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What Do The OneDrive Status Icons in File Explorer Mean?

Anonymous
2021-03-16T23:23:30+00:00

Is there an article online or some sort of reference that explains what the OneDrive status icons in File Explorer even mean, and what does one column mean vs. two? Because right now, the icons impart zero information and mean very little to me.

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-03-17T00:39:56+00:00

    Hi DanielHugos,

    I go through your post carefully and as per your description,

    There’s an official article Save disk space with OneDrive Files On-Demand for Windows 10 explains this situation in detail.

    Green tick icons:

    ![Image](https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/44af6952-47ca-4583-b4d9-a68fbe33a1d9?platform=QnA"https://support.office.com/en-us/article/onedrive-files-on-demand-and-storage-sense-for-windows-10-de5faa9a-6108-4be1-87a6-d90688d08a48" rel="ugc nofollow">Storage Sense turned on, the files downloaded to your device will become online-only files after the time period you've selected with.

    Green circle with the white check mark:

    ![Image](https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/53b3b855-a413-4830-b65b-1472d82b7619?platform=QnA"https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/8294eacc-985e-4a10-a806-87af784157cf?platform=QnA" rel="ugc nofollow">![Image](https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/8294eacc-985e-4a10-a806-87af784157cf?platform=QnA"https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/a884eb8b-6c04-4aea-9341-e062d09aff56?platform=QnA" rel="ugc nofollow">![Image](https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/a884eb8b-6c04-4aea-9341-e062d09aff56?platform=QnA"https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/what-do-the-onedrive-icons-mean-11143026-8000-44f8-aaa9-67c985aa49b3" rel="ugc nofollow">What do the OneDrive icons mean?

    I appreciate your patience and understanding.

    Best Regards

    Waqas Muhammad

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-03-19T05:45:29+00:00

    Hi DanielHugos,

    Feel free to post back if you need further assistance.

    Best Regards,

    Waqas Muhammad

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-03-17T01:32:26+00:00

    Thanks for the quick reply. I'll check the article out!

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