A Microsoft file hosting and synchronization service.
To download files from OneDrive on the web:
- Open OneDrive > My files.
- Select the files or folders to download.
- For multiple items, select each item using the circle checkbox.
- To select all files in a folder, click the circle to the left of the header row or press Ctrl + A.
- Select Download from the top navigation, or right-click and select Download.
- If prompted by the browser, choose Save or Save As.
Important limits and behaviors:
- The Download button only appears when files or folders are selected.
- If the Download button disappears after refreshing the page inside a folder, go up one folder level and open the folder again, or close the browser tab and reopen the folder.
- If multiple files or folders are selected, the browser downloads them as a .zip file.
- If inside a folder and Download is selected without selecting any files or folders, the browser downloads the entire folder contents.
- Files cannot be downloaded directly from the Shared view. Open the file or folder first, then download.
- In OneDrive for work or school, Internet Explorer cannot download folders or multiple files; use Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome.
- Download limits include 250 GB file size, 10,000 files total, and 10,000 files per folder.
- For multiple compressed files such as .zip or .mp4, the limit is 10 GB per .zip and 20 GB overall.
If the current OneDrive app or Files On-Demand is causing access issues:
- Install all available Windows updates.
- Download and install the latest version of OneDrive.
- Restart the computer.
If OneDrive shows file access or copy errors such as 0x8007016a, try this path:
- Select the OneDrive icon in the taskbar notification area.
- Go to Help & Settings > Settings.
- If a Settings tab exists, clear Save space and download files as you use them.
- If there is no Settings tab, go to Sync and back up > Advanced settings and under Files On-Demand select Download all OneDrive files now.
- Reset OneDrive.
- Try the download or copy again.
The provided material does not include any feature to send a full OneDrive download link to Gmail.