OneDrive Quick Tips

Learn quick and easy tips to help you be more productive with OneDrive, from a Microsoft MVP and MCT.

Introduction

• Saving time with OneDrive

1. Working with Files

• Identify which OneDrive online version you're using
• Create a new file in OneDrive
• Upload a file to OneDrive
• Move documents from folder to folder
• Delete a file in OneDrive
• Restore a file in OneDrive
• Request file uploads for a specific folder

2. Sharing Files and Folders

• Share a file in OneDrive
• Co-author a document in OneDrive
• Manage file versions in OneDrive
• Manage file versions in an Office app
• Stop sharing a file in OneDrive
• Share a folder in OneDrive
• Modern attachments in Outlook desktop
• Modern attachments in Outlook online
• Access files shared with you or by you
• Share a Word document for review
• Copy a file link from the command bar

3. Viewing and Finding Content in OneDrive

• Search content in OneDrive
• Change library views in OneDrive
• Sort OneDrive library contents
• Pin a shared library

4. Using OneDrive with Office Apps

• Opening a OneDrive file from a Microsoft Office app
• Saving an Office file to OneDrive

5. Working with Photos and Other Images

• Copy iOS mobile device camera images to OneDrive
• Scan documents with the OneDrive mobile app
• Save iOS mobile device photos and videos to OneDrive automatically

6. Syncing Files

• Sync OneDrive files to your desktop
• Identify which OneDrive desktop sync app you're using
• Choose files to sync
• Stop syncing a file to OneDrive
• Use OneDrive on an iOS device to work with files offline

7. Working with OneDrive in Microsoft Teams

• Access your OneDrive library within Microsoft Teams
• Share a OneDrive file in a Microsoft Teams private chat
• Attach a OneDrive file in a Teams channel conversation