Manage your OneDrive for work or school storage

Applies To
SharePoint Server 2016 SharePoint Server 2013 Enterprise

You can manage your OneDrive for work or school to see how much space you’re using and free up space if you’re getting close to your storage limit.

Note

Manage your storage in the OneDrive sync app

  1. Click the blue OneDrive icon OneDrive cloud icon  in the Windows notification area, and then select OneDrive Help and Settings icon > Settings. OneDrive storage overview with the Manage storage button
  2. This shows an overview of the OneDrive storage available. Select Manage storage.
    OneDrive storage usage and the Manage storage button
  3. This opens a largest files page that shows a list of all files in your OneDrive, sorted by size. 
    Largest files in OneDrive sorted by file size   

Note

After deleting items, you must permanently delete these items in the Recycle Bin to free up space for other items. See Delete files or folders in OneDrive  for more info.  

Manage storage from the OneDrive website

On the OneDrive website when signed in with your work or school account, view the storage used and what's available on the left side navigation. Click on the usage value to redirect to the largest files in OneDrive page.  

OneDrive storage usage link in the left navigation

See also

How does Microsoft storage work for a personal account?