How to See Which Files Are Taking Up Space in OneDrive

This article walks through how to see which files are taking up space in your Microsoft Onedrive, using the Onedrive Storage Metrics feature.

Table of Contents

• How to Use Onedrive Storage Metrics
• Version History

How to Use Onedrive Storage Metrics

1. Log into OneDrive.
2. Click on the Settings icon at the top right of your screen.
   • 
3. Click on OneDrive settings.
   • 
4. Click on More Settings.

• 

5. Click on Storage Metrics.
   • 
6. Analyze the Storage Metrics View.
   • Large folders will appear at the top. You can click into the folders to see which sub-folders or files are taking up the most space inside.
   • 
7. You can delete versions of files from this view, but not entire files.
   • If you wish to delete an entire file, please refer to this article.
   • If you wish to delete old versions of a file, please refer to the next section.

Version History

Background

Whenever you edit a file, Onedrive will keep a copy of the previous version of your file. These extra versions count towards your Onedrive storage quota.

Steps

1. Following the instructions above, navigate to the Storage Metrics tool from within Onedrive, and find the file you wish to delete extra versions of.
2. Right click on Version History on the line of the file you want to check the version history for, and open it in a new tab.

• 

3. To inspect, recover, or delete old versions, hover over the modified date, and click on the desired option.
   • You can also view the size of each version from this screen.
   • 
4. To delete all old versions of a file, click on Delete All Versions. This will delete all old versions of your file, but will keep the most recent version of the file.

•