How Do I Recover From Turning the OneDrive Backup “Feature” Off?

✴️ OneDrive's backup "feature" is confusing, even when it comes to turning it off. ✴️ Turning OneDrive Backup off OneDrive’s backup “feature” can cause confusion and even risk of data loss. Enabling it moves files to OneDrive without clear notice. Turning it off doesn’t restore files to their original location — you must manually move them back. Avoid this “feature” if possible to keep control of your data. Updates, related links, and more discussion: https://askleo.com/178741 🔔 Subscribe to the Ask Leo! YouTube channel for more tech videos & answers: https://go.askleo.com/ytsub ✅ Watch next ▶ The Problem With OneDrive Backup ▶ https://youtu.be/xtsNTwRg7iM Chapters 0:00 Recover From Turning the OneDrive Backup “Feature” Off 1:40 Folder and file locations 3:00 What happens when you turn on the feature 5:00 You documents are moved 5:45 What if you have limited space? 6:25 Turning backup feature off 8:30 Cleaning up ❤️ My best articles: https://go.askleo.com/best ❤️ My Most Important Article: https://go.askleo.com/number1 More Ask Leo! ☑️ https://askleo.com to get your questions answered ☑️ https://newsletter.askleo.com to subscribe to the Confident Computing newsletter. ☑️ https://askleo.com/patron to help support Ask Leo! ☑️ https://askleo.com/all-the-different-ways-to-get-ask-leo/ for even more! #askleo #onedrive #backup