Click on One. Drive in the left-hand column. Navigate to the file or folder in question. Right-click on the file/folder. Click on Free up space. The green circle will change back into a cloud icon, One. Drive will delete the local copies of the file/folder, and the space on your hard drive will become free.
Do I need to keep my Documents on OneDrive?
You do not need to keep your documents on One. Drive as well as on your PC.>Open File Explorer>Click on the Blue One. Drive icon>Right click on any folder or file>In the menu click on ‘Clear Space’. This will remove the folder or file from your computer. If you open the document later you will need to use clear space to remove it again.
How to avoid silently removing files from OneDrive for business?
To avoid silently removing files from One. Drive, please click One. Drive icon>Help & Settings> Settings to check the Before many files that I deleted on my PC are removed from the cloud and Save space and download files as you use them checkboxes.
We in cases where you want to remove One. Drive files from your PC, follow these steps instead: Open File Explorer. Click on One. Drive in the left-hand column. Navigate to the file or folder in question. Right-click on the file/folder. Click on Free up space .
Follow these steps to make the necessary tweaks: Open File Explorer. Click on One. Drive in the left-hand column. Navigate to the file or folder in question. Right-click on the file/folder. Click on Always keep on this device.
What happens when you move OneDrive Files from one folder to another?
All the old files that was moved/deleted from the One. Drive folder suddenly reappeared again in the old synced folder, as well as other old files in other folders (which should of course not happen in the first place).
If you want to keep a file, photo, or folder on your computer, but not on One. Drive, use File Explorer (or Mac Finder, if you’re on a Mac) to move the file outside your One. Drive folder to a different folder on your hard drive.
How to stop OneDrive from syncing files to the local C drive?
1 Click on the cloud icon on the lower right corner of the desktop and hit “Help & Settings”. 3 Under the tab of “Account”, click on “Choose folders”. 4 Find the folder where One. Drive files are stored and uncheck it. Then, click on “OK”.