Deactivate iCloud storage

Deactivate “Desktop” and “Documents”

If you deactivate “Desktop & Documents folders”, your files will remain in iCloudThe Apple cloud service serves as a synchronization unit for your respective Apple products and includes the following services: • Mail
• contacts
• calendar
• photos
• iCloud Drive
• notes
• memories
• friends
• iPhone search
Drive and a new folder for “Desktop” and “Documents” will be created in the user folder on your Mac. You can move files from iCloudThe Apple cloud service serves as a synchronization unit for your respective Apple products and includes the following services: • Mail
• contacts
• calendar
• photos
• iCloud Drive
• notes
• memories
• friends
• iPhone search
Drive to your Mac as required or select all files and drag them to the desired storage location.

1. On your Mac, select the Apple menu () > “System Preferences”. Click on “Apple ID” and then on “iCloud”. Under macOS Mojave or older, select the Apple menu () > “System Preferences” and then click on “iCloud”.
2. Click on “Options” next to “iCloudThe Apple cloud service serves as a synchronization unit for your respective Apple products and includes the following services: • Mail
   • contacts
   • calendar
   • photos
   • iCloud Drive
   • notes
   • memories
   • friends
   • iPhone search
   Drive”.
3. Deactivate the option “Folder ‘Desktop’ & ‘Documents'”.
4. Click on “Done”.

Source: https://support.apple.com/de-de/HT206985

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