OneDrive Archive
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While we can’t guarantee any specific features or timelines, we will respond to every suggestion that gets at least 500 votes. Thanks for joining our community and helping improve OneDrive.
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"True" cloud storage with NetDrive-like feature
NetDrive is an application that lets you access files in cloud storage without downloading said files to your computer first.
I think OneDrive should be the first out of all its competitors to support this!
I would love to have the ability to use OneDrive as "true" cloud storage, without having to download the files onto my computer or smartphone and thus consuming MUCH less storage space and using less data.29 votes -
Automatic upload should organize photos into separate folders by Year.
It will be very useful if we have the photos automatically organized by year instead of mixing all the photos in a single folder.
So every time you start a new year, onedrive automatically creates a new folder for the photos of that new year.The directory could be something like:
Images> Camera roll> 2013 Photos / 2014 Photos /2015 Photos ... etc.Currently, it is difficult to find an old photo in my camera roll folder that has about 2000 photos (all together) taken since 2012. This feature will greatly assist in the organization, management and loading of photos.
28 votes -
Allow Browsing and Fetching Files from ANY connected Device
There used to be a feature called "Fetch my files" which disappeared with Windows 8.1
Please bring it back by allowing me to select not only "One Drive" and "This PC" from the drop-down in the Modern app, but allow me to select any of my other connected PCs (connected via the same Microsoft ID). I should be able to grab a file from any of them, no matter where I am in the world, as long as the other device is on and available.
You get a similar function from the "HomeGroup" node in File Explorer on Desktop, but…
28 votes -
OneDrive background colour should be black as it was before!
There is many messages about same thing.
Why don't you do something about it?
You just can't look pictures on white background :(
I'm going to find new cloudservice!27 votes -
Camera uploads
It would be nice to be able to choose which folder the camera uploads to
27 votes -
Allow Several Computers to use the same One Drive account regardless of the Office 365 Username they use on each computer
Just like DropBox allows, OneDrive needs to allow a person to have the same OneDrive account on different computers (in my case, 3). I have different Office 365 accounts on these computers (I use 3 emails to manage things... yes, not ideal). But I want the ability to open up OneDrive and have it be the same on these 3 different computers (2 laptops and 1 desktop). DropBox allows this. I was in the Bellevue Square store speaking with a Tech, and he said it could be done. But then I find out that my files ARE NOT syncing properly.…
27 votes -
Sync
Add sync button to force sync; for all device types
Display message Show syncing when syncing
Add tags for files to search
Add local to keep file local
Add favorite
Add indicator that upload to cloud / device / how much / how long27 votes -
Backup Function
It would be nice if it were possible to restore a "snapshot" of the OneDrive files, if the files have been deleted unintended.
27 votes -
Restore massive files/folder based on date
Allow to select a date and restore all files/folder related to the date (example: restore after cryptolocker or accidental massive delete or accidental massive move, rename, etc.)
27 votes -
Allow AD synced users to change language
Currently, users synchronized with company local AD via Azure AD are not able to change their language in OneDrive or any other places via settings. Users should be able to change that and override the AD language setting, which is usually not used in Active Diretories or is not accurate. More info: http://www.lieben.nu/liebensraum/2015/03/change-office-365-portal-language-for-synced-users/
26 votes -
Allow synchronized libraries to be renamed and organized in folders.
Each document library sync'd from SharePoint gets a default and unchangeable name, up to 36 characters. OneDrive auto-creates this based on the site name (up to 30 characters) " - ", and the library name (whatever's left over).
All this is default behavior and fine as a default, but the fact that you can't rename or organize sync'd libraries means that if a site has lots of libraries and the site name is too long, the sync's libraries are hard to tell apart based on the three characters at the end of the file name that differentiate them.
26 votes -
Add animated gif support
Please, add animated gif support so we can sync customs smiles and emoticons to share them via emails, chats... Currently gifs imagines are shown as statics gif making hard to decide which one to use. This will make of one drive a killer app, !,!
26 votes -
please I need a 5TB plan, 5 different accounts don't work for me!!
We need more than 1TB! and why we can have the 5TB for just one user?
There is no point on having a cloud drive for backup if you have less of a half of space than your computer.25 votes -
improve download speeds
Sync speeds are STILL laughable despite your claims to have fixed them. I have a 60Mbps cable internet connection - checked this morning and I consistently achieve 50-55 Mbps - yet download from Onedrive comes today at a sluggish 0.7 Mbps. Hopeless when you have even quite a modest music library to be transferred.
I will be moving away from Onedrive to an alternative product unless this improves very soon.
25 votes -
Release notes
Whenever the app is updated, we need to guess what the changes were. Please add release notes or a change log to the update.
25 votes -
Sort Remember Default
All I would like to ask for is if the application can remember the sorting method used. So for example; x folder has 'sort by last modified' and every time I go in the folder, it remains the same. Set a default for all to work this way is fine with me too. Please advise...
24 votes -
Add geolocation to photo(s) through onedrive.com / mobile apps (eg iOS)
It would be great if we could edit/add geolocation data to an already uploaded photo / multiple photos at a time, either from an existing (uploaded) photo or by manually specifying GPS coordinates.
One should not have to download a photo from onedrive, modify its geolocation data and then re-upload it, especially when we could be dealing with hundreds of photos at a time.
24 votes -
Allow purchase of more than 50gb of space
Please allow more plans than just 50gb. I use onedrive for my family pictures and videos and 50gb is just not enough. I would be willing to pay 3/month if I could upgrade to 100gb.
24 votes -
OneDrive Chat Support
We would like to have an online chat support for OneDrive
24 votes -
Know who accessed your files and how many times downloaded
When we share a file, the following features should be shown:
- Who accessed the file, how many times and when (date stamp)
- If a file is downloaded, then the count of how many times it has been downloaded and by which user.Thank you.
23 votes