iCloud: what is it and what is it eaten with? How to connect iCloud on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Windows computers. How to use iCloud on iPad: restore and disable How to close icloud on iPhone

You can turn iCloud features on and off individually on any device. You can also turn off iCloud completely.

If you disable an iCloud feature on a device, updates for that feature will no longer be available on that device. However, by turning off iCloud Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Notes, or Reminders, you won't lose access to information already stored on iCloud.com. You can also access information through another device by setting up the desired functions on it. In some cases, when you turn off an iCloud feature, you may be able to copy data from iCloud to your device. The copied information will no longer be synced to iCloud.

Before you turn off a feature or completely turn off iCloud on all devices, you can save a copy of the data you store in iCloud to your computer. See the Apple Support article Back up or copy iCloud data for more information.

Turn iCloud features on or off

Depending on which device settings you want to change, do one of the following:

Completely disable iCloud

Depending on whether you want to stop using iCloud on all devices or just some, do one of the following:

From the home screen of your iOS device, tap Settings > iCloud, then tap Delete Account at the bottom of the screen.

Note: If you delete your iCloud account, there will be no more iOS device data. You can back up your device data in iTunes. For more information, open iTunes and choose iTunes > Help.

On a Mac open iCloud settings and select Sign Out.

If your Mac is running OS X v10.7.5, calendar and reminder information will not be saved to iCal after iCloud is disabled. If you want to keep your calendar and reminders, you need to back them up before turning off iCloud. For more information, see the Apple Support article

Let's touch on the following topic in today's article: “How to disable iCloud on iPhone” To begin with, let's briefly understand the purpose of this service.

So, iCloud is one of the most popular cloud storage available to everyone.

In layman's terms, Apple's iCloud storage is a capacious memory card hosted on Cupertino servers that can store photos, documents, audio and video recordings, notes, and backups.

Access to them is open from absolutely any device, including iPhone of any model (4,4s, 5, 5s, 6, 6s, 7, 8, X, SE) iPad, android smartphone, desktop computer, laptop with any OS. The automatic synchronization function provides this interaction, with all devices individually.

Why unplug your deviceiCloud?

If you want to sell or donate your device, you will have to deauthorize it. To do this, you need to untie the device from iCloud so that the new owner can fully use his iPhone, iPad, iPod, etc.

Otherwise, when trying to activate the device, the new owner will block it and will be able to unlock it only at the Apple service center or at official local representative offices (in Russia it is reStore and Cellular), and it will cost a lot of money. Thus, when donating, selling a device, it becomes necessary to untie it from the iCloud service.

In fact, there are several ways to disconnect the device from iCloud. This variability of actions is explained by the versatility of the Cupertino storage, it can interact simultaneously with personal computers, laptops, tablets and smartphones.

Shutdown methods

From iPhone

This is the simplest and most popular method. For its implementation it is necessary:

Everything is almost ready, but for sale, as many users note, this is not enough. You need to make the device “like new”, for this you need to completely format the phone:

• Go back to Settings;
• We find the item “Basic” select it;
• Next, select “Reset”, carefully study the items that pop up after that, confirm our decision several times, select the item “Erase content and settings”;
• You will need to enter your Apple ID password and confirm your decision as a last resort.

This step is enough for iCloud to “forget” our device.

Via computer

To do this, follow these steps:

1. Put your device into airplane mode. The function of switching to airplane mode is available in the main settings;
2. Sign in to icloud.com. You will see the iCloud desktop.
3. Launch the Find My iPhone web app. Confirm authorization if necessary.
4. Click on the "All Devices" icon;
5. Select a device to deauthorize;
6. Confirm the deletion of the selected device (important: the device must be offline). Confirm your decision.

Unbind iCloud without password from Apple ID

It is quite easy to untie a device with the “Find ...” function disabled, a small sequence of actions is enough for this.

A device connected to iCloud to your Apple ID with the “Find iPhone”, “Find iPad” or “Find Mac” function activated can be unlinked from the cloud simply by entering your account password. To disable Find My iPhone, you must enter your Apple ID password.

There may be problems here due to the fact that you do not know this password..

Perhaps you just forgot it, or you didn’t install it by asking someone, or maybe it was left from the former owner of the device. It doesn’t matter, the main thing is that even without a password from Ikloud, you can untie an iPhone, but this is already much more difficult:

If there is a specified backup mail address and you can answer security questions, then you need to answer these questions and reset your Apple ID password. Using the backup mail, create a new Apple ID, and already specify the password for it when prompted when you untie iCloud in the 2nd way (using a personal computer or laptop).

Let me remind youwhat if you don't have password to your phone's Apple ID, then flashing or restoring it is strictly prohibited, otherwise you risk being left with a "brick".

On a Mac and Windows computer

On Mac

Separately, we will analyze how to disable iCloud in the Mac OS environment. Here, just like on the iPhone, with the “Find Mac” function active, you will need to enter the administrator password in the cloud storage.

*A little trick to not bother with two passwords. The iCloud password and the administrator password can be the same, and to set a single password, you need to go to “System Settings -> Users and Groups - Button ”Change Password”, Button ”Use iCloud Password”.

The algorithm of actions in order to log out of an iCloud account in a Mac OS environment:

1. Go to “System Preferences -> iCloud” and click on the “Sign Out” button.
   Sign out of iCloud on Mac
2. Decide the fate of files downloaded to Mac from iCloud. It is possible to permanently delete and the ability to leave them on the computer. Only Contacts and Safari Keychain can be left on the hard drive. Documents from iCloud Drive, Calendar, Notes and Reminders subject to recovery when connecting Mac to iCloud.

On Windows via iTunes

In the Windows environment, the algorithm of actions is similar. Here we will remove the device from iCloud through iTunes:

Why you might run out of storage in iCloud

Everything that you store in the service is contained on apple servers. Their head office is located in North Carolina. And for all owners of Apple products there is a place in this vast space of information.

But over time, users have a problem with the lack of space in this storage. Surprisingly for the average person, iCloud syncs with your device automatically when your phone is connected to a wifi network and not used by the owner for a long time, for example: when you sleep.

Basically, the memory is filled from your photo library. Videos are also uploaded to the cloud, freeing up the gadget's hard drive. And if you have not cleared iCloud data for some time, usually this happens in the second year of using the device, all the space in the cloud storage will be occupied.

How to check how much free space is left

To find out the status of cloud storage, you need to directly click on the “Settings” icon from the device, go to the “Accounts and passwords” section - “iCloud”, in the “Storage” section you will find information about how much free space you have left.

How to clean up a place

You can free up storage space by deleting unnecessary videos and photos. You need to delete them from all albums, including from “Recently Deleted”. The last item can be omitted, because after 40 days the device will automatically delete them from memory. In addition to your library data, iCloud can store device backups, notes, documents, and other files.

To free up space in the cloud, you can also delete them, to do this, go to the iCloud management section in the “General” tab in the device settings. If you have already deleted everything unnecessary, but there is still not enough space, then you can transfer all iCloud data to a computer, and then to any other media. To do this, log in to iCloud from a personal computer on the site and download all the files to your computer's hard drive, then delete this data from the cloud.

How to increase space

There is another way by which you can continue to use iCloud without getting rid of the necessary documents, photos or videos. You can increase the amount of cloud storage, of course, this is a paid service. And now for the owners of gadgets from Apple there is a question about the cost of using the iCloud system. The first thing to note when talking about the price of iCloud is that 5 GB (the volume is enough for everyday use for a year) is provided as a standard free of charge, forever for all accounts. In this case, the size of the uploaded file cannot be more than 15 GB. Monthly payment is in excess of the standard volume:

• 50 GB - 59 rubles;
• 200 GB - 149 rubles;
• 1 TB - 599 rubles.

To change the tariff plan:

On your phone, go to “Accounts and passwords”->”iCloud”->”Storage”->”Management”->”Change storage plan”.

This information is official and taken from the Apple website. As a result, it turns out that you can increase disk space at quite democratic prices.

To change the storage plan, you need to go to the “General” section in the device Settings, then to “Storage and iCloud”, in the iCloud section, click the “Management” tab. There, click on the item “change storage plan” and select the conditions that suit you.

How to change an account

You can create another iCloud account and 5GB of memory will be available to you again, for this you need to perform the next algorithm of actions:

How to remove iCloud

For those who do not want to have anything to do with iCloud, you can delete your account. This makes sense if you do not want your personal photos, videos, documents to be stored on the Internet. This is reasonable, since such services are not reliable, they have repeatedly hacked celebrity cloud storage and stolen intimate data from there.

So, in order to completely protect yourself from hackers, you need to open Settings, go to the iCloud section, click the “Delete account” button and confirm. All is ready.

Let me remind you that if there is data in the storage, they will be deleted, so take care of their safety in advance.

The iCloud service makes it possible to synchronize important data for the user on several Apple devices, and also helps to find the gadget in case of loss. But sometimes you need to urgently unlink your iPhone, iPad, or iPod from iCloud.

Why unlink an Apple device from iCloud

Unbinding or deauthorizing an iPhone, iPad or iPod is needed if you want to sell or donate a gadget. If you do not disconnect the device from iCloud, then the new owner will not be able to activate it - the lock will work. In the iStore service center, the operation of disconnecting from iCloud costs a lot of money, so before selling or giving away an iPhone, iPad or iPod, it is advisable to untie the gadget from your Apple iCloud account.

Ways to "unlink" iPhone, iPad and iPod from iCloud

There are several standard ways to disconnect an Apple device from iCloud.

"Detachment" from the computer

Follow the steps below.

1. Put your device in airplane mode or turn it off. The airplane mode function is available in the main settings.
2. Go to icloud.com and then to the service with your Apple ID.
3. You will be taken to your iCloud desktop. Launch the Find My Device web application.
4. Confirm authorization if necessary.
5. Click on the "All devices" icon and select the device you want to unpair, for example, iPhone.
6. Confirm the deletion of the selected Apple device (click Remove).

"Detach" from iCloud directly from the deauthorized device

Remove device from iCloud via iTunes

The steps you need to complete with this option on both MacOS and Windows computers are similar.

1. Launch iTunes and sign in to iCloud.
2. Go to the iTunes Store section, scroll to the bottom of the AppStore tab, and go to your iCloud account settings.
3. Enter the "Device Management" section.
4. Select "Delete" and then click the "Done" button to exit the settings for active Apple devices.

How to check if an Apple device has been deauthorized

Activation Lock is a serious problem, without which the new owner of the iPhone, iPad or iPod will not be able to use the device normally.

If you are buying a used gadget, then ask the seller to do the following:

• deauthorize the device in the iTunes Store, AppStore and iCloud;
• disable the tracking function "Find my device" on the device;
• reset the device and clear user data.

You will have to follow the same steps if you are selling or gifting an Apple device. After that, the activation lock will be completely removed, and the device can be transferred to another person.

Other ways to deauthorize Apple devices

Other ways to "unlink" an iPhone, iPad, or iPod from iCloud are not entirely legal. For example, if the device is lost, and the person who found it, instead of returning it to its previous owner, activated the gadget using “gray” methods, they can be held liable for fraud. In addition, hacking tools for Apple devices (computer programs that exploit iOS vulnerabilities) usually do not last long, because Apple fixes these vulnerabilities with each subsequent iOS update. So it is better not to resort to such means.

Having followed exactly all the steps to “untie” an iPhone, iPad or iPod strictly according to the instructions above, you can easily sell or donate the gadget to another person.

iCloud Photo Library - and sync it across devices. True, for this it is advisable to buy more space in iCloud, since the initial 5 GB is only enough for a person who does not know that he has a camera on his phone.

This scares many away - yet in our country, not everyone is ready to pay for cloud storage. , many saw it as an excellent free alternative to Apple's service and decided to "run over". Yes, and there may be other motives to jump off using iCloud - for example, you suddenly moved from iPhone to Android.

Naturally, before deleting everything, it is advisable to save the photos back to the device. Naturally, for this, there must be enough space on the gadget to place them. If so, then follow these instructions:

1. Go to "Settings"

3. There, find the item "Photo"

Be sure to connect the charger and check Wi-Fi - synchronization occurs only over the air and with enough battery power. After the photos are back on your phone, you can transfer them to your computer via USB, or drive them to Dropbox or any other application you need.

Now you can turn off the media library. So, in order to disable iCloud Photo Library:

1. Go to "Settings"

2. Go to the "iCloud" tab

3. There, find the item "Photo"

4. Turn off the switch next to iCloud Photo Library

After that, synchronization is disabled only on the device on which you did the above procedure. But even if you turn off iCloud Photo Library on all devices, previously saved photos will still remain in the cloud. Not everyone likes to leave personal photos on their account, so when changing the image storage service, it is better to delete them from the media library.

For this:

1. Go to "Settings"

2. Go to the "iCloud" tab

3. Click on "Storage"

5. Find iCloud Photo Library

6. Click "Disable and Remove" (Be careful, Apple does not ask for confirmation for this action)

Before selling or transferring the iPhone to another person, the question arises of how to untie the iPhone from iCloud.

This need arises due to the fact that a new user can access the personal data of the previous owner. Therefore, it is extremely important to perform this procedure, and only then give the smartphone to another person.

We will look at three simple ways to do this.

Method number 1. iCloud official website

The very first way, which you should definitely use to unbind the iPhone, is to use the official website icloud.com.

Step by step, this process is as follows:

• First, log in to the site, that is, enter your username and password, and then click on the login button in the form of an arrow to the right.

• Click on "All Devices" at the top. A list of smartphones and tablets linked to this account will open. Select the one you want to untie there and click on the cross next to it. This, in fact, is the unbind button.

• A window will appear in which you will need to confirm the removal of the device from your iCloud account. To do this, simply click on the inscription "Delete".

That's all. The procedure is over. But there are times when it is necessary to complete the task without knowing the password. In this case, you can use the phone itself.

Method number 2. Sign out of iCloud on iPhone

So, if you do not know the password, you can simply log out of iCloud on the device itself. This will be quite enough for him to stop being tied to this service.

To do this, do the following:

• Go to settings and find an item called "iCloud" there. Click on it. It is usually located at the bottom or middle of the settings list.
• In the iCloud menu, find the item "Sign out" or in iOS 7 and below "Delete account". Click on it.
• There will be a warning that all information related to iCloud will be permanently erased from this device. But we need it. Therefore, confirm this action by pressing the "Delete" button again and enter the password.

This is standard procedure. Here, as we can see, a password is required. But if you forgot your password, follow exactly the same steps as described in the list above, but when the system asks for a password, do this:

• Click "Cancel" in the password entry window.
• In the iCloud settings, select "Account".

• Here, in the "Password" line, enter absolutely any password, not a real one.
• A message will appear stating that the entered data is incorrect. That's the way it should be. Click OK.

• Again, follow all the steps described above, that is, click on the "Logout" button in the iCloud settings, then go to the "Account" menu. But now another line will appear here - "Description". Click on it and erase everything that will be indicated there.
• Now click on the “Sign out” (or “Delete account”) item again and in the window that appears, click on “Delete”. The password will not be requested.

With these workarounds, you can log out of your account without a password. This is possible because removing the description disables the Find My iPhone option. It's impossible to do it manually.

Method number 3. Using iTunes

This method assumes that the decoupling will occur through a computer. Therefore, you initially need to install iTunes on your PC or laptop (here is the link), connect your iPhone using a USB cable and run it.

• Log in. To do this, click on the "Login" button in the upper right corner. In the window that appears, enter your Apple ID and password. Click on the "Login" button in this window.

• Next, go to the store. To do this, click on the "iTunes Store" tab and scroll down the page to the maximum. There will be an inscription "Account". Click on it.

• In the "iTunes in the Cloud" section, click on the "Device Management" button.

• Click on the "Delete" button and then "Finish".

That's all. On this, the unbinding process can be considered completed and you can safely transfer your device to the new owner. It's completely safe now.