Any way to transfer files/folders 165GB from one onedrive account to another onedrive account?

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I currently have copies of files and folders from all family members stored in my OneDrive account, with no backup available elsewhere. The total data is around 165 GB, consisting of approximately 50,000 photos and videos backed up from mobile devices.

Since my OneDrive storage (983 GB) is nearly full, I’m in the process of deleting or moving this data to other family members’ OneDrive accounts.

Could you please suggest a reliable way to transfer this 165 GB of data directly online — without downloading it — if such a method is possible and guaranteed to work?
Also if its fast compared to manual download and upload again ?

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multcloud
Had used it year back

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I faced the same issue moving movies. Had to re download and upload again. The easiest way is to use rclone. Took around a week to do this for around 800GB, sometimes it crawls at 5 MB/s.

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The above options are good suggestions, but you might also be able to use OneDrive’s own features.

Select the top level folder you want to move, and share it to the other account. Then go to the other account’s shared folder and select all of the files and use Copy to → **My files
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Make sure the files are in My Files on the destination account and not still only in the shared folder before deleting the originals. Test with sample files/directory first.

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rclone is the way.

Thanks OP remind me of rclone. Gonna go and check my old fclone mates. Too good memories in the teamdrive era.

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$59.99 per year
Not spending as needed this time only.

Its command line, is there a free GUI version ?

Can you explain this properly step by step if you can spend additional 2 minutes ?
Any idea at what speed does this works ?
As its 165 gb data (scattered across 50,000 to 500,000 files)

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Air explorer used to be there. Cli is easier than gui

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Agee with you, but I am not CLI person..

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Speed should be no issue since it’s an internal Onedrive transfer.

  1. Select the whole directory

  2. Click Share

  3. Share to your intended recipient account, make sure “can edit” permission is given by clicking the pencil icon.

  4. Open your recipient account’s OneDrive and go to the Shared folder. Go into the directory and select all of the files and subdirectories there, then select the “Copy to –> My Files” option.

    This will move the files from being only shared (sender account still controls them) to being in your own files that you control.

    Hopefully they still have this option, it worked in the past.

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500 GB transfer was free earlier

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Thanks for clarifications, so i only need to make a folder named ““My Files”” on destination onedrive accounts root folderl.

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500GB free transfer?
I couldnt find a valid source from Microsoft.com via google but Microsoft Office 265 Family Accounts with 1 TB has higher limits..
Here is a small article on transfer limits for sharepoint and onedrive - Restrictions and limitations in OneDrive and SharePoint - Microsoft Support.

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No, My Files already exists, it’s where all of your OneDrive files are kept. Anyway if this is too tricky to understand I think you should find a way to use a transfer app.

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