OneDrive: Difference between revisions

Windows users found that, at some point, the software attempts to back up user files without their knowledge or consent.<ref>{{Cite web |title=OneDrive's Forcable Takeover of Folders Is Intolerable |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/onedrive/comments/1e5riab/onedrives_forcable_takeover_of_folders_is/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Onedrive Syncs files without permission and can't be removed without deletion of the files in the local machine. |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/onedrive/comments/zx79j6/onedrive_syncs_files_without_permission_and_cant/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=OneDrive sync'd EVERYTHING without permission? |url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/3887116/onedrive-syncd-everything-without-permission |access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Onedrive is horrible, invasive and impossible |url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5213385/onedrive-is-horrible-invasive-and-impossible}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=RANT: OneDrive enabled without consent |url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/4043083/rant-onedrive-enabled-without-consent}}</ref> However, the way it does so is by redirecting several (unwittingly chosen) base folders to OneDrive, which once full, requests that the user "Upgrade" or "Free Up Space".<ref>{{Cite web |title=OneDrive attempted to sync my entire PC without my consent. |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/f7795u/onedrive_attempted_to_sync_my_entire_pc_without/}}</ref> When the user tries to disable OneDrive by solutions found with a surface level search, it removes all said user files both locally and in cloud.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Microsoft Edge and OneDrive Syncing Without Warning or Consent |url=https://ctemplar.com/microsoft-edge-and-onedrive-syncing-without-warning-or-consent/}}</ref> The only ways for the user to recover those files require a physical backup, from desktop or OneDrive. User files are also being corrupted in the process.