ICloud photo library was disabled

Hello,
I first imported my 100Gb iPhoto Library into Photos and then uploaded it to a 200Gb iCloud account. When I finished I discovered that I was not happy with the result so I decided to start from scratch instead of importing the iPhoto Library. I deleted my local copy and created a new one but did not work. I disabled the iCloud library but, did not work either.
I guess I did something wrong but since them, I get a message on the iCloud page saying that my "iCloud photo library was disabled". Even though it's in Spanish,, it looks like this:
Since them, the upload of the new Photos Library does not work at all and the program keeps telling me that my Library will be deleted in 28 days.
Is there any way to solve this issue. Basically delete the Library from iCloud and upload it again.
Thanks.
Hugo

I have the exact same problem.
I think we just have to wait the 28 days until our old iCloud Photo Libraries will be deleted and then we can activate it again and upload our new Library.
Would be great if there was a way to delete the iCloud Photo Library immediately instead of waiting 28 days.
P.S: If you just want your old Library Back, you can go to "Photos.app ->Preferences->General" and press the button "Use this as System Photo Library" (not sure it's exactly called this way in English, but should be called similar; if you can't press it it's already your System Photo Library and you're OK).
Then go to Macs "Preferences.app->iCloud->Manage" and find Photo Library. Press the button "Undo Deletion" (not sure it's exactly called this way in English, but should be called similar).
After that you can open Photos.app and activate iCloud Photo Library again and it should download your old Library.

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