Navigating OneDrive

OneDrive basics for work or school

When using OneDrive, there are some fundamentals that will help you find files and folders, and get information about them.

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 figure class="wp-block-image size-large">

• 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.

Note: When you select a file or folder, the toolbar will change, letting you choose what you'd like to do with the file or folder: Open, Share, Copy link, Download, Delete, Move to, or Copy to.