Want to delete all iCloud files but not close accout

I uploaded many items when I first created my iCloud account, but now realize I only want certain items there. How do I delete all my iCloud data without canceling my iCoud account so I can start over?

Simply delete all your contacts from address book, calendars from iCal etc etc, anything you remove from one device will be removed from the iCloud and all other devices.

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If I delete all my photos in my camera roll will it still be in my iCloud ??? And I made a photo stream for pics of me and my friends is t in my iCloud ? I want to delete all my pictures but will it be in my iCloud ?

If I delete all my photos in my camera roll will it still be in my iCloud ??? And I made a photo stream for pics of me and my friends is t in my iCloud ? I want to delete all my pictures but will it be in my iCloud ?

Don't rely on iCloud to back up your pictures. It's designed to sync them to your devices, not back them up. Photo stream photos only remain in iCloud for 30 days, allowing your devices enough time to download them. But if you ever lose your device, or have to replace it, any photos older than 30 days will no longer be in iCloud to download.
To keep your photos, import them to your computer using your usb cable while they are still in your camera roll, as explained here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4083. After importing them, you will be given an option to delete them from your device.

How can i delete my icloud account but not the password to turn off the find my phone

how can i delete my icloud account but not the password to turn off the find my phone setting

Make sure you are signed into iMessage and FaceTime with your current ID. If they are signed into the old ID, go to Settings>Messages>Send & Receive and Settings>FaceTime, tap the ID, sign out, then sign back in with your current ID.
Then temporarily recreate the old ID by going to https://appleid.apple.com, click Manage my Apple ID and sign in with your current iCloud ID. Click edit next to the primary email account, change it back to your old email address and save the change. (You should not have to verify the old email account so it doesn’t matter if you no longer have access to it.) Now go to Settings>iCloud, turn off Find My iPad and enter your current password when prompted (even though it prompts you for the password for your old ID). Then save any photo stream photos that you wish to keep to your camera roll (unless using iCloud Photo Library). When finished go to Settings>iCloud, tap Sign Out and choose Delete from My iPad when prompted (your iCloud data will still be in iCloud). Next, go back to https://appleid.apple.com and change your primary email address back to the way it was. Now you can go to Settings>iCloud and sign back in with your current iCloud ID and password (your data will download back to your device).

I had a message that shows my mail box is full, i have deleted all my file but unfortunatly it shows no change on the storage at all

i had a message that shows my mail box is full, i have deleted all my file but unfortunatly it shows no change on the storage at all

Ditto on Clinton's suggestion using OmniDiskSweeper. It is an excellent tool.
It may seem elementary, but do empty Trash. Only then do you gain storage space.
You may also find a few hints here:
http://pondini.org/OSX/DiskSpace.html
Ciao.

I want to delete my icloud account but i dont want to lose my contacts. how do i keep my contacts if i dont want icloud on my iphone anymore

please help now my brothers contacts has all of my contacts

First, turn off using iCloud for your contacts. Go to:
Settings --> Mail, Contacts, Calendars --> (your iCloud account)
Switch "Contacts" to OFF.
You should get a dialog box asking you if you want to keep the contacts on the phone or not -- choose the option to keep them.
Now you can delete the iCloud account but retain the contact information.

I want to delete all my files so I can give this computer to a friend

I want to delete all files on my G-5 so I can give it to a friend.

Well, they would be the best way as they would allow you to return the computer to an "as-shipped" condition.
If you were diligent in keeping all your personal files in your User account, you can create a new admin account in the name of your friend, make sure it it working, then delete your original acct.
That would leave the program software intact as long as it is in the path Macintosh Hard Drive > Applications and not Macintosh Hard Drive > Users > [your username] > Applications. Anything inside your current User acct will be unavailable to a new user even if you don't delete that acct (unless you give him the password)

Want to delete mails from Thunderbird but not from the server?

Hi,
Please tell me how to configure the settings of Thunderbird so that if i delete any mail from Thunderbird that mail would be delete only from Thunderbird not from server. I'm using IMAP configuration for all my mail accounts and I'm using Thunderbird in my laptop and tablet both.
Currently i'm using Thunderbird 24.4.0 and i just want to delete my useless mails from Thunderbird but not from the server without using pop-3 settings.
Actually the reason for this Question arises because whenever i use to uninstall and reinstatement Thunderbird, i use to take "profiles" as a back up and its size is increasing day by day that is making a big issue to me as i cant take a back up of such a big size file.

Imap mail accounts keep the emails on the server and you see a remote view of those emails and folders.
When you subscribe to see a folder, the headers are downloaded, when you select an email to read, the entire folder is downloaded to a temp cache facilitating quicker access. If you synchronize folders, then a copy of that folder is downloaded to an mbox file in your profile, so that you have a copy of the server folder. When you make any changes to a synchronized folder, read an email, delete or move etc, then Thunderbird will resynchronize with the server to update the server. A synchronized folder allows you to work in 'offline' mode and this is the best time to perform a backup as you know there is a temporary stop on synchronizing as you are offline. They will resynchronize when you go back into 'online' mode.
So, with IMAP mail accounts, the folders you see in Thunderbird are the same folders on the webmail server. If you make any changes via Thunderbird or webmail then you are changing the same folder. You cannot delete an email without deleting it from the server, they are one and the same.
What you can do is move/copy an email into Local Folders and delete the one on the server. The Local Folders emails are kept in your Profile on your computer, these folders/emails are not on the server, unless you chose to keep a copy of them on the server.
Pop mail accounts cannot see the folders on the server. They only access the server Inbox folder and download emails not previously downloaded to the mail account Inbox in Thunderbird. These emails are kept on your computer in your profile folder. You can select to keep a copy on the server or not. You can choose to delete emails off your computer and off the server or not.
If the mail account is gmail , have you subscribed or even synchronized to see the 'All Mail' folder ? Gmail's all Mail folder is their Archive folder, it keeps a copy of all of your non-deleted emails. So, you do not need to subscribe to see this folder as it only shows you what you can already see in other folders. It doubles the disc space.
Please read section on 'All Mail' at this link.
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Using_Gmail_with_Thunderbird_and_Mozilla_Suite
You do not have to download/synchronize the entire folder. You could select to only synchronize the most recent xx days of emails.
see info here:
* https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/imap-synchronization#w_configuring-synchronization-and-disk-space-usage

HT202412 I want to delete all my files in Final Cut and start fresh. Will that be accomplished by deleting application and reinstalling? I am worried all the media will be there again.

If I reinstall the Final Cut X app, will all my media be there? I want to get rid of it all. Files are missing, etc. A hot mess. Seems easier to just start over but I don't want that media to show up again. Thanks. Must have had a bad day when I made my username here. Sorry.

The operation can’t be completed because the item “com.apple.FinalCut.LSSharedFileList.plist” is in use.
I got this message as I tried to empty trash. Final Cut X is not open. How do I get rid of this puppy? Thank you.

I want to delete my icloud account but i have forgotten my password

i have forgotten my icloud password and tried lots of ties to try and reset my password but i can not remember the emai that y account is linked to so does anyone know how cant delete my icloud account without resetting the password or doing anything complicated

Hello jemmajemmajemma
Have you tried resetting your security question? If you have not, then check out the article below for further assistance.
If you forgot your Apple ID password
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5787
If you forgot the answers to your Apple ID security questions
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6170
Regards,
-Norm G.

I want to delete my icloud account but cannot delete

please help how to delete icloud account , i just few weeks ago i buy new iphone and restore my old backup but my icloud account email is locked
now i want to delete my account but there is the problem deregsistering error , so please any one help me how to delete

If your current account ID is an updated version of this older ID, try the steps in this article in order to delete the existing account: If you're asked for the password to your previous Apple ID when signing out of iCloud. The last one (change your ID temporarily) will usually work.
If your current account ID is an entirely new ID that was never previously associated with the old email address, contact the Apple account security team for assistance changing the password for the old ID: Apple ID: Contacting Apple for help with Apple ID account security.

I am currently using Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3 and I want to delete all my files and reinstall a fresh Lion OS ...Need help

I am new to Mac and my sysem acting werid and slowed down in couple of months..I want to delte all the date and upload a fresh copy and hope it speeds up my system...Please Advice!!

try this:
http://www.udel.edu/pnpi/tools/erase/mac/erasedisk.html

ICloud set up on my iPad and synched to an iphone(not mine)..want to delete this iCloud acct but have been unsuccessful using the "delete this acct" function .. .HELP!

ICloud set up on my IPAD and synched to an IPhone..(not mine)..no success in using "delete this acct" function ...want it gone..How?

Ok yeah thats what I thought, so thats not the problem then.
Do you know where I can find the settings that I need to set up my Mac and Ipad to delete emails from the server?
Thanks heaps for your help.

I want to delet the iCloud account but forgot the old accounts password

How do I delete the main iCloud account, I forgot the password and the iCloud is discontinued?

Right, I've got you, I don't have this turned on so hence why I wasn't asked for this.
Not sure if you've seen this or not, but it may help:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5787
Regards,
Steve

Hi! I want to delete all locked files with one move.How can I do this?

Is there any one to know this easy way?

From the Terminal app, this should do the trick, but run it at your own risk:
rm -r ~/Library/Preferences/*lockfile

Hi all, my browser keeps on deleting all history files everytime i close it. How can i turn it off? Thanks to all who would answer this.

I noticed earlier today that everytime i open my firefox browser all my history files are gone, saved passwords, etc. I think it's deleting automatically everytime i close it. Anyone knows how to turn it off? Thanks in advance to those who will answer.

To see all History and Cookie settings, choose:
*Tools > Options > Privacy > Firefox will: "Use custom settings for history"
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Options+window+-+Privacy+panel
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/remove-recent-browsing-search-and-download-history
Clearing "Site Preferences" clears all exceptions for cookies, images, pop-up windows, software installation, passwords, and other website specific data.
Clearing cookies will remove all specified (selected) cookies including cookies with an allow exception that you would like to keep.
Make sure that you do not run Firefox in permanent Private Browsing mode (Never remember history).
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Private+Browsing
*Tools > Options > Privacy > Firefox will: "Use custom settings for history"
*Deselect: [ ] "Always use Private Browsing mode"

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