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Using a web browser on a Mac or Windows computer, you can work with your files in iCloud Drive on iCloud.com.

Before you can use iCloud Drive on iCloud.com, you must upgrade your iCloud account to use iCloud Drive. For instructions, see Set up iCloud Drive.

To use iCloud Drive on iCloud.com, go to icloud.com/drive and sign in using your Apple ID (the one you use with iCloud). Be sure you use a Mac or Windows web browser recommended in the Apple Support article System requirements for iCloud.

Note: If you don’t see iCloud Drive on iCloud.com, your account just has access to iCloud web-only features. To gain access to iCloud Drive and other iCloud features, set up iCloud on your iOS device or Mac.

If you’re using another iCloud app, click the app’s name at the top of the iCloud.com window, then click iCloud Drive.

Upload files

You can use the iCloud Drive app on iCloud.com to upload files from a Mac or Windows computer to iCloud Drive.

Go to iCloud Drive on iCloud.com.
Do either of the following:
Drag files from the desktop or a folder window on your computer to the iCloud Drive window or a folder icon in the iCloud Drive window.
If you drag to a folder icon, it becomes highlighted to confirm that the item you’re dragging will go into the folder.
Click the Upload button  in the iCloud Drive toolbar, select the files you want to upload, then click Choose.
If you’re alerted that there isn’t enough free space for the items you’re trying to upload, you can upgrade your iCloud storage or manage your iCloud storage to free up space.

iCloud Drive only lets you upload a file into an app’s folder if the app can open the file. For example, a file you upload to the Pages folder must be a Pages document, Word document, or other kind of file Pages can open.

Email files

You can email files directly from iCloud Drive—no need to switch to iCloud Mail to create a new message with attachments.

Go to iCloud Drive on iCloud.com.
Select the files you want to email, then click the Email button  in the iCloud Drive toolbar.
iCloud Drive opens a new email window and attaches your files.
Add recipients, a subject, and a message, then click Send in the upper-right corner of the email window.
For more information, see Write and send email messages.
iCloud Drive uses your iCloud email account to send files. Attachments are limited in size to a total of 20 MB per email.

Note: If you send an email with large files attached, it might be returned by the recipient’s email service because your email exceeds the size limit set by that email service. You can try sending the files in multiple email messages.

Download files

You can download files that you want to copy from iCloud Drive to your computer. Any changes you make to a downloaded file appear only on your computer unless you subsequently upload the file to iCloud Drive.

Go to iCloud Drive on iCloud.com.
Select the files you want to download, then click the Download button  in the iCloud Drive toolbar.
The files are saved in the Downloads folder on your computer (or other folder specified in your web browser’s preference or option settings).
Organize files in folders

You can organize files and folders by moving files into folders and folders into other folders. You can create folders in addition to the ones that are created automatically for the apps that support iCloud Drive, such as Pages, Numbers, and Keynote.

Go to iCloud Drive on iCloud.com.
Do any of the following:
Create a folder: Click the New Folder button  in the iCloud Drive toolbar. To add a folder inside an existing folder, double-click the existing folder before clicking the New Folder button .
Put an item in a folder: Drag it to the folder icon.
Put several items in a folder: Select the items, then drag one of the items to the folder.
All selected items move to the folder.
Put an item in an enclosing folder: Drag it to the small folder icon at the bottom of the iCloud Drive window. If you don’t see small icons at the bottom of the window, make the window taller.

Put several items in an enclosing folder: Select the items, then drag one of the items to the small folder icon at the bottom of the iCloud Drive window.
All selected items move to the folder.
iCloud Drive only lets you move a file into an app’s folder if the app can open the file. For example, a file you move to the Pages folder must be a Pages document, Word document, or other kind of file Pages can open.

Rename files and folders

You can change the name of a file you uploaded or a folder you added to iCloud Drive. You can’t change the names of app folders, such as Pages, Numbers, and Keynote. (App folders are also called application library folders.)

Go to iCloud Drive on iCloud.com.
Select a file or folder, click the Info button  for the selected item, then edit the name in the Info pane.

Delete files

You can delete files you no longer want to store in iCloud Drive by using the iCloud Drive app on iCloud.com. Deleting your files from iCloud Drive reduces the amount of iCloud storage space you’re using.

Important: When you delete a file from iCloud Drive on iCloud.com, it’s also deleted from all your devices set up to use iCloud Drive.

Go to iCloud Drive on iCloud.com.
Select the files you want to delete, then click the Trash button  in the iCloud Drive toolbar.
Files you delete from iCloud Drive are recoverable for 30 days, and then they are permanently removed. You can permanently remove deleted files before the 30-day time period is up. For instructions, see “Restore deleted files” and “Remove deleted files immediately,” below.

Restore deleted files

You can restore files you deleted from iCloud Drive in the last 30 days, whether you deleted them on iCloud.com, your iOS device, your Mac, or your Windows computer. However, you can’t restore files you permanently removed as described in “Remove deleted files immediately,” below.

Go to Settings on iCloud.com, then click Restore Files (in the Advanced section).
Select each file you want to restore, or select Select All.
If a file was in a folder when you deleted it, the folder location is shown below the filename.
The list of deleted files may contain more files than can be shown at once. Scroll to see more.
Click Restore.
Look for your restored files in the folders they were in when you deleted them. For example, if a file was in the Pages folder when you deleted it, look for the restored file in the Pages folder.

Remove deleted files immediately

You can immediately and permanently remove files you deleted from iCloud Drive in the last 30 days, whether you deleted them on iCloud.com, your iOS device, your Mac, or your Windows computer. After you permanently remove files, they can’t be restored.

Go to Settings on iCloud.com, then click Restore Files (in the Advanced section).
Select each file you want to permanently remove, or select Select All.
If a file was in a folder when you deleted it, the folder location is shown below the filename.
The list of deleted files may contain more files than can be shown at once. Scroll to see more.
Click Delete.