Change iCloud settings on Mac

iCloud Storage bar

Shows your overall storage usage. Click Manage to manage your iCloud storage. You can do any of the following:

• Change your iCloud storage plan

• Share iCloud+ with your family

• Remove an iPhone or iPad backup

• Remove photos, videos, and data from iCloud that you no longer need

Saved to iCloud

Shows the syncing status of Photos, Drive, Passwords, Notes, Messages, and Mail. Click an app to see more details, or click See All to manage more apps.

The circle indicates the status of your total iCloud storage:

• 👁 The green iCloud status indicator
  : Storage space is available, so apps are syncing and new items save to iCloud.

• 👁 The yellow iCloud status indicator
  : Storage is almost full, so some apps may fail to sync.

• 👁 The red iCloud status indicator
  : Storage is full, so new items don’t save to iCloud.

• : Syncing or backups have not been enabled, or there is no internet connection.

Photos

Turn on “Sync this Mac” to store your photos and videos using iCloud Photos and access them in the Photos app on any device where you’re signed in to your Apple Account. You can also create Shared Albums and collaborate on a shared library with iCloud Shared Photo Library.

Drive

Turn on “Sync this Mac” to store your files in iCloud Drive and access them on any device where you’re signed in to your Apple Account. You can choose any of the following:

• Whether to store your Desktop and Documents folders in iCloud Drive.

• Whether to store older documents in iCloud when disk space is needed. See the Apple Support article Free up storage space on Mac.

• Which apps store data in iCloud Drive.

Passwords

Turn on “Sync this Mac” to securely store information like passwords and credit card numbers in iCloud and access them on any device where you’re signed in to your Apple Account. See Set up iCloud Keychain to autofill information.

Notes

Turn on “Sync this Mac” to store your notes in iCloud and access them on any device where you’re signed in to your Apple Account.

Messages

Turn on “Use on this Mac” to store your messages in iCloud and access them on any device where you’re signed in to your Apple Account. You can also see how many messages are in iCloud, choose how long to keep messages, and sync your Mac.

Mail

Turn on “Sync this Mac” to store your iCloud Mail email in iCloud and access it from the Mail app on any device where you’re signed in to your Apple Account.

If you don’t already have an iCloud email address, you’re prompted to create one. See Create a primary email address for iCloud Mail in the iCloud User Guide.

Find My Mac

Click Turn On to use Find My to locate any device where you’re signed in to your Apple Account. You can track a lost device, lock it, or remotely erase it.

Location Services must be on to use Find My Mac. To turn it on, click Privacy & Security 👁 Image
in the sidebar (you may need to scroll down), then click Location Services. Turn on Location Services, enter the name and password of an administrator of your Mac, then click Unlock. See Set up Find My.

Contacts

Store your contacts in iCloud so you can access them on any device where you’re signed in to your Apple Account.

iCloud Calendar

Store your calendar information in iCloud so you can access it on any device where you’re signed in to your Apple Account.

Reminders

Store your reminders in iCloud so that you can access them on any device where you’re signed in to your Apple Account.

Safari

Store your open tabs in iCloud Tabs in the Safari app so you can access them, as well as your Reading List and bookmarks, on any device where you’re signed in to your Apple Account. See See the webpages open on your other devices in Safari.

News

Store your News information in iCloud so you can access your followed channels and topics, saved stories, and reading history on any device where you’re signed in to your Apple Account.

Stocks

Store your stock watchlist information in iCloud so you can view it on any device where you’re signed in to your Apple Account.

Home

Allow internet communication through iCloud using the Home app so you can control internet-connected home devices, including thermostats, plugs, window blinds, light bulbs, and more, on any Apple device where you’re signed in to your Apple Account.

Wallet

Store your cards in iCloud so you can use them on any device where you’re signed in to your Apple Account.

Siri

Store your Siri settings in iCloud so you can use them on any device where you’re signed in to your Apple Account.

Image Playground

Store your images and characters from Image Playground in iCloud so you can use them on any device where you’re signed in to your Apple Account. You need Apple Intelligence* turned on to use Image Playground. See Create original images with Image Playground.

Freeform

Store your Freeform boards in iCloud so you can use them on any device where you’re signed in to your Apple Account.

Journal

Store your journal entries in iCloud so you can use them on any device where you’re signed in to your Apple Account.

FaceTime

Store your call history and video messages in iCloud so you can access them on any device where you’re signed in to your Apple Account.

Get More with iCloud+

If you don’t subscribe to iCloud+, click Upgrade to iCloud+ to view plans and begin the subscription process. iCloud+ gives you more storage for your photos, files, and backups, as well as additional features, including iCloud Private Relay, Hide My Email, and HomeKit Secure Video support. See the Apple Support article Buy iCloud+ or upgrade your current storage plan.

Manage Plan

If you subscribe to iCloud+, you can upgrade to get more storage per month. Select an option, then click Next.

You can also click Downgrade Options to downgrade your amount of storage. This change takes effect after your current monthly or annual subscription ends. If you downgrade to 5 GB of storage, you lose access to iCloud+ features.

Family

Set up Family Sharing to share your iCloud+ subscription and more. See Set up Family Sharing.

Apple Invites

Host an event with your iCloud+ subscription. See the Apple Invites User Guide.

Private Relay

Use iCloud Private Relay to hide your IP address and browsing activity in Safari and protect your unencrypted internet traffic, allowing you to browse the web in a more secure and private way.

You must subscribe to iCloud+ to use iCloud Private Relay. See Use iCloud Private Relay.

Hide My Email

Use Hide My Email to generate unique, random email addresses that forward to your personal email account, so you don’t have to share your real email address when filling out a form on the web or signing up for a newsletter. You can create as many addresses as you need.

You must subscribe to iCloud+ to use Hide My Email. See Use Hide My Email.

Custom Email

Use Custom Email to send and receive email from a personalized email address with iCloud Mail.

You must subscribe to iCloud+ to use Custom Email. See Add an email domain you already own to iCloud Mail on iCloud.com or Purchase a new email domain and add it to iCloud Mail on iCloud.com in the iCloud User Guide.

Advanced Data Protection

Use end-to-end encryption to protect the majority of your iCloud data with the highest level of cloud data security (macOS 13.1 or later; not available in all countries or regions). See the Apple Support article iCloud data security overview.

Because Apple won’t have the keys required to recover your data, you need to have a recovery contact or recovery key set up on your account. You can use these additional recovery methods to regain access to your data if you ever forget your password or lose access to your account. See the Apple Support articles Set up an account recovery contact and Set up a recovery key for your Apple Account.

iCloud.com

Control web access to your iCloud data. You can do any of the following:

• Turn on Allow Data Access to manage Access your mail, contacts, calendar, photos, notes, reminders, files, and documents on the web at iCloud.com and privacy.apple.com. See the Apple Support article Manage web access to your iCloud data.

• Turn on Allow Search to allow your trusted devices to provide local search results to iCloud Photos and iCloud Drive on iCloud.com. See Manage access to iCloud.com in the iCloud User Guide.

• Click Advanced to export or delete a report of your search queries from the last 28 days on iCloud.com.