How do I turn off iCloud Drive?

I don't like the idea of all my docs in the cloud.  I want to stop the syncing and just keep the docs on my computer.  However, when I try to turn off iCloud Drive it tells me that I'm going to be deleting everything from my Mac!  How do I stop iCloud Drive but keep my files secure in my Mac?

The logic is that iCloud Drive is a hub for data shared among your devices, and the assumption is that if you delete something, you want it deleted. And practically, your file is treated as if the Drive copy is the only one. The Drive system may cache a copy on your device to allow easy, quick access, but the master copy is the one in the cloud. Delete the master copy and the cached copies have no "parent" and no way of maintaining any kind of sync.
It's similar to using a corporate network drive to get access to your files from anywhere. Delete a file without making a local copy and it's no longer accessible.

Similar Messages

  • TS3988 How do I turn off iCloud and go back to the way I had it before?

    I am unhappy with iCloud for a number of reasons. I want to go back to backing up my music to an external HD, storing music on my devices, and turn off iCloud.
    How do I turn off iCloud? I have iTunes on a PC.
    THANKS

    Current Firefox versions remember the download directory based upon the URL, so if the URL changes then the default folder may be chosen if there hasn't been selected a download folder before for that server.
    *[[/questions/889958]]
    *[[/questions/882443]]
    Bug 536503 - Last downloaded-to directory should be remembered on a site-by-site basis
    Firefox 11 will have a workaround by providing a pref (browser.download.lastDir.savePerSite) to disable this feature.

  • How do I turn off icloud on my iphone 4s? Can I still use Find My Phone?

    How do I turn off icloud on my iphone 4s?
    Can I still use Find My Phone?

    You cannot use Find My iPhone without iCloud.
    If you want to sign off of your iCloud account on your iPhone, you go to Settings>iCloud, scroll to the bottom and sign out. It will ask for your password so it can turn off Find My iPhone before removing the iCloud account from your device.
    Cheers,
    GB

  • How do I turn off iCloud match in iTunes?

    How do I turn off iCloud Match in iTunes:

    Open iTunes and go to Store>Turn Off iTunes Match.

  • How do I turn off icloud if I don't want to use it

    How do I turn off iCloud if I don't want it on my phone or on my computer

    Hey Judywins50,
    This article goes over how to disable specific parts of iCloud or even turning off iCloud completely on both your iPhone and computer:
    iCloud: Change iCloud feature settings
    http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2613
    Sincerely,
    Delgadoh

  • HT5902 how do i turn off icloud photo sharing?

    how do i turn off icloud photo sharing?

    Go to Settings>iCloud>Photos>Photo Sharing and turn it off.

  • How can I turn off iCloud without losing my documents?

    How can I turn off iCloud without losing my documents?
    When I try to sign out Icloud I get the warning (( If you turn off Documents & Data, all documents stored in Icloud will be removed from this Mac))
    I don,t want to remove my document on my computer, what should I do? 

    If you are refering to documents such as Pages and Numbers files....
    The only way around this is to "save as" you icloud documents using the associated app to a local folder on your mac.  Then turn off icloud.
    Of course, when you sign off of icloud, the docs are removed from the mac, but remain in icloud.  In the future when you sign back in, the documents are available to you again.
    Oh, and the icloud documents are also stored locally in ...
    ~/Library/Mobile Documents
    Note that Library in the user's home folder is now hidden, so you'll have to set Finder to view hidden files.
    The Mobile Documents folder has subfolder where copies of the doc/data files are stored.
    You can move these files to another folder to save them.

  • How can I turn off icloud

    how can I turn off icloud so that I can continue to synch my iphone to Window Contacts

    Hi
    I looked an no such option exists there is only 4 options
    1. open itunes when phone is connected
    2. synch only checked songs and ...
    3. convert higher bit rate
    4. manually manage music and ...
    I never had this problem before I loaded this new version of itunes
    I really am beginning to think that Apple is making things harder not easier
    I wish i could go back to the simpler version
    But no I am stuck in limbo with no way to synch or back up my contacts

  • How do I turn off icloud for my music in iphone?

    how do I turn off icloud for my music in iphone?

    What exactly do you mean here...there's really nothing to turn on/off. Your purchased music is simply available for download, directly on your device, if not already on your device. If you don't want to download it, then don't.

  • How do I turn off iCloud on my iPad?  I don't want to save my pictures to iCloud.

    How do I turn off iCloud on my iPad?  I don't want to save my pictures to iCloud.

    Just turn off Backup Options (tap to enlarge)

  • "If you turn off iCloud Drive, all documents stored on iCloud will be deleted from this Mac.

    My wife changed her iCloud password on her iPhone, and when she went to her iMac she changed her iCloud password there to match the iPhone. Then she got the following message:
    "if you turn off iCloud Drive, all documents stored on iCloud will be deleted from this Mac. This appears under her iCloud account. She has Yosemite on her iMac.
    So she's stuck. Any ideas?

    The documents remain in iCloud, but are removed from your mac.  So if she turns it off, they will be removed.  If she turns it back on, the documents would again be available.

  • Can you turn off iCloud Drive without losing data?

    I enabled iCloud drive but then discovered through some articles that one should not enable iCloud Drive until Yosemite comes out and all of one's devices are running iOS8 and Yosemite on their computes.  Since enabling iCloud Drive I am missing Photostream and Pages docs that I had on my phone and god knows what else. When I went to try and turn off iCloud Drive (so I can then wait until Yosemite comes out before I re-enable iCloud Drive), I get the following message:
    "Are you sure you want to turn off iCloud Drive? Some changes have not been uploaded to iCloud. If you turn off iCloud Drive, these changes will be lost." Immediately below that message is a red message that says "Delete from iPhone."
    What exactly would be deleted from my phone if I turn off iCloud Drive?  What changes does the message refer to?  Why can't I just return my phone from iCloud Drive to the regular Cloud so I can access my Photostream and my Pages data?  And why on earth did Apple not alert us to the issues we would face with iOS8 if we install BEFORE Yosemite comes out?  This is so frustrating!
    Thanks in advance for any advice.
    Teresa

    I would love to hear that Apple has remedied this problem. From other discussion strings that I am following related to this issue, it seems thus far we remain out of luck. I did discover that if I log onto iCloud.com I can access my files that way.  Still, what a pain. 
    When I got the message re iCloud Drive as I was setting up my phone after the update to iOS8, it said I wouldn't be able to access my files unless all of my devices were running iOS8 OR Yosemite. That message was misleading as it really should have said all devices need to be running iOS8 AND your mac needs to be running Yosemite, as it was not an "either or" situation.  So frustrating...

  • How do i turn off icloud on my ipod touch?

    how do I turn off the icloud off on my ipod touch Idon't want my music and movies and tv shows to go directly to icloud right when they download, and now i cant seem to download my content that I paid for back to my ipod touch. just tell me how to turn off the icoud feature on my ipod touch so I can redownload the content i paid for?
        icloud was a terrible idea!

    i didnt choose for it to happen to me it must have happened to me when i downloaded itunes on my pc. should i delet itunes on my home computer to solve my problem if so i will to get my downloads to go directly to my ipod touch.

  • TS1702 How do you turn off iCloud on iPad?

    I have a game that I purchased, that I need to reload from the vender. When I go to purchased games after deleting the game. It comes up as being on the iCloud and not vender site. How do I delete it from the iCloud so I can reload from the vender.  Forgot to mention the reason to reload. When typing in the game my iPad resets itself.

    Deleting the account will only delete it from your iPad, not from iCloud.  If you want to delete the account and keep your data on your iPad, first go to Settings>iCloud and turn all data that is syncing with iCloud (contacts, calendars, etc.) to Off.  When prompted choose to keep the data on the iPad.  (If you are syncing iWork documents with iCloud, also open your iWork apps and turn off iCloud syncing and choose to keep the documents on your iPad.)  After everything is turned off, scroll to the bottom and tap Delete Account.  Your data will remain on your phone.  If you ever want to re-use your iCloud, just go to Settings>iCloud and sign back in.

  • How do I turn off iCloud on my phone without deleting it altogether? Want to save space.

    Just backed up all data and synced phone. I want to turn off iCloud just on my device to save space. Someone help me please?

    Hi KleeDanielle,
    iCloud does not use the storage space on your iPhone.  You access the music, contacts, calendars, photos, etc. from the cloud using your device.  
    iCloud: What is iCloud?
    https://support.apple.com/kb/PH2608?locale=en_CA
    The resource below will explain how to see what data is being stored on your iPhone and how to free up space if you need it.
    See how much storage you've used on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support
    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201656
    Cheers,
    - Judy

Maybe you are looking for

  • Ipod Nano - Movies and Wheel Questions

    1. I just purchased the 16GB Ipod Nano and within two weeks the wheel stopped working. I reset the software via iTunes and also by holding down the menu and select button. Nothing worked. Now I'm waiting for a replacement from the store as they were

  • ESR modeling and Aris

    Hi, In our origination we are using Aris for the modelling of business processes. From what I am lead to believe is that Aris integrates with SAP Solution Manager and Solution manager integrates with the SLD. So landscape, software products and softw

  • Opengl Lenovo t61

    Hey whenever i try to open a game it says "it failed to find an accelerated OpenGL mode." could you help me to find a solution or update the correct version for my computer? thank you very much Solved! Go to Solution.

  • Sending data through a serial write box (vision processing)

    Hi there, I am fairly new to labview and vision assistant. I was wondering if I could get some assistance on a particular problem we are having with our project. The idea is that we will use a webcamera to analyze a continuous loop of images and iden

  • Plug-ins for CS5

    Is Adobe ever going to get around to posting the Plugins?  Or are they just going to keep us wasting our time searching for them every day? Also wasting our time trying to jump through hoops to do the things we used to be able to do?