Remove Desktop from iCloud

I want to store items on my desktop to my MacBook Pro hard drive. Currently anything on the desktop is storing to iCloud. I would like to only store selected folders to iCloud. How can I remove DESKTOP from iCloud?

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch,Early 2015), macOS Sierra (10.12.2)

Posted on Jan 21, 2017 10:06 PM

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Posted on Jan 21, 2017 10:13 PM

Open system preferences > I cloud > iCloud Drive > click on options of I cloud drive > uncheck the box of desktop & documents folder .

A pop - up window appears > click on turn off .

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Remove Desktop from iCloud

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