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id: cloud-accounts.free-space-used-by-onedrive
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/cloud-accounts/free-space-used-by-onedrive
category: "Cloud accounts"
subcategory: "OneDrive"
question: "How do I stop OneDrive using so much space on my Mac?"
alt_questions:
  - "OneDrive Files On-Demand Mac"
  - "Make OneDrive files online-only on Mac"
  - "OneDrive folder too big Mac"
  - "Free up space OneDrive Mac"
  - "Can Storage Studio clear OneDrive downloads?"
short_answer: "Right-click files in your OneDrive folder and choose Free up space or Remove Download; they stay in OneDrive and download when opened. Storage Studio can't free another service's downloads, because macOS doesn't allow it."
tags: ["onedrive", "free space", "online-only"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/cloud-accounts/can-i-connect-onedrive-to-storage-studio"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# How do I stop OneDrive using so much space on my Mac?

Make files online-only in the OneDrive app or Finder. Right-click files or folders in your OneDrive folder and choose **Free up space** (or Finder's **Remove Download**); they stay in OneDrive and download again when opened.

Storage Studio can't do this for OneDrive itself, because macOS only lets an app free the downloads of its own cloud service. What Storage Studio can do is show you how much space your OneDrive folder is taking and move content you no longer need in OneDrive to your external drive.