Windows 10: onedrive and compression

I compressed my hard drive and by default it compressed the Onedrive files. Now I have 10 GB less on my hard drive than I did before compression. I believe these files are now local (the icon is the non-solid green tick which means locally available). I tried specifying online only (blue cloud icon). But it didn't respond.


How do I get these files off my computer and in the cloud only? I have some video that should be there.

Thank you.

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Windows 10 - OneDrive

Right click on the app and one of the properties has an option to not automatically start it. Uncheck, restart the computer, and it should stop. If you want to go another step further, find the OneDrive app in the start menu, right click on it and uninstall.

If that is still insufficient, there is a batch uninstaller for OneDrive available online. I can copy the code here if you need it.

 

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

 

OneDrive and manually freeing up space by compressing OS drive

Hi Jlajr,

Thank you for posting your question in the Microsoft Community Forums.

Appreciate your efforts to work on this issue.

Regarding the drive compression, suggest you to refer to the suggestion provided by ‘Ken
Blake - Microsoft MVP’ from this thread to get more information on this topic.

Article for Reference.

‘Files save to OneDrive by default
in Windows 10’.

I would suggest you to contact the OneDrive In-App support for further help with this issue, where we have dedicated support professionals who are well-equipped with the knowledge to handle this query for you.

Sign in to OneDrive.com from any browser, click the ‘? Help’ icon on the top banner of the page and select
Email OneDrive support. Submit your question and follow the prompts to request support.

Changes in OneDrive forum:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/feedback/forum/fdbk_news/changes-in-onedrive-forum/6f2969b2-1131-412e-b8ca-9eda47acd9b6

Further, I would also like to let you know that OneDrive UserVoice is your place to suggest the features you’d like to see us add to OneDrive. Refer to the
Feedback section from this article ‘Use OneDrive Files
On-Demand in Windows’.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Srimadhwa B

Microsoft Community-Moderator