OneDrive: Understanding the Sidebar (Navigation Bar)

Overview

The OneDrive sidebar is a tool for navigating the use of your OneDrive. It includes Home, My Files, Shared, Favorites, and Recycle Bin. 

Considerations

• The photo examples are from the web-based version.
• Desktop versions on Mac and Windows will look different.

Sidebar Explanation 

Home

Home is where your recent files populate—it gives you easy access to things you have been working on.

My Files

My files is where the files that you have created are stored—this is where you can create folders and organize your files.

Shared

Shared is where you can find files that have been shared by you or with other people.

Favorites

You can favorite certain files, they will populate here and also be marked with a star under “home”

Recycle Bin

Recycle Bin is where deleted files are temporarily stored; they are kept for 93 days upon deletion.