Share folders with iCloud Drive

With binder sharing in iCloud Bulldoze, y'all tin share entire folders of files with friends, family, or colleagues. Then, you can work together on your iPhone, iPad, iPod bear on, Mac, PC, or iCloud.com.

When you create and share a folder in iCloud Bulldoze, participants tin access all the files in that binder. If you add together a file to a shared folder, it'south automatically shared with all participants, too. Y'all can as well add together or remove participants, edit sharing permissions, or terminate sharing a binder anytime. Here's how.

On an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

To share folders in iCloud Bulldoze on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, yous need iOS 13.four or iPadOS 13.4 or afterwards.

How to share a folder

How to invite participants, remove participants, or change sharing settings

  1. Tap Select, and so tap the shared binder in iCloud Bulldoze.
  2. Tap Share , and so tap Show People.
  3. From hither, you lot can practise these things:

    • Invite participants: Tap Copy Link, Add People, or Ship Link (if access is set to anyone with the link), then select how you want to ship the invitation: Mail, Messages, or Airdrop, for example, and then choose how you'd like to send your invitation.
    • Remove participants: If "Merely people you lot invite" can admission your shared folder, tap the participant's name, then tap Remove Admission. And then tap OK to confirm.
    • Alter sharing settings: To change sharing settings for everyone, tap Share Options. If "Only people you invite" is selected, you can control sharing settings for each participant. But tap the person's proper noun, and then change the permissions.
    • Terminate sharing: Tap Stop Sharing, and so tap OK to confirm. You can besides simply move or delete the folder from iCloud Drive, and participants will no longer exist able to admission the binder or its files.

On a Mac

To share folders in iCloud Drive on your Mac, you need macOS Catalina ten.15.iv or afterwards.

How to share a folder

How to invite participants, remove participants, or change sharing settings

  1. Control-click on the shared binder in iCloud Drive, then click Share in the dropdown carte. You lot tin can besides highlight the shared folder, then click Share.
  2. Click Show People.
  3. From here, y'all can do these things: 

On a PC

How to share a folder

  1. Open up iCloud Drive from the Navigation pane of File Explorer.
  2. Correct-click the folder y'all wish to share.
  3. Select iCloud Sharing.
  4. In the People field, enter the electronic mail addresses of the people you lot want to share with.
  5. Under Sharing Options, edit who tin admission the folder and the permissions. Y'all can share the folder with only people you invite, or anyone with the link. Yous can also requite permission to make changes or view files only.
  6. Click Use.

How to invite participants, remove participants, or change sharing settings

  1. Correct-click the folder in iCloud Bulldoze.
  2. Select iCloud Sharing
  3. From here, yous can do the following:
    • Invite participants: Enter the email addresses of the people you want to share with in the People field, then click Add.
    • Remove participants: Click the participant's name, then select Remove. Click Apply.
    • Change sharing settings: Under Sharing Options, edit the settings. If "Simply people you invite" can access your shared folder, you lot can control sharing settings for each participant. Nether People, click the participant's proper name, then edit their permissions.
    • Stop sharing: Click Stop Sharing. Yous can also simply motion or delete the folder from iCloud Drive, and participants will no longer be able to access the folder or its files.

On iCloud.com

How to share a folder

How to invite participants, remove participants, or change sharing settings

  1. Select the shared folder in iCloud Drive.
  2. Click Evidence People.
  3. From hither, you can practice the post-obit:

Delete a shared folder

To delete a shared binder in iCloud Bulldoze, select the binder that you don't want anymore and tap Delete.

  • If the possessor of a shared folder deletes the folder, a sub-folder, or file in the shared folder, it deletes from both their devices and all participants' devices. If yous change your listen or accidentally delete a folder, you take thirty days to get it dorsum.
    • On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch: In the Scan tab, go to Locations > Recently Deleted. So select the folder that you desire to go on and tap Recover.
    • On your Mac: Go to Trash, then drag the binder to your desktop or some other location.
    • On a PC: Go to the Recycle Bin, then elevate the folder to your desktop or another location.
    • On iCloud.com: Get to iCloud Drive and check Recently Deleted.*
  • If a participant of a shared binder deletes the binder, information technology removes their admission to the shared folder. The participant tin regain access to the shared folder past clicking the original sharing invitation link.
  • If a participant of a shared folder deletes a sub-folder or file within that shared folder, that sub-folder or file deletes from all participants' devices, and recovery is not bachelor.

If you're worried about losing a file, exist sure to go on a local re-create in add-on to the shared copy in iCloud Bulldoze. Learn more about deleting files in iCloud Drive and how to recover deleted files on iCloud.com.

* If Recently Deleted doesn't restore your files as expected, you can sign in to iCloud.com, click Account Settings, and nether Avant-garde, click Restore Files. If you empty your Trash or utilise Delete All in Recently Deleted, you can't recover your files.

Larn more than most folder sharing

  • Participants need an Apple ID to view or edit files in a shared folder. If you invite someone without an Apple ID, they'll be prompted to create an Apple ID. Participants must click Add to iCloud Drive to open the shared folder on their device.
  • You can share a folder with upward to 100 total participants. All participants see changes to shared folders, including when someone renames a shared folder. If you lot employ tags to a shared folder, your tags aren't seen past other participants. Larn more about folder sharing access and permissions in iCloud Bulldoze.
  • You tin't share system-created folders such as the height-level iCloud Drive binder, Desktop, and Documents, or folders created by apps that utilize iCloud Drive.
  • A shared folder merely takes upwards space in the owner'southward iCloud storage. It does non count against the iCloud storage of participants in the shared folder. Larn how to manage your iCloud storage.
  • Any Pages, Numbers, and Keynote documents in the binder become collaborative documents. Learn how collaboration for Pages, Numbers, and Keynote works.

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