How to Change the Location of Your OneDrive Folder in Windows 10
If you don’t already know, OneDrive is Microsoft’s online storage service that you can use with your Microsoft account. You can save your files to the cloud and access them on any PC, tablet or phone by signing in to your Microsoft account. By default, your OneDrive folder is found in your user folder, but you can change where it is located. However, it isn’t a simple cut-and-paste operation; you have to make sure the new location syncs to the cloud. Here’s how to move your OneDrive folder to a new location.
How to Change the Location of Your OneDrive Folder
When you change where your OneDrive folder is located, you’ll also have to set it to sync with your files on the cloud. You’ll have to unlink your OneDrive folder on your PC first, then move the folder to a new location, and finally re-link your PC to your Microsoft account. These steps will help you set that up.
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1. Unlinking OneDrive
The first thing to do is tounlink your OneDrive folder from your Microsoft accountso that files on the cloud no longer sync to their current location.
Your OneDrive files on your PC will no longer synchronize to the cloud. Don’t worry; a little later you’ll be re-linking your OneDrive folder to your Microsoft account.
Once you’ve done this, you will be presented with a window to set up OneDrive. Leave this open for the moment. You will need to revisit it once you’ve moved your OneDrive folder to a different location on your PC.
2. Moving Your OneDrive Folder
With that done, you can now relocate your OneDrive folder.
That’s it! You’ve moved your OneDrive folder to a new location on your Windows PC.
3. Re-Linking OneDrive
Now all that’s left is to re-link your Microsoft account with OneDrive on your PC, this time pointing to the new location. Follow the steps below to do that.
Your OneDrive folder has been moved, and any files you add, or existing ones you modify, will be synced to the cloud from this new OneDrive location on your PC.
Additionally, there are manyways to control how OneDrive syncs files on your PC, from pausing automatic sync on metered networks to stopping specific folders from syncing.
Free Up PC Storage by Moving Your OneDrive Folder
Files on your OneDrive can take up a lot of disk space. You don’t have to settle for your OneDrive folder’s default location. You can free up space on your root drive by moving it to a different location, perhaps even on a different drive.
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