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Taking Advantage of my Free 1TB storage with my Microsoft Account

Anonymous
2023-09-27T22:38:17+00:00

I'm only using 4% of my 1TB free storage.

How do I take advantage of all this free storage space?

When I upload music or photographs to the drive, all the files are synchronized back to my local drive, which of course uses most of my local drive space.

I want to store in the cloud but don't want to synchronize those files with my local drive. Everything I try doesn't work. I'm sure it's a simple solution, I just can't figure it out.

I'm using Windows 11 with all updates installed.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-09-27T23:16:34+00:00

    Hello Wayne,

    Greetings for the day! I’m an Independent Advisor and Microsoft user like you and I'm glad to provide you information regarding your scenario.

    OneDrive Files On-Demand helps you access all the files in your cloud storage in OneDrive without having to download them and use storage space on your computer.

    When you turn on Files On-Demand, you’ll still see all your files as online-only files in File Explorer, but they won't take up space. When you’re connected to the Internet, you’ll be able to use the files like every other file on your device.

    You can also select files and folders to be always available, even if you're offline. OneDrive will download them, and they'll take up space on your PC.

    Please find the details here - https://support.microsoft.com/office/0e6860d3-d9f3-4971-b321-7092438fb38e

    OR to remove the local copy, kindly try to use "Free up space" option

    1. Open File Explorer where you kept the photos.
    2. Click on OneDrive in the left-hand column.
    3. Navigate to the file or folder in question.
    4. Right-click on the file/folder.
    5. Click on Free up space.

    Kindly verify below link for installation or basic setup details for OneDrive. https://support.microsoft.com/office/615391c4-2bd3-4aae-a42a-858262e42a49

    https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/remove-local-copies-onedrive-files-without-deleting/

    Note: This is a non-Microsoft website. The page appears to be providing accurate, safe information. Watch out for ads on the site that may advertise products frequently classified as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Products). Thoroughly research any product advertised on the site before you decide to download and install it

    Hope this information would be useful to you. Please feel free to get back if you need any additional info.

    Thank you! Ravikumar Help the next person who has this issue by indicating if this reply solved your problem. Click Yes or No below.

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