Here is everything you should know to delete files from OneDrive, but not computer

Saving your documents in the cloud can be a great idea, not only can you easily access them across devices, but you can also be rest assured that you won't likely face a data loss situation. However, your cloud storage can be fully exhausted, and then you'd need to free up some space for new files. Here is how to delete files from your OneDrive cloud storage, but not from your Windows PC local storage. Apparently, there's a way you'll delete a file from your OneDrive and it'd also be deleted from your PC; hence, you need to heed these procedures to keep your files safe.

In this article you will find out:

• how to delete files correctly

• how to protect your data

Are you ready? Let's read!

Clear PC (not OneDrive)

If your PC’s local storage is full or almost full and you wish to delete some files to save space; however, you don’t want those files to be entirely removed from your PC, the best way to do that is to move the files to your OneDrive folder.

• Open your File Explorer and select the file or folder you want to delete.

• Move the file or folder into the OneDrive folder.

• That way, the file/folder would be deleted from your computer but would be saved in your OneDrive cloud storage.

Recover OneDrive Files

If you mistakenly deleted some files from your OneDrive storage, you can possibly recover them if they haven’t been deleted for over 30 days.

• Open the OneDrive app and go to the Recycle Bin folder.

• Select the files or folder you want to get back and select “Restore.”