iCloud.com User Guide for iPad
- Welcome
- Introduction to iCloud.com
- Sign in and use iCloud.com
- Apple Invites
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- Photos on iCloud.com overview
- View your photos and videos
- Browse photos or videos by date
- Hide your photos and videos
- Upload and download photos
- Add or edit a title, caption or other metadata
- Organise photos and videos
- Add photos and videos to Favourites
- Play a slideshow of photos
- Delete and recover photos and videos
- Get more help with iCloud
- Legal notices and acknowledgements
- Copyright and trademarks

Upload and download photos using iCloud.com
Photos you upload from your tablet to iCloud.com are added to iCloud Photos and are visible on all of your devices that have iCloud Photos turned on. You can also download photos to keep them on your device.
Upload photos
You can upload JPEG files from your tablet to your personal library and albums, and more file types to your shared albums. See the Apple Support article Shared Album limits.
Go to icloud.com/photos, then sign in to your Apple Account (if necessary).
Tap Library or an album in the sidebar.
If you do not see the sidebar, tap
.
Tap
, then choose Photo Library, Take Photo or Choose Files.
Select the photos you want to upload, then tap Add or Open; or take a photo, then tap Use Photo.
Note: If you want to upload photos to your iCloud Shared Photo Library, use the Photos app on a device with iOS 16.1, iPadOS 16, macOS 13 or later.
Download photos and videos
Go to icloud.com/photos, then sign in to your Apple Account (if necessary).
Tap Select, then tap the photos or videos you want to download.
Tap
, tap Download, then tap Download again.
Photos and videos are downloaded in the most compatible format for the device you are currently using. They are saved in a zip file and can be viewed in the Files app.