It doesn’t delete them from OneDrive, because they never get uploaded. If you max out the storage on OneDrive, then have a program write to that folder, it looks like everything is fine but OneDrive then deletes it once it notices no space is left.
It’s anecdotal, but I’ve seen it do this myself.
Perhaps to clarify: OneDrive folders exist both locally and in the cloud. If OneDrive is full, programs can still write to the local folder (nothing OneDrive can do to prevent that) so they don’t error or anything, but once OneDrive fails to upload the file just goes poof.
When you need to add anti features (like poor error case handling like this or the whole “auto save only works if the file is on one drive!”) to encourage users to upgrade their product, it’s a sign the service doesn’t offer enough value on its own.
Which is funny because cloud storage is a good idea on its own but it’s been so enshitified in Microsoft’s case that I don’t trust what they are doing behind the scenes. Like they could be training AIs on everyone’s cloud data for all we know to make a few extra bucks.
It doesn’t delete them from OneDrive, because they never get uploaded. If you max out the storage on OneDrive, then have a program write to that folder, it looks like everything is fine but OneDrive then deletes it once it notices no space is left.
It’s anecdotal, but I’ve seen it do this myself.
Perhaps to clarify: OneDrive folders exist both locally and in the cloud. If OneDrive is full, programs can still write to the local folder (nothing OneDrive can do to prevent that) so they don’t error or anything, but once OneDrive fails to upload the file just goes poof.
When you need to add anti features (like poor error case handling like this or the whole “auto save only works if the file is on one drive!”) to encourage users to upgrade their product, it’s a sign the service doesn’t offer enough value on its own.
Which is funny because cloud storage is a good idea on its own but it’s been so enshitified in Microsoft’s case that I don’t trust what they are doing behind the scenes. Like they could be training AIs on everyone’s cloud data for all we know to make a few extra bucks.