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How to set up iCloud Drive on iPhone

You can access iCloud Drive and store files, create folders, and share documents with friends and family. You can access your content from all your devices where you’re signed in to the same Apple Account, including on a Mac, where iCloud Drive is located in the Finder.

iCloud Drive is built into the Files app on devices with iOS 11, iPadOS 13, or later. You can also use it on Mac computers (OS X 10.10 or later), Windows devices (iCloud for Windows 7 or later), or online at iCloud.com. Just know that storage limits depend on your iCloud storage plan.

Turn on iCloud Drive

  1. Open Settings, tap [your name], and then tap iCloud.
  2. Tap Drive and then turn on Sync this iPhone.

Browse iCloud Drive

  1. Start the Files app on your iPhone.
  2. Tap Browse.
  3. Tap iCloud Drive below Locations.
  4. If you don’t see Locations, tap Browse again. If you don’t see iCloud Drive below Locations, tap Locations.
  5. To open a folder, tap it.

Choose which apps use iCloud Drive

It’s up to you which apps can store and edit content on iCloud Drive.

  1. Open Settings, tap [your name], and then tap iCloud.
  2. Tap See All next to Saved to iCloud.
  3. Turn on each app you want saved to iCloud, and turn off each one you don’t want saved.
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