How to Login to iCloud.com Using Your iPhone or iPad – Appuals.com

If you have ever tried to access iCloud.com from your iPhone or any other iOS device, then you have probably come across the website with no sign-in option as shown in the image below. Does this mean you can’t sign in to iCloud.com from your iPhone?

Well, it’s not impossible, but Apple has made it a little tricky here. The only options you have when opening iCloud.com are Set up iCloud, Find My iPhone, and Find My Friends. So where is the option to log into your account? And why is it so complicated?

iCloud.com sign-in restriction explained

If you access iCloud from your PC or Mac, you know how easy it is to sign up and start using the service. However, this is not the case when you open it from your iOS web browser and here’s why.

Apple sees no real reason why you need to log into your iCloud from your iPhone or iPad. All iCloud services are available on your iOS device. The operating system has dedicated sections for all the tools that Apple offers. As a result, Apple assumes that you will not attempt to access these services through your mobile website. However, sometimes you need to log in to your iCloud using your iPhone’s web browser, and that’s why we created this article. Here I will walk you through signing in to iCloud.com with your iOS device.

iCloud.com services explained

If you’re new to iCloud, this section will help you see why you need it and why everyone uses it.

Your iCloud account stores all your important mobile information for you. This includes your contacts, notes, reminders, email, calendar, photos and even your backups. The best thing about iCloud is that it shares this information with all of your devices that are connected to the service. So when you take a photo with your iPhone, iCloud automatically makes it available to your computers and other iDevices.

To view and edit information stored in your iCloud, you must sign in to iCloud.com. If you sign in to iCloud, you can also use any apps available in your account. Any changes you make are automatically saved to your cloud storage by the iCloud service.

When you sign up for the service, you can also verify multiple iCloud accounts. Because iPhones and iPads only allow you to sign in with one account, moving files and information between accounts requires using iCloud over the web.

As you can see, sometimes the browser-based method of accessing your iCloud is unavoidable. Also, you don’t always have access to a computer, so exploring iCloud.com from your iPhone might be your only solution.

Even though Apple doesn’t allow you to easily access iCloud.com from your iPhone, we’ve simplified the process for you. You can read about this in the next section.

The mobile iCloud login solution

The solution we offer to access iCloud from your iPhone or iPad uses the desktop version of iCloud.com. You can use your iOS built-in Safari browser for this procedure. However, for some reason one uses 3^DR Third-party browsers work well to access the iCloud.com site, which is not the case when using Safari. I suggest downloading some of the popular browsers like Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Dolphin, Mercury or Maxton Browser. If you have another browser in mind, you can also try it.

Sign in to iCloud.com with your iOS devices

Depending on the browser you choose, you need to follow different steps to sign in to iCloud.com with your iOS devices. Here are the procedures for some of the most popular browsers. Besides, I will also explain the Safari method here. Note, however, that this process is incompatible with accessing iCloud.com.

How to access iCloud.com with Safari

1. First open the safari
2. Enter icloud.com in the address bar.
3. Click on that Share button in the bar at the bottom of the screen.
4. Scroll through the bottom menu options until Find over there “Request a desktop site” Possibility.
5. water tap secure “Request a desktop site.”

Note: You may need to repeat steps 3 and 4 to get the desired results.

6. access to the iCloud with your username and password as you normally do from your computer.
   

How to access iCloud.com with Google Chrome

1. First open the Google Chrome browser.
2. Enter icloud.com in the address bar.
3. tap the 3 point menu in the upper right corner.
4. Click on secure “Select office location‘ among the options offered.

Note: If the desktop version of iCloud.com doesn’t load, retype www.icloud.com in the address bar.

5. access to the iCloud with your username and password as you normally do from your computer.
   

How to access iCloud.com with the Dolphin browser

1. First open the Dolphin Navigator.
2. Enter icloud.com in the address bar.
3. tap the dolphin icon in the bottom bar of the screen.
4. slide to the the left.
5. Click on secure “desktop mode‘ among the options offered.

Note: If the desktop version of iCloud.com doesn’t load, retype www.icloud.com in the address bar.

6. access to the iCloud with your username and password as you normally do from your computer.
   

How to access iCloud.com Maxton Browser

1. First open the Maxton Navigator.
2. Enter icloud.com in the address bar.
3. tap the 3 line menu at the bottom of the screen.
4. from the menu, Click on secure switch to the desktop version.
5. Enter icloud.com in the address bar.
6. access to the iCloud with your username and password as you normally do from your computer.
   

Quick method to access iCloud.com

Some mobile browsers such as Safari and Mozilla Firefox have a quick access shortcut for the Request Desktop Site option. Here we use this shortcut to quickly access the desktop version of iCloud.com.

Press and hold the refresh button in the browser. If you’re using Safari, it’s in the top-right corner of the screen. If you are using Mozilla Firefox, you will find the update button in the bar at the bottom of the screen. Press and hold Refresh to open a quick action menu with a Request Desktop Site option. Click this button and you will be redirected to the desktop version of iCloud.com.

Using the desktop version of iCloud can be a little tricky. The layout is not mobile-friendly and you may need to scroll and zoom a lot. However, please note that this is the desktop version of the site and is not optimized for your iPhone or iPad screen. But most importantly, it’s good enough to get the job done.

Conclude

Using the desktop version of iCloud on your iOS devices makes the iCloud servers think you are using a computer to access the website. That’s why this trick works.

The procedure to sign in to iCloud from your iOS devices is very convenient when you verify multiple iCloud accounts. You can even log into accounts that aren’t connected to your iOS devices and transfer information and files from one account to another.

Whichever suggested method you use, remember that your browser doesn’t remember the Request Desktop Site option for iCloud.com. Therefore, the next time you visit the website, you will have to repeat the process to request the desktop version of the website.

Feel free to try these methods and share your experience if you know other ways to access iCloud.com from iOS device.