Change which apps sync and store data with iCloud
In your iCloud settings, you can choose which apps on your device sync and store data with iCloud. Learn how to change your iCloud settings, or turn off iCloud completely.
When you turn on iCloud for an app, its information is safely stored in iCloud and automatically kept in sync across your devices. When you turn off iCloud for an app, the app no longer connects with iCloud, so your data exists only on your device.
Choose which apps to use with iCloud
After you sign in to iCloud on your devices, learn how to find your iCloud settings on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, PC, or Apple Vision Pro.
On your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Vision Pro
Go to Settings > your name.
Tap iCloud.
Tap See All next to Saved to iCloud. Tap an app to choose whether to sync or use it with your device or not.
On your Mac
Choose Apple menu > System Settings, then click your name.
Click iCloud.
Under Saved to iCloud, click to choose which apps you want to use with iCloud. If you don't see an app, click See All for the full list. In macOS Sonoma or earlier, click Apps Using iCloud, then click Show More Apps if you don't see an app.
Some features aren't available or are listed differently in earlier macOS versions.
On your Windows PC
Click the arrow button next to each app that you want to sync with iCloud, then turn syncing on.
Click Done.
If your computer has Microsoft Outlook 2016 or earlier installed, some features aren’t available on your PC or are listed differently. iCloud Reminders are called Tasks in Outlook 2016 or later.
If you have Outlook installed
To use iCloud Mail, Calendar, and Contacts in Outlook, add your iCloud email account to Outlook. If you turn off Mail, Calendar, and Contacts, the iCloud information remains available in Microsoft Outlook, but isn’t updated in iCloud and on your other devices.
If you don't have Outlook installed
Use iCloud Mail, Contacts, Calendars, and Reminders in your web browser on iCloud.com.
Turn off iCloud
If you sign out of iCloud, iCloud no longer syncs your data or backs up the information on your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Vision Pro. To keep your information safe, back up your device with your Mac or PC.
Learn how to sign out of iCloud
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