--- title: "How to Move a OneDrive Folder and Free up Some Space" description: "Learn, step-by-step, how to move a OneDrive folder from one location to another on your Windows computer." canonical: "https://adamtheautomator.com/move-onedrive-folder/" --- # How to Move a OneDrive Folder and Free up Some Space > Learn, step-by-step, how to move a OneDrive folder from one location to another on your Windows computer. 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Or, perhaps, you just need to move the local sync folder to an archive drive. In any case, you can move a OneDrive folder with a few steps. In this tutorial, you are going to learn how you can move a OneDrive folder from one location to another. ## Prerequisites If you’d like to follow along with the steps in this tutorial, be sure you’re on Windows 10 and have OneDrive installed and successfully syncing with the cloud. ## Finding The OneDrive Folder Location Before you can move the OneDrive folder, you must first know where it is! To find it: 1\. Open [File Explorer](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/find-and-open-file-explorer-ef370130-1cca-9dc5-e0df-2f7416fe1cb1). 2\. On the left side of the screen, click on the **OneDrive** shortcut. ![File Explorer Side Menu](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/file-explorere-left-side-menu.png) File Explorer Side Menu 3\. Right-click on the **OneDrive** shortcut and select **Properties**. ![OneDrive Right Click Menu](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/file-explorere-left-side-menu-2.png) OneDrive Right Click Menu 4\. In the **OneDrive Properties** box, under the **General tab**, notice the folder path under **Location**. This location is the folder path to your OneDrive folder. ![OneDrive Properties Dialogue Box](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/onedrive-properties-menu.png) OneDrive Properties Dialogue Box ## Unlink OneDrive From Your Computer Once you know the path of your current OneDrive folder, you now must disassociate or unlink your local PC from the OneDrive service. This process frees up the folder to be moved. To do that, in File Explorer: 1\. Right-click on the **OneDrive** shortcut again and select **Settings**. ![OneDrive Menu Click Settings](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/mnu-3.png) OneDrive Menu Click Settings 2\. In the **Microsoft OneDrive** dialog box, click the **Account** tab. Once under this tab, click on **Unlink this PC** as shown below. ![OneDrive Menu Click Settings](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/menu-4.png) OneDrive Menu Click Settings 3\. You’ll be prompted to unlink the OneDrive account from your computer. Click **Unlink Account** to do so. ![Unlick PC Dialogue Box](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/mnu-5.png) Unlick PC Dialogue Box 4\. After you unlink the account, ignore the new window that appears that prompts you to sign into OneDrive. ## Start to Move a OneDrive Folder At this point, OneDrive has been unlinked from the original folder freeing it up to be moved. Let’s do that. In File Explorer: 1\. Navigate to the old location of OneDrive. ![Navigate OneDrive Folder](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/menu-6.png) Navigate OneDrive Folder 2\. Right-click on the **OneDrive** folder and click **Cut**. ![OneDrive folder Right Click Menu select cut](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/menu-7.png) OneDrive folder Right Click Menu select cut 3\. Navigate to the parent folder where you’d like to move a OneDrive folder under and paste it. The new location of the OneDrive folder will be _C:\\moved OneDrive\\OneDrive_ in the example below. ![Paste OneDrive to new folder](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/mnu8.png) Paste OneDrive to new folder ## Link OneDrive Back to your Computer The OneDrive folder has now been moved to the new location. It’s time to link OneDrive on your computer back to the OneDrive cloud service. To do so: 1\. Find the **OneDrive icon** in the taskbar and click on it. A new window will appear will ask you to sign in again. ![Select OneDrive Icon from the Taskbar](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/mnu9.png) Select OneDrive Icon from the Taskbar 2\. Provide the email address you had previously configured OneDrive to use in the text box and click **Sign In**. ![Enter Microsoft/OneDrive credentials](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/mnu10.png) Enter Microsoft/OneDrive credentials 3\. On the next screen, OneDrive should automatically set the default location for a new OneDrive folder which is _C:\\Users\\\\OneDrive_. Click **Change location** to change that path. ![Select Change Location](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/mnu11.png) Select Change Location 4\. Navigate to the new location of your OneDrive folder (_C:\\moved OneDrive\\OneDrive_) for this tutorial and click **Select Folder**. ![Navigate new folder to configure](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/mnu12.png) Navigate new folder to configure 5\. Confirm you’re OK with using the existing folder by clicking on **Use this folder**. ![Confirm to use new folder](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/mnu13.png) Confirm to use new folder 6\. Once asked to back up your folders, click on **Continue**. ![Select any folder to Backup](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/mnu14.png) Select any folder to Backup 7\. When complete, navigate to the new OneDrive folder in File Explorer. If the move was successful, you should now see the OneDrive icon instead of the generic folder icon. ![You should see moved folder having OneDrive Icon](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/mnu15.png) You should see moved folder having OneDrive Icon ## Conclusion You should now know how to move a OneDrive folder from one location to another on your Windows computer! At this point, OneDrive will continuing syncing to the cloud as usual just from a different folder path. 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