Despite Apple’s best wishes, you don’t need to use iCloud on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. Although most people are happy to use the service, some prefer to keep their data stored locally, away from Apple’s servers. In this article, we’ll explain how to disable or turn off iCloud on your iPhone or Mac.
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Should I use iCloud or not?
Don’t get me wrong, iCloud can be useful. The purpose of iCloud is so you can access your data across all of your Apple devices. However, a large portion of people either don’t have another Apple device, or don’t need to be storing that much data in the cloud.
What happens if I turn off iCloud drive?
Turning off iCloud Drive doesn’t delete your documents from iCloud. But it does make it so your device can’t access them anymore. If you want to turn off iCloud Drive because you ran out of iCloud Storage, you need to archive and delete your iCloud Drive documents instead.
How can I disable iCloud?
How to delete or deactivate your iCloud account by deleting or deactivating your Apple ID
- Go to the Apple account website and sign in to the account you want to delete.
- Scroll to the bottom of the page.
- If you still want to delete, click the blue hyperlink to “Request to delete your account” and continue.
Will I lose my photos if I cancel iCloud?
According to this Apple iCloud Support page: If you downgrade your storage plan and your content exceeds the storage you have available, new photos and videos won’t upload to iCloud Photo Library and your devices will stop backing up to iCloud.
Will I lose anything if I turn off iCloud?
If you have an iPhone and iPad with iCloud sharing enabled on both, all photos and videos will be shared across both devices. However, if you turn iCloud photos off on your phone, your iPhone’s Camera Roll will lose any images that weren’t created on that device (if you haven’t downloaded them already, that is).
Do I have to use iCloud for photos?
You don’t need to use iCloud Photo Library to use Apple’s Photos app on your Mac, iPhone, or iPad; the app works without any cloud service involvement. But if you pass on using iCloud, we highly recommend finding a different way to back up your photos, lest you lose them accidentally.
What happens when you turn off iCloud on iPhone?
When you turn on iCloud for an app, its information is safely stored in iCloud and automatically kept in sync across your devices. When you turn it off, the app will no longer connect with iCloud, so your data will exist only on your device.
Do I need an Apple ID to use my iPhone?
Do I really need an Apple ID? Yes.On an Apple device, having an Apple ID allows you to access iCloud, track and protect your iPhone with Find My, sync settings if you have more than one Apple device, make App Store purchases, sync photos to iCloud, and more.
How do I not pay for iCloud storage?
How to cancel an iCloud storage plan on an iPhone or iPad
- Start the Settings app and tap your account name at the top of the screen.
- Tap “iCloud.”
- Under the iCloud storage bar, tap “Manage Storage.”
- Tap “Change Storage Plan.”
- Tap “Downgrade Options” and sign in with your Apple ID password if prompted.
Is iCloud just a backup?
But it’s not a backup. iCloud syncs your data between your Apple devices.This service does back up many things on your device, but it doesn’t back up data that is already in iCloud. Services like Contacts, calendars, Safari bookmarks, Apple Notes, and Messages in iCloud are not included in iCloud Backup.
Is iCloud storage a good deal?
For a dollar a month, it’s a pretty cheap service. If you want to use iCloud Photos without the nags or micromanagement, it’s a good deal. Most iPhone users should certainly consider spending the 99 cents every month.
Is it OK to turn off iCloud backup?
We would recommend that you enable app backups for essential apps like WhatsApp, Messages, and so on. But for media or podcast apps, it would be best to disable the feature if you’re running out of storage space. If you want, you can still turn off and delete the entire iCloud backup for the device.
How do I store photos without iCloud?
Everything you need to know about Google’s photo storage app for iPhone and Android.”
Use a server other than iCloud for photo backup
- Open the App Store and download Google Photos.
- When you open Google Photos, it will ask for access to your camera, and various other permissions to function properly.
What happens if I turn off iCloud photos?
If you turn off iCloud on your iPhone only, all of the photos in your iPhone will remain. You can also access your photos on the connected devices or on iCloud. But, a newly taken image will no longer be saved on iCloud.
What are the disadvantages of using iCloud?
Disadvantages: It’s the least conducive to multi-platform access. If you regularly need to get at your files from Windows or Android or another platform, you need to jump through more hoops than with Dropbox or Google. It’s file-sharing isn’t very good, especially if the people you’re sharing with aren’t on iCloud.
How do I delete photos from my iPhone without deleting them from iCloud?
You can make it with steps:
- Go to Settings on your iPhone.
- [your name] and choose iCloud.
- Tap on “Photos”.
- Turn off “iCloud Photo”.
- Now, you can delete photos from your iPhone.
Can you use Gmail for Apple ID?
You can use any email address for a new Apple ID. You can also change an existing Apple ID from one third-party address to another, like from @hotmail.com to @gmail.com.
Is my Apple ID my email?
When you create an Apple ID, you enter an email address. This email address is your Apple ID and the username that you use to sign in to Apple services like Apple Music and iCloud. It’s also the contact email address for your account. Be sure to check your email address regularly.
What happens if I cant pay iCloud?
If you stop paying for your iCloud storage you will receive a pop-up on your phone telling you to pay. If you refuse, you will have 30 days to get your data from the cloud before it’s erased permanently. If in those 30 days you decide to keep paying, all your stuff will remain there.
Which apps should I backup?
10 best Android backup apps and other ways to backup Android
- Autosync by MetaCtrl.
- Buggy Backup Pro.
- Backup Your Mobile.
- G Cloud Backup.
- Google Photos.
- Migrate.