OneDrive How To Use/Basics
Get started with OneDrive (work or school) - Microsoft Support
- OneDrive gives you one place to store, share, and sync your work or school files.
- As part of your organization's Microsoft 365 subscription, or SharePoint Server, you can save your files in OneDrive and then work with them from almost any device.
- Sign in to Microsoft 365 with your work or school account, so you can:
- Upload files from your PC or Mac.
- Share files with others.
- Give others permission to edit files and work on them at the same time.
- Get to your files from anywhere, on your computer, tablet, or phone.
- Sync OneDrive to your PC or Mac, so you can access your files even when you're offline.
OneDrive basics (work or school) - Microsoft Support
Navigation pane
Files is your home base where you can find all of your files and folders.
Recent shows the files you worked on last.
Shared are the files others have shared with you and the files you've shared with others.
Discover shows files that are trending around you from people you work with.
Recycle bin shows your deleted files and folders.
Shared libraries show files in recently visited Teams and SharePoint sites.
Toolbar
Select New to create files or folders.
Select Upload to add files or folders to your OneDrive storage.
Select Sort
to change how you'd like to view your files.
Select View
to change the view.
Select Information
to see details like who Has Access and Activity. Or, hover the cursor over a file and information will appear.
Use keywords and tags to Search for files or folders.