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"Apps Using iCloud" not appearing on iCloud

The problem : while my iPad iCloud settings show a list of 20 “Apps Using iCloud” that are toggled to “on”, only 8 are listed on my iCloud Home page and iCloud Drive page.


How or, can, I get all 20 “Apps Using iCloud” (or just more of them) that are turned “on” on my device to appear and be accessible in my iCloud account?


I’m using and iPad with the latest iOS - 16.5.1. I have an active, accessible iCloud+ account and one Apple ID. I have “Advanced Data Protection” and “Access iCloud Data on the Web” turned on on my device.


My iPad iCloud settings showing “Apps Using iCloud” (4 apps show by default):



Clicking “Show All” reveals an additional 16 apps turned “on”:



My iCloud account Home page (signed in) shows only 8 iCloud Apps, meaning 12 Apps, including Pages and Books, are not showing:


Also, none of the 12 “missing” Apps appear under iCloud Drive either, just the same 8 as on my iCloud Home page:






Is there a policy/privacy reason for excluding some or all 12 Apps from appearing or are there settings that I can change to show, in iCloud, all (or just more) of these 12 “Apps Using iCloud” that I have toggled “on” on my device?


This causes confusion and frustration e.g.) I have “Pages” set up for iCloud sync on my device so why is the “Pages” app not showing up in my iCloud account?


Also, it’s a transparency/privacy issue concern e.g.) if I didn’t want my “Pages” app to sync to iCloud and if I viewed my iCloud account only to verify this - and saw the 3rd and 4th images - and didn’t check my device iCloud settings, I would have the misimpression that the Pages app is not syncing because it doesn’t appear. This is in fact what happened. I checked my iCloud account, didn’t see the “Pages” app, so assumed it wasn’t toggled “on” on my device so not syncing to iCloud. I later found that it was syncing.


Thanks in advance from any feedback and/or help understanding this.


Posted on Jul 16, 2023 8:08 AM

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Posted on Jul 22, 2023 9:56 PM

Data from those apps simply sync using iCloud but the app data is not accessible as an online app at iCloud. Pages, keynote, and numbers are part of iCloud accessible on a computer but not on an idevice

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Jul 15, 2024 4:16 AM in response to muguy

Find My uses iCloud and whether find my is enabled or disabled in the “Apps using iCloud” list has no effect on whether find my is able to function on iCloud. Please explain how this makes sense. What exactly do these settings control if they don’t control an app’s ability to sync with iCloud and why do some of the apps only sometimes appear in the list?


Additionally sometimes these settings disappear and reappear. So for example if you have facebook messenger set to use icloud and it disappears from the list, you will not be able to disable it until it reappears again at random. Why are these apps not just permanently shown?


the whole “apps using iCloud” page needs to be revamped or deleted the way it is coded is horribly confusing

Jul 15, 2024 4:07 AM in response to iamian12

Yeah same issue here.

Apps in “Apps using iCloud” don’t actually show up in iCloud. Additionally, which apps show in the list is completely random, sometimes they are there sometimes they’re not. When they do appear, it’s random whether they’re enabled.


Why are apps like Facebook messenger automatically using iCloud to sync, and occasionally hiding the option to disable it?


What exactly do these settings even do if they don’t make them appear in iCloud?

Worst settings page apple has ever designed

Jul 15, 2024 4:30 AM in response to JaydenKB

Apps using iCloud are a living of apps that store application data in iCloud. That's it. If so enabled on multiple devices, the app data can be synchronized. Apps do not appear/reappear unless removed. Some Apple apps, like Pages, will show at iCloud.com on a browser depending on the device used.

"Apps Using iCloud" not appearing on iCloud

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