What happens if I delete my iCloud

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What happens if I delete my iCloud

Hi,

i bought an iPad Air for school last year that was 16gb which was not enough storage, so this year I bought an iPad air 2 128gb it has been great so far but the iCloud is really bothering me! I keep getting annoying messages in the middle of the night telling me to upgrade my storage which I do not want to do because I have just spent so much money to have more storage by getting a 128gb iPad. So I was wondering what would happen if I just turn off iCloud will it delete everything?? i am happy to back it up to my computer. will my documents delete or in the future will the stay on my iPad without having icloud? I don't want any of my documents or photos deleting will this happen if i don't have icloud?? Anyone's help or advice would be much appreciated thanks Penelope.

iPad, iOS 7.1.2, Annoyed customer

Posted on Feb 6, 2015 3:17 AM

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Answer 1

Feb 6, 2015 1:17 PM in response to Penelopehusty

Hello Penelopehusty! Thank you for writing in and congrats on your purchase of iPad Air 2. So let me get you squared away with your current iCloud issue, but first I have a few questions for you to answer.

Are you using the mail feature for iCloud?

Are you using Photo stream?

Waiting for your response.

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Answer 2

Feb 6, 2015 1:48 PM in response to Penelopehusty

Penelope,

The issue is your iCloud email. It seems that you use your mail frequently. I strongly recommend you to look at the affordable rates that will suit you. If I was you, I would select the 20gb plan that offers you 20gb + 5gb free storage that gives you a grand total of 25gb. That will only cost you .99 cents a month, less than a Starbucks coffee. Penelope, that will resolve your issue swiftly.

Below is iCloud pricing

http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201238

Cheers,

Wilkie

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Answer 3

Demo

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Feb 6, 2015 1:20 PM in response to Penelopehusty

If you do it correctly, nothing will happen to your data. I would certainly backup with the computer first and then turn iCloud off.

Read this for more information.

iCloud: Change iCloud feature settings

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Answer 4

Feb 7, 2015 6:47 AM in response to wilkie.joissaint

wilkie.joissaint wrote:

The issue is your iCloud email. It seems that you use your mail frequently.

Where are you getting that information? The OP never mentions email. It is far more likely that her iCloud storage is filled with backups and photos. They also specifically stated they do not want to buy more iCloud storage.

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Answer 5

Alex2131

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Feb 6, 2015 1:18 PM in response to Penelopehusty

Hi Penelope,

If your data, photos, music, documents, spreadsheets, etc are sync with iCloud and you delete your account you will loose everything! Unless you have backup of all files in your computer . Don't delete your account until you are 100% sure everything is backed up in your computer. Remember that not all apps store files in the iPad itself but at a cloud. iTunes Backup does not save these files. You need to save them one by one if necessary.

Cheers,

Alex

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