I keep getting low-storage warnings for updates and system processes, even after deleting apps and offloading data.
My space analysis tool shows that a large amount of disk space is being used by my OneDrive work files, even though most of them are set to Cloud Only.
I use OneDrive specifically to reduce local storage usage. Why are these files still consuming so much disk space, and how can I safely free up the space without deleting the files from OneDrive?
I’m researching the same thing. It looks like a caching issue and the OneDrive cache needs to be cleared.
Your files are stored in two places: locally on your hard drive and in OneDrive/the cloud.
If you sign in to OneDrive on another computer, can you still access all your files? If so, you can remove the local copies from your PC or laptop to free up storage space.
If your storage is still insufficient after removing the local OneDrive copies, you can further delete the hidden file data (these usually result in your PC volume not adding up issue), including system junk, system components, caches (browser/apps), duplicate files, unnecessary large files, etc.
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