Removing data from the cloud

hiya,
i wanted to get rid of data stored in the cloud, I was almost at full 5gb capacity. I turned off backups and it gave me some sort of message about deleting from the cloud but keeping on the device. I opted for that and have also turned all apps, pictures, contacts, mail etc to the off position for cloud back ups as well as the IOS8 back up button to off position. It now says I have 5gb of space available in the cloud.
please can someone just tell me if that now means that absolutely everything is permanently gone?
also, if backups took place when the device was locked and connected to wifi, is it possible that data travelling to the cloud was visible by anyone else? I.e wifi service provider?
many thanks

Welcome to the Apple community RAVZB.
The apps are not actually in your iCloud storage, they are links to the apps in the App Store. What you are seeing is your purchase history and as such cannot be deleted.
You can however hide your purchases, which you can do from the QuickLinks > Purchased option from the main page in the iTunes Store on your computer.

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