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OneDrive

How-to articles and tutorials about OneDrive – the file sync and backup solution from Microsoft. How to connect and use Microsoft’s cloud storage service.

File Explorer

Make File Explorer open to OneDrive, Dropbox, or another folder

  • tutorial
  • Codrut Neagu
  • 02.08.2023
If you’re using a Windows 11 or Windows 10 computer, you may want to know how to open OneDrive in File Explorer as soon as you start the latter app. Furthermore, maybe you’re using another cloud storage solution, such as Dropbox or iCloud, and you...
OneDrive

What is OneDrive's Files On-Demand feature and how to use it

  • tutorial
  • Codrut Neagu
  • 14.07.2023
One of the best features in OneDrive’s app for Windows 11 and Windows 10 is called Files On-Demand. It helps you save storage space on your computers by downloading and keeping local copies of your OneDrive files only if you access them or manually specify...
OneDrive

Turn off OneDrive Memories (On This Day) in Windows

  • tutorial
  • Ciprian Adrian Rusen
  • 13.06.2023
Many OneDrive users, including myself, rely on this cloud-storage service for backing up pictures and videos taken with their smartphones or digital cameras. However, there’s one feature of this service that some may find annoying: OneDrive automatically creates albums with past pictures you’ve taken on...
Windows Photos

How to exclude OneDrive and iCloud from the Photos app on Windows

  • tutorial
  • Ciprian Adrian Rusen
  • 09.06.2023
In Windows 11 and Windows 10, the Photos app can show your entire collection of photos and videos, from those stored locally on your computer or device to those you keep in your OneDrive cloud storage. Additionally, the latest version of the Photos app, available...
OneDrive

How to make OneDrive expiring links: All you need to know

  • tutorial
  • Codrut Neagu
  • 29.06.2022
Ever since 2017, Microsoft has allowed us to share files and folders with others using temporary links that expire at the dates of our choosing. How long do OneDrive links last? By default, they’re going to last forever. But, if you choose to set an...
Version History

How to use version history in Excel, OneDrive, and Microsoft 365 products

  • tutorial
  • Ciprian Adrian Rusen
  • 24.06.2022
Microsoft offers a version history service for OneDrive, OneDrive for Business, and SharePoint Server. How long older versions are stored, depends on whether you’re using a personal Microsoft 365 subscription or a business one. If you want to restore previous versions of your Excel, Word,...
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How to turn off OneDrive’s On This Day notifications on Android

  • tutorial
  • Ciprian Adrian Rusen
  • 21.06.2022
Many users of Android devices rely on Google’s Photos app to back up their pictures and videos. However, a minority, including myself, use OneDrive for this purpose. If you have a Samsung Galaxy device, you’re also more likely to use OneDrive because of the unique...
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How to force OneDrive to sync on Android and iPhone

  • tutorial
  • Codrut Neagu
  • 25.05.2022
OneDrive is one of those cloud services that usually work well, and there aren’t many people complaining about issues with it. OneDrive’s apps generally function as expected, and syncing is not a problem. It all happens in the background seamlessly, with no required intervention from...
OneDrive

OneDrive not syncing? How to force OneDrive to sync in Windows

  • tutorial
  • Codrut Neagu
  • 23.05.2022
Although we tend to like the OneDrive service, and we use it on our Windows computers, there are a few quirks that we have trouble with. One of them is that, sometimes, we’re facing issues with OneDrive not syncing. Another one is knowing when it...
OneDrive

How to change OneDrive's location in Windows 10

  • tutorial
  • Codrut Neagu
  • 07.01.2021
In Windows 10, OneDrive is embedded into the operating system, and it serves as the default service for storing your files, synchronizing them with other devices, syncing your Windows 10 settings, etc. One of the most common questions when working with it is: “How do...
OneDrive

How to remove or disable OneDrive in Windows

  • tutorial
  • Codrut Neagu
  • 15.07.2020
OneDrive is one of the best cloud storage services in the world, but that does not necessarily mean that everyone likes it. If you have it on your Windows computer, but you don't want it, you might be searching for a way to remove OneDrive....
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OneDrive's Recycle Bin: How to recover deleted files

  • tutorial
  • Ciprian Adrian Rusen
  • 09.06.2020
Did you know that OneDrive has a Recycle Bin folder, just like Windows 10 does? That folder stores the files deleted from any of your OneDrive synchronized devices for 30 days after you removed them. You can then use the Recycle Bin to "undelete" your...
OneDrive

4 ways to share files and folders from OneDrive

  • tutorial
  • Codrut Neagu
  • 05.05.2020
OneDrive is Microsoft's cloud service for storing and sharing files. You can store business documents, presentations, pictures, videos, your personal folders and many other types of items. You can share anything from OneDrive using the OneDrive app for Windows, iOS, Android and so on. However,...
OneDrive

3 ways to add more space to your OneDrive storage

  • tutorial
  • Codrut Neagu
  • 24.04.2020
Microsoft's OneDrive is one of the best cloud storage services in the world, and it is built into Windows 10. OneDrive offers its users 5 GB of free storage space right from the start, and that's just what you get by signing up with a...
OneDrive

What is Microsoft's OneDrive? How is it used?

  • misc
  • Codrut Neagu
  • 16.04.2020
If you use a PC or a laptop with Windows 10, a Microsoft Surface tablet, or an Xbox One console, you have undoubtedly come across OneDrive, even if you don't use it. The same is true if you are using Office 365. You might have...
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How to Fetch Files with OneDrive from a Windows PC

  • tutorial
  • Codrut Neagu
  • 03.04.2020
Storing your files in OneDrive is a great way to access your data conveniently. Once your files are in the cloud, you can view or edit them using any device with internet access. But what happens if there is a file you need from your...
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How to add, open, and configure OneDrive on an iPhone or iPad

  • tutorial
  • Codrut Neagu
  • 17.04.2019
If you have a Windows device of any kind, it is almost impossible for you not to have used or at least seen OneDrive. It is Microsoft's cloud storage service that comes by default in Windows 10, and which can be used on many other...