iCloud pop-up at every Windows 11 startup

Recently (probably after an update), the iCloud window pops up at startup every time I log in to Windows 11. It doesn't ask for a sign-in or anything, it just seems to make itself visible once it's booted. I've had iCloud installed on the same PC for many years now, and iCloud was always enabled on startup, but never accompanied by a pop-up like this until a week or so. All the solutions online tell you to disable or uninstall iCloud. That's not what I want. I just want to not see it come to the front every time I turn on my PC. My iCloud version is 15.3.146.0

Windows, Windows 11 (26100)

Posted on Apr 5, 2025 7:16 AM

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BobApplePayne

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Posted on May 23, 2025 10:37 AM

Adding a +1 for signing out and signing back in to fix this.

However, ICloud will delete everything ICloud having to do with the application that's on your PC by signing out as others have mentioned. The material will still be on ICloud, but it won't be on your PC any longer. ICloud photos, IDrive files, etc are all unavailable - mostly "as expected". Copy/Save them separately before signing out if you need them without ICloud being hooked up or you're nervous about the implications.

The good news is that when you sign back on and agree to allow ICloud Files and ICloud Photos to set up on your Windows machine, it will resync. For pictures, that means it will sync with the pictures in the "Microsoft Picture Directory", which for most users is C:\Users\YourAccountName\Pictures, to your ICloud photos storage. For IDrive, that's what's stored on your Idevice/ICloud being shared back to Windows again for access from the PC.

I don't use Outlook so I can't tell you what happens with Contacts or Calendar. I also don't use ICloud's password sharing so I can't tell you what happens there either.

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