OneDrive is the best cloud storage service for Windows 10 PC. Yes, there are many different cloud storage services out there, for example, Google Drive, Dropbox, Apple’s iCloud, Box, and others. However, for some users, you will see that OnDrive provides the best integration with Windows 10 if we can cross the placeholder dilemma.

In the previous article, Richard gave us various very good reasons why you should OneDrive.Today, we are going to go through some of the tips you can use to get the most out of cloud storage service from Microsoft.

1. Remote access to your files at home

Obviously, the motivation behind OneDrive is to offer online stockpiling, a spot where we can securely adjust records between gadgets – PCs, tablets, or cell phones.

Nonetheless, what happens when you neglect to transfer the introduction you have made at home and you need it for the following gathering at work? Or then again you happen to require an application on another PC and the main establishment records are situated on your PC at home?

On the off chance that you don’t prefer to transfer each record to OneDrive, or you basically neglected to transfer explicit documents to the administration, Microsoft has your back with the Fetch include in OneDrive.

At the point when you empower Fetch, you can approach all your PC documents on the OneDrive site. Considerably all the more intriguing, you can likewise get to organize areas, for example, those remembered for the libraries and planned drives.

The Fetch highlight is amazing, as it permits you to download a duplicate of any documents from anyplace, and you can likewise stream recordings and view pictures distantly directly from the internet browser. However, recollect, everything fills in as long you have your PC turned on and associated with the web.

In the event that you like getting to your private records from the web, you additionally need to ensure the element is empowered:

• From the notification area right-click the OneDrive icon and click Settings.
• Then make sure to check Let me use OneDrive to fetch any of my files on this PC.
• Click OK to finish.

That all you need to do, you don’t need to design your switch or firewall — it just works.

Presently, open your internet browser sign-in to your Microsoft Account, and under PCs, click the name of your PC. At that point, you ought to have the option to see the area accessible to you, including Favorites, Libraries, and This PC. These permit you to approach the **C:**, inside and outer associated drives.

Quick Tip: Make sure you empower Fetch and test the component by attempting to get to the records. On the off chance that it doesn’t work, right-click the OneDrive symbol in the notification area, click Exit, and launch the app again from the Start menu.

It’s an incredible component that can spare your day at any second, yet there are a couple of things to remember. For instance, Fetch isn’t upheld on PCs running Windows 8.1, and you can utilize get to records from Mac PC, yet you can’t get to documents on a Mac PC utilizing OneDrive. Likewise, you may likewise be approached to enter a check code. Thus, bringing works best on PCs running Windows 10.

2. Accessing OneDrive files from a different account in Windows 10

On the off chance that you don’t have an Office 365 subscription, or you’re not paying to get more stockpiling in OneDrive, or you would prefer not to keep every one of your records in a single record, you presumably have numerous OneDrive records.

Be that as it may, on the grounds that you’re likely utilizing your primary Microsoft Account to sign-in to Windows 10, you just approach each OneDrive record in turn through File Explorer.

What you likely didn’t know is that the OneDrive application permits you to associate with an alternate record while staying signed in with your fundamental Microsoft Account in the working framework.

Associating an alternate OneDrive record to your PC without changing your current Microsoft Account in Windows 10 is straight forward procedure:

1- From the notification area right-click the OneDrive icon and click Settings.

2- On the Unlink OneDrive section, click the Unlink OneDrive button.

3- Then you’ll be presented with OneDrive setup wizard, click Get started.

4-Sign-in with new Microsoft Account you need to access to OneDrive. Remember that this procedure won’t change your present profile settings, you’ll have the option to sign-in with your old qualifications.

5-Next, change the area to store the new OneDrive documents or keep a similar way and click Next. Ensure you get that on the off chance that you don’t change the envelope area, and the organizer as of now exists, documents will converge with OneDrive.

6-Click Next, pick the folder you need to sync and remember to enable the fetch feature if you want to access the files remotely.

7-Click Done to finish.

This valuable OneDrive component permits clients to keep things independent. Or then again maybe, you’re principle Microsoft Account needs more space, and afterward you can utilize that auxiliary record with more stockpiling.

While this is a decent element, as I would see it, it would be pleasant if Microsoft had the alternative to get to numerous OneDrive records without logging out from your essential OneDrive record.

3. Restoring files and emptying your Recycle Bin

In case you’re utilizing OneDrive to match up records between PCs, you commonly make, get to, and erase your documents through File Explorer.

Be that as it may, what happen when you unintentionally erase a document and void the Recycle Bin? On the off chance that you didn’t have a reinforcement, you likely feel that your documents are gone for eternity.

All things considered, here is something that not very numerous individuals know. In the event that you erase a document from your OneDrive envelope, a duplicate of the record goes to the Recycle Bin in Windows, and another duplicate goes to the OneDrive’s Recycle container.

Discharging your PC’s receptacle, doesn’t erase the container on OneDrive. All things considered, you can generally reestablish documents you have erased on OneDrive, and it’s as simple as:

• Signing into your OneDrive account using your web browser.
• From the left OneDrive menu, click the Recycle bin link.

• Find and select the file you want, and click Restore from the menu on the top.

Presently as indicated by Microsoft the documents in the Recycle container don’t consider some portion of your stockpiling. Be that as it may, on the off chance that your Recycle container hits the 10% of your permitted stockpiling, at that point records will start to get erased from the most established to the freshest.

The company also warns that files will get permanently deleted after a minimum of 3 days and max of 60 days.

In the event that you need documents to get for all time erased immediately, you should erase the record or documents in questions. Next, head over the OneDrive Recycle container on the web, and void the refuse can.

Wrapping thing up

OneDrive isn’t just about putting away your records in the cloud. The administration likewise gives a few highlights to approach your records regardless of where they are found, in any event, when they’re not put away on the web. What’s more, in the event that you happen to erase a document coincidentally, no concerns, you can generally get it back.