iCloud User Guide
- Welcome
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- Sign in and use iCloud.com
- Customise and use the homepage tiles
- Apple Invites
- Keynote
- Numbers
- Pages
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- Photos on iCloud.com overview
- View your photos and videos
- Browse photos or videos by date
- Hide your photos and videos
- Upload and download photos
- Add or edit a title, caption or other metadata
- Organise photos and videos
- Add photos and videos to Favourites
- Play a slideshow of photos
- Delete and recover photos and videos
- Recover files and information
- Use iCloud on your Windows device
- Get more help with iCloud
- Legal notices and acknowledgements
- Copyright

Customise and use the homepage tiles on iCloud.com
On iCloud.com, you can customize the homepage for a more personalized experience, allowing you to easily access the content you care about the most. You can add tiles for your favourite apps or features, remove the ones you don’t use, rearrange them however you like and change what they show.
For certain apps, you can also perform quick actions right from the tile.
Add, move or delete tiles
Go to iCloud.com, then sign in to your Apple Account (if necessary).
Scroll to the bottom of the homepage, then click Customize.
Tip: If you’re on iCloud.com but not on the homepage, click
in the toolbar, then click iCloud Home Page.
Do any of the following:
Add a tile: Click Add Tile in the top-right corner of the window, then choose a tile.
Replace a tile: Click
in the corner of a tile, then choose the tile you want to use instead.
Rearrange tiles: Drag a tile to a different location.
The tile automatically changes size as you move it.
Remove a tile: Click
in the corner of the tile, then click Remove.
Click Done in the top-left corner of the window.
Change what the tiles display
You can choose what certain tiles display to make them more useful for you. For example, you can choose a specific folder for Notes.
Go to iCloud.com, then sign in to your (if necessary).Apple Account
On the homepage, click
in the lower-left corner of a tile.
Tip: If you’re on iCloud.com but not on the homepage, click
in the toolbar, then click iCloud Home Page.
In the pop-up menu, select an option.
Perform a quick action from a tile
Go to iCloud.com, then sign in to your (if necessary).Apple Account
On the homepage, hold your pointer over an item in a tile, then click
.
Tip: If you’re on iCloud.com but not on the homepage, click
in the toolbar, then click iCloud Home Page.
Choose one of the following:
Calendar: Delete Event (for an event) or Accept, Maybe or Decline (for an event invitation).
iCloud Drive: Delete File.
Tip: You can also click the file, then choose View in Drive or Download File.
Mail: Mark as Read, Flag, Move to Junk or Delete.
Tip: You can also filter emails. Click
in the lower-right corner of the tile, turn it on, then select a filter.
Notes: Pin Note or Delete Note.
Photos: Favourite Photo or Delete Photo.
Reminders: Mark as Complete or Flag.
Pages, Numbers or Keynote: Quick Look, Open in [App] on the Web, Download File or Delete File.
You can choose a different background colour, or use a light or dark appearance for the entire site. See Customise the appearance of iCloud.com.