Unable to move OneDrive folder to another drive

Step 1: Unlink Your OneDrive Account

Unlinking stops syncing safely without deleting your cloud files.

• Open OneDrive settings. Click the white or blue OneDrive cloud icon in your taskbar notification area, click the gear icon, and select Settings.
• Go to the Account tab. Select the Account tab on the left side of the window.
• Unlink this PC. Click Unlink this PC and confirm by clicking Unlink account. Close the setup window that pops up afterward.

Step 2: Move the Folder to the New Drive

Now that OneDrive is disconnected, Windows will let you move the local folder.

• Open File Explorer. Navigate to your current OneDrive folder, which is usually located at C:\Users\[YourUsername].
• Move the folder. Click the OneDrive folder once to select it, then click the Move to button on the top toolbar (or press Ctrl + X). Navigate to your new drive (such as D:\), and paste it there (Ctrl + V).
• Wait for the transfer to finish. Large folders can take several minutes to copy over to the new drive.

Hi @Marco Patella

Here's how to set it up:

1. Rename your old folder on D: (for example, change D:\OneDrive to D:\OneDrive_old) so your existing files stay safe.
2. Let OneDrive finish setting up in the default C:\Users\YourName\OneDrive location. Once it finishes loading, right-click the OneDrive cloud icon in your taskbar and hit Pause Syncing, or just close OneDrive completely.
3. Open C:\Users\YourName\ in File Explorer and delete that brand-new empty OneDrive folder it just created (or copy anything inside it over to D:\OneDrive_old first).
4. Open Command Prompt as Administrator and run this command, swapping in your actual profile and folder names (if it's a work account, the folder might be named OneDrive - CompanyName): mklink /J "C:\Users\YourName\OneDrive" "D:\OneDrive_old"
5. Start OneDrive back up. It'll read the C: path normally, pick up all your existing files on D:, and keep everything stored on D: without eating up space on C:.