Windows 10: Lost almost all my files when I gave Onedrive permission to clear space

Hi guys,So I am extremely desperate here. My father recently passed away, and all my pictures of him are now gone.I did not have a paid Microsoft 365 account, but my computer stored everything automatically on OneDrive. I must say I am not very good with this stuff, so sorry if I am explaining it poorly.Apparently my storage was full, so I kept getting a message saying I could not receive emails unless I cleared some space. I gave Onedrive permission to clear space, and then deleted everything in my recycle bin.Since all the files were also on my Desktop, I did not think they would be gone. Bu

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Onedrive

Hi Hiatt,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I suggest you to refer the article Find
lost or missing files in OneDrive for more information regarding the missing files.



If the issue still persists please follow the steps to contact
OneDrive support for further assistance on this issue.

1. Login to OneDrive.com.
2. Click the ? Help icon on the top banner of the page.
3. Select Email OneDrive support for the further assistance.

Muralidhar

Microsoft Community Moderator

 

Accidentally Cancelled An Update - Which files can be removed to clear space

• Right-click start and choose "Run" then type cleanmgr ("cleanup manager") and click OK.
• If asked to choose a drive, pick your C: drive (or wherever Windows is installed).
• In the popup, ignore everything and click the "Clean up system files" button. Don't miss this step.
• Now you can select all the update-related stuff above to clear it out (or clear it all, all of it is safe to remove if you want to free space).

 

OneDrive

Step 3. Under "Files On-Demand," check the Save space and download files as you use themto enable the feature.