Install iCloud on Windows: how to do

Now that you have installed iCloud for Windows, you can connect:

ICloud download for Windows

iCloud for Windows allows you to access your photos, videos, emails, calendars, files and other important information on your Windows PC.

Discover all the features you can use with iCloud for Windows. Some of them require the latest version of Windows 10 or a later version.

iCloud for Windows is not compatible with Apple managed identifiers.

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Install iCloud on Windows: how to do ?

iCloud is a cloud computing service that allows data backup on remote servers. He was launched by Apple in 2011. iCloud facilitates access to your personal data from different devices such as iPad, iPhone or Mac thanks to synchronization. And personal data is not what is missing. Photos, documents, favorites and passwords are often included by hundreds, or even thousands. As much information and files generated by your smartphone as well as by your computer or tablet.

But how if you use an iPhone and a Windows PC ? The first solution is to go to the iCloud site.com from any internet browser. You can save and consult all your files. The other solution, certainly more practical, is to use iCloud on Windows ! Thanks to this application, iCloud fits into your Windows system and facilitates access to your data. So you can find your:

• ☞ documents in a folder named iCloud Drive, integrated into the file explorer;
• ☞ Photos in a folder called iCloud Photos, integrated into the file explorer;
• ☞ Shared albums of your photos in the Application Albums Shared;
• ☞ Favorites and historical in Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome thanks to an extension;
• ☞ passwords and validation codes in the iCloud password application and in Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome thanks to an extension (different from that for favorites) for an automatic filling.

I Information:
Regarding your emails, contacts and calendar events, you don’t need to install iCloud to add them to your PC. This data can be automatically synchronized by adding your iCloud account to your favorite messaging applications, as mail (which is preinstalled on Windows) or Microsoft Outlook. Once your iCloud account is linked to one of these applications, your emails, contacts and calendar events will be synchronized.

In this article, you will learn to Install iCloud on Windows And to configure it to synchronize the data you have on your Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac). We also explain to you how to install iCloud plugins on Edge or Chrome. Then you will learn how to log out of iCloud and how to uninstall it.

Install iCloud on Windows

Download and install iCloud

First, let’s start by downloading and installing iCloud for Windows via Microsoft Store:

Open Microsoft Store, Enter “iCloud” in the search bar and press the Enter ⏎ key .

I Note : You can also click directly on this link.

On the iCloud app file, make sure that the editor is Apple and click on Install.

Wait during download and installation.

The installation is complete, click on Open To launch the iCloud application for Windows.

connect to iCloud

Now that you have installed iCloud for Windows, you can connect:

1. Open iCloud, You can find it with search or click on Open If you are still on the Microsoft Store window.
2. On your iPhone or iPad, open them Settings And touch the section that displays your name. Keep the email address under your profile photo. This is your Apple identifier, your iCloud e-mail address.

I Note : E-mail under your first name and last name may be different from that under subscriptions as well as multimedia content and purchases. These are two Apple identifiers, but the one that interests us here is the e-mail of the iCloud account, the one under your photo.

Return to your PC and enter your iCloud email address and password from your iCloud account, it is necessarily the same account as for your other Apple devices, and click on To log in.

I Note : Normally, two factory authentication is activated (steps 4 and 5), otherwise you will receive a code by SMS.

A connection request is displayed on one of your apple confidence devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac). Touch To allow. Then, a validation code of the Apple identifier with 6 digits appears. Be sure to note this code. It is therefore preferable not to close this window before you have finished the next step.

Enter this validation code on your PC.

✓ Félcitations: You have managed to install iCloud on Windows and connect ! ��

Configure iCloud and its components

Configure iCloud Drive and photos

Locations (access path) are allocated to iCloud Drive, iCloud photos and shared albums. Before synchronization begins, you can modify them:

1. Click on the check mark to select or deselect, prevent synchronization and delete the linked elements downloaded to your computer (iCloud will remain intact).
2. Click on Options in front ofiCloud Drive, If the option is checked.
3. If the location of the folder does not suit you, click on To modify.
4. Select the location of your choice, then validate with OK.
   
5. Click again on OK to validate.
6. To modify the location of the photos, click on Options in front of Pictures (the option should be checked).
7. Click on Advance for the ICloud photos.
8. If you want to download the photos in high quality and the average quality videos, check Download in high efficiency format, If you want to download high quality videos, also check Download HDR videos and click on To end.
   

I Note : Remember that the higher the quality of the photos, the more voluminous the files, that is to say that they take more storage space on your computer. And the more space they take up, the longer the download time is.

If the location of the shared album folders does not suit you, click on To modify.

Select the location of your choice, then validate with OK.

Click on To end.

If you wish, you can already click on Apply, But you can also do the following steps and configure the favorites (SAFARI bookmarks) and the front passwords.

Configure passwords

Unlike other elements, passwords is the only functionality that you cannot check so easily, additional security is essential:

1. Click on Approve.
2. Enter the password of your iCloud account, it must be the same as for your other Apple devices and click on To log in.
3. On one of your apple confidence devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac), a connection request appears. Press on To allow. Thereafter, a 6 -digit validation code corresponding to your Apple identifier is generated. Be sure to take note of this code. To facilitate the task, it is recommended to maintain this window open until the end of the next step.
4. Enter this validation code on your PC.

Configure extensions for favorites and passwords

For better integration, you must install an extension to Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome to access your favorites and passwords:

1. In iCloud for Windows, click on Install the extension in front of With Microsoft Edge Or With Google Chrome for the Favorite and the Passwords Depending on the browser you use. Then follow the stages indicated to download the extension.
2. Click on Apply.
   
3. Click on Merge, To merge iCloud favorites with the favorites on this computer.
   
4. Click on your choice on Send automatically Or Do not send, To send diagnostic and use information to Apple.

✓ Great : You know how to configure iCloud on windows ! ��

iCloud on Windows: Disconnect and uninstall

If you no longer want to use iCloud on Windows, here is how you disconnect and how to uninstall it:

1. Open iCloud. If extensions have been downloaded, click on Delete extension For each of them, then follow the instructions provided by your browser.
2. Click on Sign out.
3. Click on Delete PC To confirm that you deactivate iCloud Drive, which leads to deleting iCloud files downloaded from your PC.
   

I Note : This action does not delete files on your iCloud account, only their presence on your computer.

Click on Delete PC To confirm that you deactivate iCloud photos which leads to the deletion of iCloud photos and videos downloaded from your PC.

I Note : This action does not delete files on your iCloud account, only their presence on your computer.

Click on the cross to close the iCloud window.

Now you will uninstall iCloud from your PC. Grab iCloud In research . Then, ICLOUD fly over, in the left column, and click on Uninstall (to the right).

Confirm by clicking on Uninstall.

✓ Congratulations : After waiting for a few moments, iCloud on Windows is well uninstalled ! ��

iCloud on Windows: Other useful links

• Configure mail to receive your emails on Windows [10, 11]
• Google Chrome: activate synchronization (favorites, history, passwords, etc.)
• Google Chrome: Activate an extension in private navigation mode