Change location of OneDrive folder
Many users of Windows use two separate drives on their computers – the main drive like an SSD to run the operating system and other programs, and a regular hard drive to store the bulk of their content. OneDrive, by default, stores files to the C:\User<username>\OneDrive location. In any event of misfortune, a user can lose all the files if he has them stored on C drive. So, as a precautionary measure, you can change the location of the files to wherever you want. To do this, first, you must unlink OneDrive from your account and then repeat the setup process. For this, Right-click on the OneDrive icon in the notification area and then select Settings.
From the list of options, select “Unlink OneDrive“.
When done, open your OneDrive folder at its location. Chose the folder and move it to a new place using the ‘Move to’ button visible under Home tab in the explorer ribbon. Next, sign in to OneDrive. The service will prompt you to save folders to a suggested location. Ignore the suggested location, and instead, click ‘Change’.
Next, navigate to the place where you moved the OneDrive folder to in the previous step.
Once done, OneDrive will move all of your OneDrive files from the default location to the new location. This should help! Read next: Encrypt and secure OneDrive files.
