Free up Space

As you use OneDrive, Sharepoint and Teams, your local computer will gradually fill up with local copies of all the files you have accessed.  This is particularly true when using OneDrive to upload lots of videos, photographs or other large files.  From time to time you may need to tell the computer to free up space by removing local copies of files that are stored safely in the cloud.  

To check how much space OneDrive is using at the moment

Step 1 - Right click on the OneDrive icon in the bottom right of your screen. If you cannot see the OneDrive icon it may be hidden underneath the chevron icon.

Step 2 - Click on Settings

Step 3 - Click on the Account tab

Step 4 - Look at the bottom section titled x Locations are syncing, where x is the number of folders you have synced. Each folder will show you how much is in use. 

As a general rule, 5GB or more for a folder is getting on the large side and would benefit from the Free up space steps below.

Time to Free up some Space!

Step 1 - Open up file explorer on your computer

Step 2 - right click on OneDrive - Badminton School in the left hand navigation pane

Step 3 - Click on Free up space

Step 4 - Wait for the progress to complete, it may take 5-10 minutes depending on how many files you have stored locally.

Step 5 - Expand Badminton School

Step 6 - Right click on each folder you have synchronised and choose Free up space.

Once done you should have plenty of room again!