Set upwardly and use iCloud for Windows

With iCloud for Windows, the photos, documents and bookmarks on your PC are updated automatically on your Apple devices.

Earlier you begin

Make sure you've set iCloud on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, or Mac and that you're signed in with your Apple ID. Then follow the steps below to download and ready iCloud for Windows.

Want to access iCloud'south latest features? Run across the recommended system requirements. iCloud requires an Cyberspace connection. iCloud may non be available in all areas and features may vary. If y'all use a Managed Apple ID, iCloud for Windows isn't supported.

Prepare iCloud for Windows

  1. Download iCloud for Windows on your PC.
    • Windows 10 or later: go to the Microsoft Shop to download iCloud for Windows.
    • Earlier versions of Windows*: Download iCloud for Windows from apple.com.
    • If it doesn't install automatically, become to File Explorer and open iCloud Setup.
  2. Restart your calculator.
  3. Make sure iCloud for Windows is open. If information technology doesn't open up automatically, go to Start, open Apps or Programs, and open up iCloud for Windows.
  4. Enter your Apple ID to sign in to iCloud.
  5. Choose the features and content that you want to keep up to date across your devices.
  6. Click Utilize.

* Find out how to work out which Windows organization you're using.

Download and share your photos

When you turn on Photos, iCloud for Windows will create a Photos folder in File Explorer called iCloud Photos. iCloud Photos uploads new photos and videos that y'all add together to the iCloud Photos folder on your PC so yous can encounter them in the Photos app on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Mac, and on iCloud.com. New photos and videos you take will be downloaded from iCloud Photos automatically.

Share your photos

You can also share your photos. Shared Albums lets y'all view, share and comment on the photos and videos yous share with other people. And if you're using the latest version of iCloud for Windows, yous can pivot photos to proceed them local to your device. When you unpin them, they exist uploaded to iCloud instead.

Discover out how to fix up and employ iCloud Photos.

See your files and folders with iCloud Drive

When y'all turn on iCloud Drive, iCloud for Windows volition create an iCloud Bulldoze folder in File Explorer. You tin find documents that you've stored in iCloud in this folder. After you lot've created a file on your PC and saved it to the iCloud Drive folder, it will also announced on your other devices.

If you lot want to work on files with friends or colleagues, you can share private files or create a shared binder to share a group of files. You can likewise pin files and folders so you lot can use them offline, and cheque the status of a downloaded or shared file easily.

In iCloud for Windows 12 or later on, you tin find and recover files deleted from iCloud Drive in the past xxx days in Recently Deleted in iOS, iPadOS or iCloud.com, in the Bin in macOS, and in Recycle Bin in Windows. If yous utilize Delete or Delete All in Recently Deleted, or empty the Bin in macOS, files won't be recoverable.If you tin't see the files you desire to restore, yous can recover files deleted inside the last thirty days at iCloud.com.

You can also access your iCloud Drive files and folders on iCloud.com.

If you encounter an error when you try to move a file from iCloud for Windows, you lot may need to download the file to your Windows PC. After you've downloaded the file, try moving it again.

Keep your apps up to date

Save passwords across your devices

If y'all use 2-factor hallmark with your Apple ID and own a device running iOS fourteen or afterward, you tin can salve important web passwords and keep them up to date in Safari on your iPhone, iPad or iPod impact and in Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge on your PC. Just download the iCloud Passwords extension for your web browser, and then use the iCloud Passwords app to create, access and manage your passwords.

Find out how to prepare iCloud Passwords on your PC.

Manage your iCloud storage usage and account information

Manage your iCloud storage usage

  • To come across your bachelor iCloud storage, open iCloud for Windows.
  • To manage your storage, click Storage. Select an app to see how much storage you're using or click Buy More Storage to upgrade your storage program.

If you're using iCloud for Windows 10 or later, you tin pivot files to keep them local to your device. When you lot unpin them, they be uploaded to iCloud instead.

Manage your account data

If yous desire to make changes to your Apple ID, including updating your e-mail, postal address or other account data, open iCloud for Windows and click Account details. Click Manage Apple ID.

Update your version of iCloud for Windows

In iCloud for Windows 10 or later:

Become to the Microsoft Shop to check for software updates.

In earlier versions of iCloud for Windows:

To bank check for updates, open Apple Software Update on your PC. To go notified when an update is available through Apple Software Update, choose Edit > Preferences and select when y'all'd like to check for updates. You can choose Daily, Weekly, Monthly or Never.

Need more assist? Find out what to practise if you tin can't download or install iCloud for Windows.

Turn off or uninstall iCloud for Windows

If you lot turn off a service in iCloud for Windows, your data won't be kept up to date automatically in iCloud and yous won't see updates made on your other devices. Follow these steps to turn off a service or iCloud:

  • To turn off a service on your PC, Open iCloud for Windows, then select or deselect that service. To salve your changes, click Apply.
  • To turn off iCloud for Windows, open up iCloud for Windows, so sign out.

If yous want to uninstall iCloud for Windows, think to brand a re-create of your iCloud data and save it on your PC. And so sign out of iCloud for Windows on your PC and follow these steps:

Windows 8 or later on:

  1. Go to the Showtime screen, right-click in the bottom left-hand corner or click, then select Control Panel.
  2. Click Uninstall a Plan.
  3. Click iCloud > Uninstall.
  4. When asked to confirm, select Yes.

Windows 7:

  1. Choose Starting time carte > Command Panel.
  2. Click Programs > Program and Features.
  3. Select iCloud > Uninstall.
  4. Click OK to continue.

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