Make File-A-Cloud your only file home

Apple, Google and Microsoft decide what apps may run on their devices, so no app can delete their file apps for you. These are the strongest real ways to enforce it, from a personal checklist up to fully locked company devices.

1. Guided lock-down

Tick each step as you go — your progress is saved on this device.

Install File-A-Cloud from the Install page (Share → Add to Home Screen).Settings → your name → iCloud → turn off iCloud Drive and Photos.Settings → Safari → Downloads → set to 'Ask' so you can send each file to File-A-Cloud.Delete Google Drive, Dropbox and OneDrive apps (press and hold → Remove App).Hide the Files app: press and hold → Remove App → Remove from Home Screen.Or install the Apple lock-down file below to switch cloud syncing off in one go.

2. Apple lock-down file

Download on your iPhone, iPad or Mac, then open Settings → Profile Downloaded → Install. It switches off iCloud Drive, iCloud backup and photo syncing, and adds File-A-Cloud to your home screen. Blocking Google Drive, Dropbox and the Files app only takes effect on devices set up in managed ("supervised") mode. Remove it any time in Settings → General → VPN & Device Management.

3. Company and family devices

This is the only way to fully enforce it. Upload these settings into the device-management tool you use, and it blocks other storage apps on every phone and computer you manage:

Google Admin / Android Enterprise (also free Google Family Link for children's phones)
Microsoft Intune for Windows, iPhone and Android
Jamf, Kandji or Apple Business Manager — use the Apple lock-down file

4. Built-in reminder

Whenever you share a file into File-A-Cloud from another app, the save screen reminds you to delete the original, so File-A-Cloud stays the only copy.