Windows 10: OneDrive and manually freeing up space by compressing OS drive

Today, when manually freeing up space, I saw an option to compress my OS drive for the first time. After I selected it and clicked Remove files, notifications appeared regarding files OneDrive was downloading. With only a 32GB SD card permanently connected as ROM, I manually make sure that all of the my OneDrive files are not stored locally. Therefore, I stopped the file download, blocked the OneDrive from automatically downloading files, and manually reset the OneDrive files and folders to Free up space.


So, why, when the goal is to free up local space for storage, would OneDrive download files that take up space?


Also, by default, when downloading/saving files to OneDrive, it keeps a local copy, and when opening online-only OneDrive Files using File Explorer, it automatically downloads a copy into local storage - not the most intuitive behavior, IMHO. Is there a way to change this default behavior?

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OS Drive Compression

Greetings, everyone.

I am using an Aspire ES1-132, with a storage of 28.0 Gigabytes, and I am running short on storage space, and I could not relieve space from the laptop.

I was told that I could compress my OS drive.

I need to know if compressing my OS drive is a good idea.

-Thank You in advance

 

Files in C: drive automatically compressing?

As you may already know, if this feature is on, every new folder/file you add starts off automatically compressed. If you would like to turn it off for the whole drive, kindly follow these steps:

• Start File Explorer . In the left pane, right-click on the drive that you would not want to be compressed.
• Click Properties.
• Make sure that the Compress this drive to save disk space box is unchecked.
• Click OK then Apply.

Let us know if you need further assistance.

 

COMPRESSING Drives

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