Windows 10: Drive Space Full on PC, but files only appearing in OneDrive as 'Online Only'

Hi there! I'm trying to free up space on my computer drive. However, when I try to delete a folder, it says that the folder is online only and that if I delete it I will not be able to recover it. I'm also confused because the files seem to be saved on my PC, but when I open their location they say they are in OneDrive. My attempts at changing their location does not change this. If the files online only, why are they taking up drive space? I really want to clean up my PC's drive, but I'm hesitant to delete files if I wont be able to recover them, particularly because to my understanding One

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Unallocated Space to C Drive

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Onedrive hard drive space

I recently acquired a new laptop with a smaller SSD drive thinking I could use Onedrive to file storage. I am quickly running out of local storage. File explorer tells shows all my pictures, videos, documents etc BOTH in the Onedrive folder and on This
PC. I want to retain a single copy on my PC but it appears I am retaining 2 copies. My Onedrive storage is at about 200GB but my SSD is double that and fast running out of space. If I choose folders in Onedrive and unselect it removes both references to
the file in file explorer. Is Onedrive actually causing my files to be saved locally twice?

 

Unallocated Space to C Drive

Hi Travis,

It appears that a disk partition was created but was never assigned its allocation. Assuming there are no files stored in the unallocated partition, perform these steps to combine it with your C: drive:

• In Disk Management, right-click on (C which appears next to the
  Unallocated partition.
  
• Select Extend.

Let us know if you're able to combine the spaces after following the steps above.

Regards.