How do i view what is in my icloud on WINDOWS 10 PC?

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How do i view what is in my icloud on WINDOWS 10 PC?

i just downloaded iCloud on my PC but i can't see what's stored in there! i do not want to synch i just want to see what's in it! Thanks!

Posted on Oct 7, 2017 5:16 PM

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Tangomaniac1 Author

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Oct 7, 2017 5:49 PM in response to Phil0124

I just downloaded iCloud but i don't know how to open iCLoud Drive in the APP...oh in Explorer? ok

this says its hard to find?!

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-set-and-use-icloud-drive-windows-10

i can't find it! WHy doesn't it come up in the search bar? I did check the box for iCloud Drive...

I logged into my iCloud.com. WOW now its showing the icons in iCloud.com. Before there was nothing. I cickded on the iCloud Drive . . ...says nothing. Does that mean there really is nothing but why does it say my storage is almost full?

ok clickd on PHotos. No photos showing up . Does that mean becuase i didn't turn on my ipad? Or there's nothing in it? I want to make sure there is NOTHING in the iCLOUD! Thanks!

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Phil0124

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Oct 7, 2017 7:59 PM in response to Tangomaniac1

Tangomaniac1 wrote:

OHHH so its my APPS...

No, its not directly your Apps. It's the backups taken from your devices which may contain data from Apps, but does not contain the Apps themselves.

Read here for details on what exactly is backed up.

What does iCloud back up? - Apple Support

Tangomaniac1 wrote:

but does this mean i don't have ANY PHOTOS stored in my icloud? Thanks!!

Correct. Since iCloud Photo Library is not turned on as per the screenshot, then no photos are stored on iCloud.

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Phil0124

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Oct 7, 2017 7:18 PM in response to Tangomaniac1

According to the graph there, its your device backups that are taking up the most space.

On your iOS device, you can go to Settings->Accounts(top of Settings)->iCloud->Manage Storage->Backups->Pick a Device, and you'll get a list of apps whose data is getting added to the backup. You can manage what gets backed up to iCloud there.