Computer Hope
Software => Computer software => Topic started by: debby on April 06, 2017, 01:35:13 PM
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One Drive is a program installed on Windows 10. I get that. What I don't get, is why does EVERYTHING go there? I put my photos in Photo Gallery, and there it is on One Drive. I put something on My Documents, there it is on One Drive. Then One Drive sends all this to the Cloud. Now I get an email from the Cloud that I have exceeded my limit and I can either buy more Cloud space, or delete some things and if I don't, my files, everything, etc., will be frozen. Now, does that mean even on my computer or just One Drive? If I delete all my photos off the Cloud, will they still be on my computer? I have an external hard drive I can back them up to, which I plan to do, but I'd like for nothing I do to go to the Cloud. How do I stop One Drive from sending it to the Cloud? I have more than enough space on my computer, I don't need the Cloud. I'd like to state, I am not real computer savvy, which is why I am asking probably a stupid question, but would like someone to tell me how to fix this Cloud thing. My computer is a Dell Inspirion, Intel Core i5-4460, CPU @3.20 Ghz, Ram 8.00 GB, System Type 64-bit.
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I think I figured it out. What One Drive tells me isn't exactly what mine says, but I think I can disable it. Thanks anyhow!
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OneDrive is great if you want to access files from different devices (laptop, PC, tablet, etc., from different locations) but, if you normally access your files from one computer, then I understand your not being interested in using it. This reference should help: Files save to OneDrive by default in Windows 10 (https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Files-save-to-OneDrive-by-default-in-Windows-10-33da0077-770c-4bda-b61e-8c8e8ca70ac7)