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Purchase OneDrive Storage ONLY....No Apps

Anonymous
2023-05-15T20:06:25+00:00

How & WHERE can I purchase (JUST) OneDrive storage, WITHOUT Subscribing to the Apps? I have exceed the 5GB Free capacity. I have read you can purchase 100GB of OneDrive Storage ONLY (without the Apps), for $1.99/mo or $20/Yr. BUT, I cannot find anywhere on the OneDrive website where MS offers a Lease/Rent option for JUST Storage! Everywhere I've clicked, MS points you to Subscriptions to various MS 365 options, which come WITH OneDrive Storage! I JUST purchased a NEW license to MS Office Pro 2021, so I do NOT need the Apps! I haven't even had success moving files from OneDrive BACK to my Desktop--so that I'm NO LONGER EXCEEDING the 5GB limit)! Most of the files were stored on my Desktop BEFORE I upgraded to Win 11 Pro over the weekend! If I cannot rent additional storage ONLY, then I need some help figuring out HOW to get some of those file OUT of OneDrive and back onto my desktop! This has been frustrating and time-consuming! Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-03-01T04:52:07+00:00

    Hello HansV MVP. I just saw this posting and I clicked on the link you provided and the "upgraded" plan for MicroSoft Personal to get the larger amount of storage is priced at $59.99. Yet on my personal account, when I clicked through to "manage my plan," I see the price of $69.99 for the same thing?!?!? How can I get the $10.00 difference back now? Also, as per the OP, why doesn't MS just offer the storage alone? I don't need the APP suite of the software programs. Thank you.

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  2. HansV 462.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2023-05-16T07:32:49+00:00

    No, you do not need to uninstall Office 2021. Microsoft 365 Basic is web-only: it provides OneDrive storage and an ad-free version of web-based Outlook. It does not affect your Office 2021 apps.

    I don't know anything about QuickBooks, sorry.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-01-23T01:37:16+00:00

    That is exactly what I wanted to know also Hans. I was concerned about it blowing up the REAL Outlook with the garbage freebie Outlook app. I assumed that it would not, but Microsoft support was unable to tell me that. You know what assume means, right? :-) So, I opted to just forget about it. Besides, ignoring it has ZERO effect on Outlook contrary to the message that they keep spamming at me. I can still send and receive messages. No problem. I found that the best way around this whole thing is just to uninstall One Drive and throw it in the garbage where it obviously should be.

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  4. HansV 462.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2023-05-15T20:40:07+00:00

    See Microsoft 365 Basic on Compare cloud storage pricing and plans

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-05-16T20:48:15+00:00

    Thank you very much. That's what I thought. I just didn't want to screw up anything. I already have enough of a nightmare to try to resolve. Have a great rest of your week; and thank you, again. Your help is very much appreciated.

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