Important: If you turn off iCloud Photos, you’ll be prompted to select “Download Originals to this Mac” in the iCloud pane of Photos preferences, so all your original photos can be downloaded from iCloud to your Mac. Be sure to allow time for your originals to download before turning off iCloud Photos.
- In the Photos app on your Mac, choose Photos > Preferences, then click iCloud.
- Deselect the iCloud Photos tickbox.
- If you want to turn off iCloud Photos on all your devices, open the iCloud pane of System Preferences, click the Manage button, click Photo Library, then click “Disable and delete”.
After you turn off iCloud Photos, edits you make to photos on your Mac don’t appear on your other devices, and new photos you take aren’t added to Photos on your Mac. Your library remains in iCloud and available to other devices that use iCloud Photos.
WARNING: If you turn off iCloud Photos on all your devices, your photos and videos will be deleted from iCloud in 30 days and you won’t be able to recover them, unless you click Undo Delete before that time.