Unable to delete books from iCloud despite running out of storage

I have tried numerous times to delete books from iCloud with no success. I have run out of iCloud storage and do not want to have to purchase additional storage



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Original Title: deleting books from iCloud

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 15.6

Posted on Sep 24, 2025 7:34 AM

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Sep 24, 2025 9:07 AM in response to CLDA4

If you have no storage left then, as you've seen, many operations become difficult or impossible. It indeed can become difficult to delete things from iCloud and, worse, it may become difficult to delete things from places connected to iCloud like Photos or iCloud Drive on your Mac. It's risky to have less than 10% of your free storage on any device, including iCloud.


Try deleting smaller things first, so you can gradually get enough room to delete larger files. If that doesn't work, you may need to get more storage for a month so that you can clean house. Then you can go back to the previous plan.

Unable to delete books from iCloud despite running out of storage

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