When you need a new shared location to store team files, you can create a site that contains a shared library right from OneDrive, add members, and start working together. And it’s easy to copy or move files where you and others need them.

Add a shared folder to your OneDrive. Sign in to OneDrive on your browser with your Microsoft personal account. On the left navigation pane, under OneDrive, select Shared. Files and folders that you can add to your OneDrive are marked Can edit.

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If lots of your SharePoint or Microsoft Teams files get deleted, overwritten, corrupted, or infected by malware, you can restore an entire shared document library to a previous time. The restore will undo all the actions that occurred on both files and folders in the last 30 days.

If you are the file owner, you can stop sharing the file or folder. If someone has been given direct access, or has access through a specific people link, you can also change the sharing permissions between view and edit. Here are the steps: Select the file or folder you want to stop sharing.

Sharing OneDrive files, SharePoint files, or Lists with other people allows you to securely collaborate with people outside your organization. If you sign in with a work or school account, you can send a link to specific people, either inside or outside of your organization.

If you accidentally delete a file or folder in OneDrive, you may be able to recover it later from the OneDrive recycle bin, and if you're a Microsoft 365 subscriber, you can even restore your entire OneDrive if something goes wrong.

Shared are the files others have shared with you and the files you've shared with others. Discover shows files that are trending around you from people you work with. Recycle bin shows your deleted files and folders.

To share a file or folder over a network in File Explorer, do the following: Right-click (or long-press) a file, and then select Show more options > Give access to Specific people. Select a user on the network to share the file with, or select Everyone to give all network users access to the file.

This article contains information about the restrictions and limitations that apply to files, file names and file types when syncing with OneDrive for home, OneDrive for work or school or SharePoint in Microsoft 365. Notes: