As you use and download more and more of the files in your One. Drive storage, more and more of your disk space will, of course, be used. Windows 10’s Storage Sense can be configured to automatically free up space for files that you haven’t used in a specified period of time.
Yes, it does take up space but it is hard to say how much space it uses. Onedrive stores your files in the cloud freeing up space On your internal storage. When you access a file stored in the cloud then onedrive downloads it to your internal storage.
A new Windows 10 tool, One. Drive allows access to files in the cloud using File Explorer. This means your files will be stored in the One. Drive cloud and won’t take up hard drive space unless you need to download them for offline editing. Open the One, and drive application.
Files in One. Drive are 172GB, more than 121GB (the total capacity of Macintosh HD), so I think those files on-demand are not likely to take up local storage.
What is OneDrive and how does it work?
Like most other cloud storage services, Microsoft One. Drive is a Cloud Folder Sync service. It creates a folder on your local drive and automatically synchronizes it with your One. Drive cloud storage. Thus it uses your local disk space. You can use the Selective Sync feature to exclude some cloud folders from being synced.
Is OneDrive a cloud storage or a local storage?
One drive is a cloud storage but when you sync it on your system it will consume local storage but there is option that you mention which files you don’t need to sync. Hope this will help, if still you have any query than please let us know.
Where are OneDrive Files stored without internet?
, 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. If it’s cached, you can view and edit the file even without internet.