How to delete files from iCloud Drive using your iOS device, Mac or Windows PC

Apple’s iCloud Drive allows you securely access or manage all of your documents using your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac and Windows PC. So no matter which device you are using, you may always keep your documents up to date and use whenever you need them. With iCloud Drive, you may keep files and folders up to date across all of your devices and create new files and folders from iCloud-enabled apps. Moreover, you may work on the same file across multiple apps and access the files from your Mac Desktop and Documents folder everywhere that you use iCloud Drive. If you want to get your iCloud drive organized by removing unwanted or outdated files, here we will provide you a short guide that will help you to do that.

How to delete files from iCloud Drive using your iOS device?

By following the below given steps, you may easily delete files from your iCloud Drive.

• On your iOS running iOS 11 or later device, go to the Files app and tap “Browse.”
• Under “Locations”, tap iCloud Drive > Select.
• Now select the files that you want to delete and then tap on the trash icon.
• Navigate to Locations > Recently Deleted > Select.

• Select the files that you want to delete and tap “Delete” to remove them permanently.
• If you are using iOS device running iOS 10.3 or earlier, launch the iCloud Drive app and then tap “Select.”
• Select the files that you want to delete and then tap Delete > Delete from iCloud Drive.

How to delete files from iCloud Drive using your Mac?

If you want to your iCloud Drive files using your Mac, follow the below given steps to do that:

• If you require , enable iCloud Drive on your Mac by following the below given steps
• Navigate to Apple menu > System Preferences and click “iCloud.”

• Sign in with your Apple ID and enable iCloud Drive.
• In “Options”, make sure that you select the apps or folders for the iCloud files you want to manage.
• Now, open Finder and head to the iCloud Drive folder.
• From here, you may drag an item to the Trash or move it to a different folder on your Mac.
• Open “Trash” and then right-click the files that you want to remove.
• Finally, select “Delete” to get them removed permanently.

How to delete files from iCloud Drive using your Windows PC?

By following the below given steps, you may also remove files to manage your iCloud drive on Windows PC

• First off, download and install iCloud for Windows.
• Sign in with your Apple ID and enable iCloud Drive.
• Now, head to the iCloud Drive folder, select the files that you want to delete and then click “Delete.”

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