Original Windows Desktop, Downloads, and other folders are still there, but they are hidden. Thanks to this feature, Windows user folders such as Desktop, Documents etc. are for all intents and purposes being replaced by those of your Mac. Note: To use this functionality, you should have Parallels Tools installed in the virtual machine, and the Isolate Windows from the Mac option must be disabled. In addition to that, you can share other Mac folders with Windows, such as Home folder, a custom set of folders or even the whole of macOS drive, as described in KB 124928. If you have synced your OneDrive to your desktop/hard drive, use File Explorer (or Mac Finder, if you're on a Mac) to find and delete the file, photo, or folder.By default, Parallels Desktop shares files from your Mac Desktop, Downloads, Documents, Pictures, Music, and Movies folders with Windows, which brings amazing convenience and data safety when you work with Windows on your Mac. You’ll still see the file in the OneDrive folder on your computer, but it will take up zero hard drive space.ĭelete from both your OneDrive and your hard drive If you want to keep a file, photo, or folder on your OneDrive, but not on your computer (because you don’t want it to take up space), put the file in your OneDrive folder, then turn on Files On-Demand (Windows) (or Files On-Demand (Mac)). If you want to keep a file, photo, or folder on your computer, but not on OneDrive, use File Explorer (or Mac Finder, if you're on a Mac) to move the file outside your OneDrive folder to a different folder on your hard drive.ĭelete from your hard drive but not your OneDrive Delete items from your OneDrive, your hard drive, or bothĭelete from your OneDrive but not your hard drive Note: Once you delete files from the OneDrive recycle bin, there may be a short delay in seeing that reflected in your OneDrive account's storage availability.

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