, one Drive will keep an older version of your files for up to 30 days before being automatically deleted., one Drive is required to be running in Windows 10 with you signed in to One. Drive to have previous versions of files saved and synced to One, and drive available.
Version history works with all file types, including Microsoft 365 files, PDFs, CAD files, photos, videos, and more., one Drive will keep an older version of your files for up to 30 days before being automatically deleted.
This of course begs the inquiry “How to view and delete previous versions of files on OneDrive?”
View, Restore, Download, and Delete Previous Versions of Files on One. Drive in Windows 10 1 On your desktop or in File Explorer (Win+E), right click or press and hold on a file that is currently being stored in One. Drive, and click/tap on Version history. (see screenshot below).
Does one drive automatically update?
, one Drive should update on its own automatically, but if it does not, you can do it manually. You can check your installed version of One. Drive against the latest version that’s available for download, and download the latest version if needed.
, one Drive is Auto Updated by a Scheduled Task A little detective work using Microsoft’s excellent autoruns utility led us to realize that One. Drive installs a scheduled task called One. Drive Standalone Update Task v2 to perform its updates.
Another common inquiry is “How often does OneDrive sync check for updates?”.
How the sync app checks for and applies updates The One. Drive sync app checks for available updates every 24 hours when it’s running. If it has stopped and hasn’t checked for updates in more than 24 hours, the sync app will check for updates as soon as it’s started.
You can manually update One. Drive from the “ Help & Settings” menu if it’s not updating automatically. If your One. Drive is experiencing problems, it might be because One. Drive isn’t updating automatically for some reason.
You might be asking “How do I update my OneDrive Sync app?”
To update your sync app, see below under Run Windows Update for a traditional setup (MSI) installation. If you installed the One. Drive for work or school sync app separately through Click-to-run, it updates on its own when the update service advertises an update.
What if I don’t want to keep all the files in OneDrive?
If you don’t want to keep all the files in your One. Drive folder on a computer, you can still work with your One. Drive account on that computer by going to the One, and drive website. Can I choose other folders to sync besides the One, and drive folder?