How to set OneDrive as your default save location on Windows 10

Although yous can e'er scan and select the location to save files you create using an application, Windows 10 too has a default configuration to save your newly-created files that points to your profile folders (Desktop, Documents, Pictures, and videos, for example).

If you apply OneDrive, starting with the Windows ten Fall Creators Update, it's possible to modify the default configuration so you lot can save files directly to the cloud storage service instead of having to browse to the path every time.

In this Windows x guide, we walk you lot through the simple steps to use OneDrive as your default save location.

How to save your files straight to OneDrive

To prepare OneDrive as your default location to save your documents and files, follow these steps:

Click the OneDrive icon in the notification area.
Click the menu button (three-dots) in the elevation-right corner.
Select the Settings pick.
Click the Automobile Salve tab.
Using the drop-down menus select OneDrive for "Desktop," "Documents," and "Pictures."
Click OK.

Once you completed these steps, whatever files y'all place on the Desktop volition automatically save to OneDrive, and when saving files you'll be offered to save them to the Documents or Pictures folders inside OneDrive by default.

But remember that using this option won't redirect the content inside default Documents and Pictures folders. If you lot want these files to sync to the cloud, you lot'll demand to movement them manually to the Documents and Pictures folders within OneDrive. However, information technology's possible to move your default user folders to OneDrive to continue all your files in the cloud using this workaround.