It’s time to say adios to unlimited storage from Microsoft’s OneDrive. Subscribers of Office 365 now have 1TB of space rather than unlimited. The 100 GB and 200 GB paid plans will be replaced with 50 GB storage for $1.99, while Free OneDrive storage will go from 15GB of available storage to 5GB. These changes will take place next year.
The unlimited storage has given users the ability to back up PCs and even store entire movies collections as well as DVR recordings according to the OneDrive FAQ page, sometimes exceeding 75TB per user. Although OneDrive has gone from unlimited to set limits, the company still reminded its users of what can be stored with the new changes. For instance, OneDrive Free with 5 GB is still enough to keep around 6,600 Office documents or 1,600 photos. The 1TB can keep 1 million documents or 330,000 pictures.
You can check how much space you have consumed by visiting the Manage Storage page. If you’ve taken up most of the available storage, Microsoft will notify you to make changes within 90 days or 12 months depending on your plan. You may need to remove files or purchase more storage if that is the case.
