iCloud User Guide
- Welcome
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- Sign in and use iCloud.com
- Customise and use the homepage
- Keynote
- Numbers
- Pages
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- Photos on iCloud.com overview
- View your photos and videos
- Hide your photos and videos
- Use iCloud Shared Photo Library
- Upload and download photos
- Add a title or caption
- Organise photos and videos
- Add photos and videos to Favourites
- Play a slideshow of photos
- Delete and recover photos and videos
- Share photos and videos
- Recover files and information
- Use iCloud on your Windows computer
- Get more help with iCloud
- Legal notices and acknowledgements
- Copyright
You can view files and folders stored in iCloudDrive using a web browser.
View files and folders
In iCloudDrive on iCloud.com, click an option in the sidebar, such as Recents or Browse.
If you do not see the sidebar, click
.To open a folder, double-click it.
To view a file, do one of the following:
Open it in a new tab: double-click it.
See a preview in your current tab: Select it, click
in the top right-hand corner, then choose Preview. If the file does not have a thumbnail, you cannot see a preview.Tip: You can also select the file, then press the Space bar.
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in the top right-hand corner, then choose Preview. If the file does not have a thumbnail, you cannot see a preview.Change how files and folders are displayed
In iCloudDrive on iCloud.com, click
or in the top left-hand corner (depending on your current view).Choose an option:
Grid: files and folders are shown arranged as icons in a grid.
List: files and folders are arranged by name in a list, and other columns show additional information.
or 
in the top left-hand corner (depending on your current view).Change how files and folders are sorted
In iCloudDrive on iCloud.com, click the “Sort by” menu in the top right-hand corner, then choose Date, Kind, Name or Size.
If you do not see the “Sort by” pop-up menu, make sure you are not viewing the Recents folder.
View file and folder info
Select the file or folder, click
in the top right-hand corner, then click Details.The information includes the file type, its size, when it was last modified and where it is stored. If the file is shared, you can also see who shared it.
Learn how to use iCloudDrive on iCloud.com on a phone or tablet.
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