, one, and drive settings. This will remove the linkage between your computer and your One. Drive online storage. You can now visit One. Drive online and delete all the files you like, and they will not be deleted from your PC.
Microsoft has introduced a new feature in One. Drive on Windows 10 v1809., one Drive will now delete those local One. Drive files which are not used for a certain time period. After a period of tine, One. Drive will start deleting files automatically.
They should not be lost if they were synced to One, and drive successfully. After your reset, just log in to Onedrive and it will sync itself and the data will come straight back. If I reset my computer, will it delete my One. Drive pictures and documents?
How do I delete files from OneDrive without losing data?
Replied on December 5, 2019 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.
How do I stop OneDrive from deleting files from my PC?
The whole idea of One. Drive is to mirror the One. Drive folder on your PC with the One. Drive allocation in the Microsoft cloud so that anything you do on one is replicated on the other, including deletions. The only way to stop that is to unlink your PC from your One. Drive cloud in Settings>Accounts.
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.
What if I don’t want to use OneDrive?
If you don’t want to use One. Drive then I’m not sure how a synced backup of your One. Drive would be any better . In order to use One. Drive the files must be in the One. Drive folder which is what you don’t seem to like.
Why are my files disappearing from OneDrive for business?
What also might have happened since these are large files is you dragged them into One. Drive and they didn’t have enough time to upload, yet were not set to be saved on the PC so they disappeared from both.