[Solved] How to Remove iCloud Photos from File Explorer?

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• User Case: I Cant Remove iCloud Photos from File Explorer
• Overview of iCloud Photos
• How to Remove iCloud Photos from File Explorer?
• Alternative Way to Manage Data in iCloud Photos Easily
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User Case: Cant Remove iCloud Photos from File Explorer

Overview of iCloud Photos

iCloud is a service from Apple that securely stores your personal information, keeps it up to date on all your devices, and makes it easy to share photos on iCloud and more with friends and family. With iCloud, you can

How to Remove iCloud Photos from File Explorer?

In order to meet the needs of non-Apple users at the same time, iCloud also provides iCloud for Windows. But in actual use, many users find that iCloud Photos data is not well compatible with the Windows system, so they want to remove iCloud Photos from File Explorer.

Solution 1: Remove iCloud Photos Folder from File Explorer via Control Panel

When you install iTunes, it installs all iCloud support for iCloud Photos. To delete iCloud photos from your PC, you can follow the steps below.

Step 1. You need to open "Control Panel" and double-click "iCloud".

Step 2. In the pop-up window, select the "Remove" radio button, and then click "Next".

Step 3. Generally, the system will ask you to log out of iCloud first. If you don't want to sign out of iCloud, select "Uninstall anyway".

Step 4. Return to the File Explorer interface, and you will find that iCloud has disappeared from your computer.

Solution 2: Remove iCloud Photos Folder from File Explorer via Regedit

If you still have iCloud Photos on your computer after trying the above methods, you can follow the steps below.

Step 1. Open regedit (Win+R, "regedit").

Step 2. Enter the key in the address bar.

Step 3. Deprecate key.

A. Right-click on the key and click "Delete";

B. Rename something different (e.g. prefix with "_")’;

Step 4. Close and re-open to observe the result.

Bonus Tip: How to Remove iCloud Files and Photos to Free up Space on PC

You can remove files, photos, and videos downloaded from iCloud for Windows to free up space on your computer.

Step 1. On a Windows computer, open "File Explorer", then click iCloud Drive or iCloud Photos in the navigation pane.

Step 2. Right-click on the file to delete. For iCloud Drive, you can also choose the folder that contains your downloads.

Alternative Way to Manage Data in iCloud Photos Easily

In order to prevent the File Explorer on your Windows computer from being stuck, you can also use the professional iCloud Photos management tool---MultCloud.

 

MultCloud is a professional cloud file manager, that now supports adding iCloud Photos, which means you can use MultCloud to manage your iCloud Photos. Also, you can add other cloud accounts to MultCloud to easily transfer iCloud Photos to NAS, Flickr or other cloud storage accounts.

Using MultCloud to manage data in iCloud Photos is very easy, you can follow the steps below.

Step 1. Sign up for an account with your email address and password. MultCloud also supports logging in directly with your Google or Facebook, so you can choose that too.

Step 2. Click "Add Cloud", then select iCloud Photos, and finally add your account to MultCloud according to the prompts. Afterwards, you can also add other cloud accounts to MultCloud in the same way.

Step 3. After the account is successfully added, you can manage the data in your iCloud Photos account. For example, you can copy, download, share, cut, paste, delete, preview, and rename, etc. the files in your account. For example, you can use the "Share" feature to share photos encrypted to non-Apple users.

If you have added other cloud accounts, you can also use the core functions provided by MultCloud to easily complete cloud-to-cloud migration, sync or backup, and even remotely upload data in torrent files to cloud accounts.

Summary

The above are all solutions for how to remove iCloud Photos from File Explorer, you can choose one according to your needs. In addition, you can try to use a professional multiple cloud storage manager---MultCloud to easily manage photos in iCloud Photos.