Microsoft took OneDrive really seriously with Windows 10. It’s now a default app and works right after installing Windows 10. There’s in-depth integration and beyond just syncing files between computers. and online drive, it also integrates with other Windows 10 apps to give users a seamless experience.
Cortana can now extend your search for personal stuff to OneDrive along with the files you’ve saved on your personal drive. Office users can choose to work on a file with multiple users at the same time. One thing I personally like is the ability to create shareable links of files you’ve saved on OneDrive directly from the explorer’s right-click context menu.
Hot Tip: See how to add OneDrive as a Network Drive on Windows and use multiple accounts at a time.
There’s no doubt that Windows has made significant improvements to OneDrive. However, it sets the Microsoft account online as the default account along with the storage on C:\. What if you want to change the default account for a business or corporate account, or want to change the default sync location of OneDrive files? Well, there is an easy solution for that.
Change OneDrive account and save location
Step 1: Now to Change file location and associated OneDrive account go to OneDrive icon in System Tray and right click on it to open Setting.
Step 2: When the settings page opens, click on the option Unlink OneDrive. As soon as you click the option you will get Welcome to OneDrive screen with a button to start. Now, before you go ahead and reconfigure the settings, it would be a good option to migrate the content of the previously synced OneDrive.
Step 3: Moving synced folders will ensure you save your bandwidth on previously synced files. Open File Explorer and navigate to the OneDrive folder (usually located in C:\Users\) and select it. Now, click Home page tab in the ribbon and click Move to. You will be asked to choose a folder location where you need to save your OneDrive files in the future.
Note: If you’re going to change your OneDrive account, you might just want to delete the contents of the folders and start from scratch.
Step 4: Finally, double click on the OneDrive icon in the system tray and it will ask you to configure a new account. Configure OneDrive with the new account and change the sync location in the next screen.
That’s it, you can now work on OneDrive with another Microsoft Account.
Conclusion
So that’s how you can change the default account and storage location for OneDrive in Windows 10. However, if you lean towards Google Drive, Dropbox or any other cloud storage service, you may want to turn it off completely. We’ll cover soon how to completely turn off OneDrive on Windows 10. So wait a moment.
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