If you found the files are deleted from One. Drive, the first place you should check is the recycle bin on your computer. Open Recycle Bin on Windows or Trash on Mac, and select the files or folders you want to recover. Right-click your mouse to select Restore. Then the deleted One. Drive files or folder will be restored to your local computer.
Set where Files are Saved in One. Drive
Select the One. Drive cloud icon in the notification area, at the far right of the taskbar. On the Backup tab, under Important PC Folders, select Manage backup and follow the instructions to back up your Documents, Pictures, and Desktop folders with One, and drive.
, 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 thought is that in the post above, you could know the One. Drive files are all stored in the C drive and also, you’ve learnt how to disable the synchronization between the One. Drive cloud and your personal computer. In the second half of the post, I’ve introduced third-party software to free up C drive space by transferring One. Drive files to another drive.
How to recover deleted files from OneDrive?
1 Go to the One. Drive website, and sign in with either your Microsoft account or your work or school account. 2 In the navigation pane, select Recycle bin. 3 Select the files or folders you want to restore by pointing to each item and clicking the circle check box that appears, and then click Restore.
Set where your files are saved 1 Select the One. Drive cloud icon in the notification area, at the far right of the taskbar. 3 On the Backup tab, under Important PC Folders, select Manage backup and follow the instructions to back up your Documents, Pictures, and Desktop folders with One, and drive.
How do I save files to OneDrive or this PC?
No matter which default setting you choose, you still can select the save location you want each time you save a file. When you click Save for new files or Save As for existing files, click One. Drive or This PC and then pick a folder to save your file to. Important: If you stop protecting a folder, that folder on your PC may suddenly look empty.
One way to consider this is you would just go to a main file folder like Documents (or another file or folder), right click and choose “Always keep on this device.” Another way to ensure your files stay on your computer, but still take advantage of One. Drive when you want to is to pause the syncing function.
Did you know that OneDrive has a Recycle Bin?
That folder stores the files deleted from any of your One. Drive synchronized devices for 30 days after you removed them. You can then use the Recycle Bin to ” undelete” your files and recover them when required.