How do you remove iCloud folders as a Save location in macOS

[Cadarnfel]

I don't want to store Affinity documents in iCloud Drive - how do I get the apps to stop listing it as a location in the Save dialogue boxes?

I've deleted the folders the apps have created in iCloud, turned off the app syncing in System Settings, but the location is still showing up, and will create the iCloud folder if I select it.

I know I can just ignore it, but why are the apps ignoring the system setting.

version 2.5.3 running on macOS Sonoma 14.6.1

On a semi-related note, if I do allow the iCloud folders to be created, the Designer folder doesn't get the app icon overlay - this has been a problem through a few versions of both Designer and macOS. Photo and Publisher correctly show the icon overlay, and both my Mac Studio and my MacBook Pro laptop have this issue, as well as the Files app on my iPhone. Logging into iCloud.com, and browsing the folders, Designer has the overlay there.

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[user_0815]

What you see in the sidebar in the save dialog comes form the Finder app. Afaik Affinity cannot change that. You'll need to remove it in Finder by dragging it out of the sidebar.

[Cadarnfel]

52 minutes ago, user_0815 said:

What you see in the sidebar in the save dialog comes form the Finder app. Afaik Affinity cannot change that. You'll need to remove it in Finder by dragging it out of the sidebar.

thanks - it doesn't appear in a Finder window, only in the Save dialogue, and it can't be removed from there.

[R C-R]

AFAIK, there is no way to prevent iCloud from showing showing up as a possible save location. This is true not just for the Affinity apps but also Apple ones like TextEdit, so I do not think there is anything Serif/Canva can do to change that. IOW, it is an OS level feature, not an app level one.

What you can do is to hide iCloud folders from showing up in the sidebar -- just hover the pointer over the right side of the word "iCloud" & "Hide" should appear, so clicking that will hide the folders but not the iCloud location itself.

[user_0815]

Strange. Now that I double-checked it, I can see it as well on the save-dialog. I've never recognised it. I can't remove it, only drag it up/down to re-arrange.

[R C-R]

2 hours ago, user_0815 said:

I can't remove it, only drag it up/down to re-arrange.

Can you not also hide any folders it shows so you only see the iCloud name but not any items in it, as you can do with Favorites, Locations, & Tags?

[user_0815]

Yes that’s possible. But then also all document folders get collapsed. This is when iCloud Drive for documents is enabled. They will show under iCloud but not under Mac HD. 
If it’s not enabled then this is indeed a way to get (visually) rid of it. Actually the only one I can think of atm. 

[R C-R]

3 hours ago, user_0815 said:

Yes that’s possible. But then also all document folders get collapsed.

I'm not sure what you mean by all document folders getting collapsed. By "all" do you mean for all the other items like Favorites, Tags, etc. or something else?

[user_0815]

By that I mean all that are under iCloud.

[Cadarnfel]

thanks everyone, I guess I'll live with it for now - it's not a major bug, just an annoyance. At least the Save dialogue remembers the last location used, and that's my local folder, so I can't accidentally save to iCloud.