Hi Chery, No, all your files are stored on the both side if you are using One. Drive: our local machine and the One, and drive online. Only the local files under “This PC” will take up the storage of your computer.
Are onedrive files on my computer?
The way that modern One. Drive works is different by default. If you go into the Settings, and look at the General Tab there is a checkcbox for the FIles on Demand feature. If that feature is enabled, which is the default, the files might NOT be on your computer. They may ONLY be in the cloud.
, one Drive files are stored in the cloud (data centers somewhere in the world). However, it may also be cached in your local machine, if you selected “Always keep on this device” for a particular file or folder.
One of the next things we asked ourselves was can I access my OneDrive Files on multiple devices?
For example, if you are signed into your One. Drive account on your laptop and signed in on your smartphone, you can access all your stored files on both devices., one Drive takes a snapshot of your Documents folder setup, so it basically is cloning all your folders and files and creating that same setup in the cloud storage environment.
Are files in my local OneDrive folder always available offline?
This is also how One. Drive for Windows 7 and Windows Vista behave. So technically all the files in your local One. Drive folder are already always available offline. But here’s how to select which folders get synced between One. Drive in the cloud and One. Drive on your computer.
But there are settings within One. Drive such as “ Files On Demand ” that allow you to backup to One. Drive in the cloud then delete the locally stored files. There are alternative apps that allow you to use one app to access multiple cloud storage providers and do not require local storage.
Does OneDrive take up all the space on my computer?
No, all your files are stored on the both side if you are using One. Drive: our local machine and the One, and drive online. Only the local files under “This PC” will take up the storage of your computer. Regards, William Report abuse Report abuse.
What is OneDrive and how does it work?
, one Drive stores files in the cloud, which basically means they’re stored on a server in a large data center and you can access them via the internet when signed into your Microsoft account. What this does is allow you to access those files from any device.