How to delete files from iCloud (email attachments)?

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How to delete files from iCloud (email attachments)?

I wanted to send a few attachments via email to myself (other email address) and at no point was I asked if I agree to send these files to Apple, I though I will send them as regular attachments.

What happened, though, is that all these files were uploaded to iCloud (again - without my consent) and I want them to be deleted from the cloud immediately. I've checked everywhere and I can't find a way to do this. The original mail in the "sent" folder" indicates that they will not be available after 30 days, but I don't care about that, I want them gone right now.

Where can I delete them ASAP?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)

Posted on Jul 17, 2015 11:21 AM

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Answer 1

mario49

Community Specialist

Jul 19, 2015 11:15 AM in response to VarHyid

Hey VarHyid,

Thanks for the question. If I understand correctly, there are photos in iCloud that you want removed. With the message that they will not be available in 30 days, makes me think you are using My Photo Stream. I would recommend that you read this article, it may be able to help the issue.

Delete photos from My Photo Stream - Apple Support

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VarHyid Author

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Jul 21, 2015 9:34 AM in response to mario49

Hi Mario,

That's not what I meant. These files were not images, these were audio files, I right-clicked on them, selected Share -> Mail and emailed them to myself (to a different email address). In the process, instead of having these files sent as actual file attachments, they got uploaded to Apple's cloud so the email I've got included just links to the files so I could download them from there.

The problem is - that's not what I wanted. I don't want these files to be in the cloud and I can't find a way to manage these uploaded files to delete them. It just says they won't be available after 30 days, but what if I don't want them to be available today?

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Answer 3

mario49

Community Specialist

Jul 21, 2015 10:33 AM in response to VarHyid

Thank you for using the Apple Support Community. Due to the nature of your issue you may find more information by using another one of Apple's support resources - https://expresslane.apple.com/GetproductgroupList.action

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