How to find locally available files within OneDrive?


  1. tfwul
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    How to find locally available files within OneDrive?


    Though folders may show the 'on demand' (cloud) icon, some files in sub sub folders may be locally available.

    Q: is there a quick way to find/filter those files, rather than to go thru each folder separately?

    Reason is/was that I wanted to copy a big file to OneDrive and make it on demand only but a warning: There is not enough space on Onedrive... etc.
    OTOH: all folders within OneDrive show this 'cloud' (on demand) icon.

    Thanks!
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  3. dalchina
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    According to respondents in another thread, files which are locally available can be found by Windows search, whilst on-demand files are not.

    Of course files marked as to be kept locally available are marked accordingly:
    Mark OneDrive Files as Always keep on this device in Windows 10
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  4. tfwul
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    Sorry for the delay.
    Thanks.
    I'll give that a try tomorrow.
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  6. tfwul
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    dalchina said:
    According to respondents in another thread, files which are locally available can be found by Windows search, whilst on-demand files are not.
    Sorry, feel a bit dumb to say but I vainly searched for 'another thread'.
    Was that an old one? Cud you give me a hint?
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  7. dalchina
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    Actually your own thread on the same topic:
    Any workaround as to how to keep track on OneDrive on demand files

    No, you wouldn't search for 'another thread' - I searched tenforums for
    on-demand file search
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