Windows 10: Can I safely delete "Pictures" folder from OneDrive without having it deleted from my computer?

Discus and support Can I safely delete "Pictures" folder from OneDrive without having it deleted from my computer? in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; Hi,I recently resubscribed to Microsoft Office 360. It has been syncing my OneDrive folder to the cloud for a few days. However, it is quickly filling... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by John'z Place, Jan 29, 2025.

  1. Can I safely delete "Pictures" folder from OneDrive without having it deleted from my computer?


    Hi,I recently resubscribed to Microsoft Office 360. It has been syncing my OneDrive folder to the cloud for a few days. However, it is quickly filling up my 1TB cloud storage. To keep it under the 1TB limite I have stopped syncing my "Pictures" folder. The location of the "Pictures" folder has been automatically changed to the User "Picture" folder outside the OneDrive folder. It did this without moving my pictures to the new location. However, the "Pictures" folder with all my pictures is still on the Microsoft Office Cloud OneDrive folder.My question is, can I delete the "Pictures" folder fr

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    John'z Place, Jan 29, 2025
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  2. Trouble deleting a folder

    Thanks for the suggestion but it says "delete folder failed for E:\....." for each folder I try.

    *Confused Can I safely delete "Pictures" folder from OneDrive without having it deleted from my computer? :confused:

    Will I be forever stuck with these unnecessary folders? *Oh Well Can I safely delete "Pictures" folder from OneDrive without having it deleted from my computer? :eek:hwell:
     
    oli_ramsay, Jan 29, 2025
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  3. Can't delete folder!

    have you tried using safe mode to delete it? i dont know what you had in it, but i have tried to delete files that said they had nothing in them from the program files folder and it said "DUNK" and NO but i was able to delete them from safe mode
     
    acousticlemur, Jan 29, 2025
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  4. Can I safely delete "Pictures" folder from OneDrive without having it deleted from my computer?

    0 byte folder cannot be deleted Problem

    I have a 0 byte folder and I can't delete it. I'm using win 7 64 bit.
    please help *Cry :cry:

    It says access denied when trying, please login as admin blah blah msgs....

    I've searched the net for hours, Trying unlocker, fileassassin, and all other 'file deleter' programs out there. tried on safe mode, tried the cmd commands, even in cmd it says access denied, tried the closing explorer.exe and doing the command. I tried changing permissions and atrributes and it says you do not have permission to view or edit this objects permission settings. I logged in as the Administrator and still no hope.

    the folder originally contained all my movies but since then i moved(using the move command) all of them someplace else(on another hdd) and I thought it was gone but the folder is still there, 0 bytes. It was shared when i deleted it and still appeared on the shared folders list but inaccessible coz it was already deleted so i 'unshared' the folder from the shared folders list. and so the problem began. the folder is still there and it is undeletable

    One surefire way to do it without deleting my files is copying all other files to another HDD and reformat it and copy it back again but my hdd is currently contains 1 tb out of 1.36 and i dont have any hdds with that free space to use.

    ALSO I CAN'T OPEN THE FOLDER it says

    Location is not available

    'directory' is not accessible.
    Access is Denied.

    i think its more of a windows glitch than a virus problem

    help??? *Frown Can I safely delete "Pictures" folder from OneDrive without having it deleted from my computer? :(
     
    lyndonguitar, Jan 29, 2025
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