Microsoft OneDrive, a versatile file management application, seamlessly integrates with the Microsoft Office suite, offering a robust cloud storage service. Facilitating file storage and synchronization across diverse devices, OneDrive ensures accessibility and secure sharing. Users can access files from any location with an internet connection, making it a flexible and collaborative solution. Acting as a reliable backup for essential documents, photos, and videos, OneDrive prioritizes data security and accessibility.
Enhancing productivity, OneDrive enables users to create and edit documents using Microsoft Office Online, including applications like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Its collaborative features support simultaneous work on shared documents, ideal for team projects and remote collaboration. Integration with Microsoft services like Outlook and Teams streamlines communication and workflows. Security measures, including encryption during transmission and at rest, advanced sharing options, and version control, contribute to a secure and collaborative environment. With cross-platform compatibility, mobile apps, and different storage plans, OneDrive stands as a comprehensive solution, meeting the varied needs of both individuals and businesses.

Accessibility features for people with visual impairments.

Use a screen reader program to explore and navigate OneDrive such as Windows Narrator, JAWS, or NVDA with Microsoft 365 products. These instructions is part of the Microsoft 365 screen reader support content set where you can find more accessibility information on our apps. For general help, visit Microsoft Support.

OneDrive is built into Windows. It appears automatically in Windows File Explorer as a location where you can save files. Files that you save to OneDrive are available online at OneDrive.com and offline on your PC, so you can use them anytime—even when you are not connected to the internet. When you reconnect, OneDrive syncs the online files with the files on your computer.

Notes:

• New Microsoft 365 features are released gradually to Microsoft 365 subscribers, so your app might not have these features yet. To learn how you can get new features faster, join the Office Insider program.
• To learn more about screen readers, go to How screen readers work with Microsoft 365.

Navigate to OneDrive and to a OneDrive folder in File Explorer

Because OneDrive is integrated with Windows File Explorer as a location where you can save files, OneDrive is listed as a drive in the navigation pane tree view in File Explorer.

1. To open File Explorer, press the Windows logo key+E.
2. If needed, you can check if the navigation pane view is on.
3. In File Explorer, press Alt to move the focus to the app bar.
4. Press the Right arrow key until you hear “View, app bar button,” and press Spacebar.
5. Press the Up arrow key until you hear “Show, menu item collapsed,” and then press the Right arrow key once. If you hear “Navigation pane, menu item, checked,” the pane view is on. If you hear “Navigation pane, menu item,” the pane view is off. Press Spacebar to turn the pane view on.

1. Press F6 until you hear: “Navigation pane.”
2. Press the Down arrow key until you hear: “OneDrive.”
3. With the focus on OneDrive, press the Right arrow key once to expand the contents list.
4. Press the Down arrow key until you hear the name of the folder you want, and then press Enter to open it in the main content area.

Tip: If the folder name is followed by “Collapsed,” the folder has subfolders. To expand the folder, press the Right arrow key once.

Navigate the OneDrive main content area

1. Navigate to and select a OneDrive folder as instructed in Navigate to OneDrive and to a OneDrive folder in File Explorer.
2. To navigate to the main content area, press the Tab key until you hear: “Items view.”
3. To browse the list of items, use the Up and Down arrow keys.
4. When you hear the item you want, press Enter to select it.

When you select a folder, the folder opens and displays a list of its subfolders and files. When you select a file, it opens in the appropriate application, such as Word or Excel.