How can I stop iCloud downloading files to my Mac
have same problem.
The x button is not clickable

As you can see, those downloads generate a lot of traffic.
And if I (right) click on files or folders and choose &quot;Remove Download&quot; - it removes files locally (which is great!) with only one exception: it starts to download files again very next day.
Already tried to turn of icloud sync with my Mac and as soon I added it back - it started to download files. Yesterday it finished downloading and I removed local copies. Today the download started back.
I don't understand why it's so, I don't want to keep local copies. If I will need a file from icloud I will click &quot;download now&quot; and that's it.
OS: Big Sur 11.2.2