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id: icloud.how-much-space-is-icloud-using-on-my-mac
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/icloud/how-much-space-is-icloud-using-on-my-mac
category: "iCloud & iCloud Photos"
subcategory: "Storage Studio and iCloud"
question: "How can I see how much space iCloud is using on my Mac?"
alt_questions:
  - "How big is my local iCloud Drive?"
  - "How much disk does iCloud cache use?"
  - "Measure iCloud usage storage studio"
  - "How much of my SSD is iCloud?"
  - "Check iCloud space on Mac"
  - "icloud taking up space on mac how much"
short_answer: "Open Storage Profile from the More menu (•••): it measures iCloud and other synced folders alongside your Mac and external drive. Preferences → Rules also shows how much disk is caching cloud files, per provider."
tags: ["storage profile", "icloud drive", "disk usage"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/freeing-space/what-does-the-storage-profile-free-up-button-do", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/icloud/optimize-cloud-storage-freed-no-space"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# How can I see how much space iCloud is using on my Mac?

Open **Storage Profile** from the More menu (•••). Its **Where it lives** and **Connected cloud accounts** sections show how your storage splits between this Mac, your external drive and the cloud, and iCloud and other synced folders are measured there too.

**Preferences → Rules → Free Up Space includes** also shows how much of your internal disk is currently caching cloud files, per provider.

macOS's own view is in **System Settings → General → Storage**, which lists iCloud Drive and Photos among the categories. Keep in mind that online-only files take no real space on your Mac, so they don't count toward what iCloud is using locally.