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How to transfer high GB data from old personal One Drive to the new, without downloading?

petrie velthof 0 Reputation points
2026-06-04T08:10:49.1866667+00:00

How do I transfer 130GB of data from my old personal One Drive to the new, without the opportunity to download the data?

All data are on the old personal One Drive. Given the large amount, I cannot download the whole set on any device. The old account will be deleted soon (as I now have only 5gb standard on that one). How do I transfer this data to the new, paid personal One Drive?

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  1. Emmanuel Santana 39,215 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2026-06-04T09:33:07.99+00:00

    Hello. There isn’t currently an official feature to directly transfer 130GB from one personal OneDrive account to another personal OneDrive account. OneDrive Personal does not offer a built-in account-to-account migration tool.

    Can you confirm if both accounts are personal Microsoft accounts, and whether you have access to a Windows PC with enough free space to temporarily sync the files?

    I ask because the most common method is to sign in to both OneDrive accounts on the same PC, let the files sync locally, and then copy them from one OneDrive folder to the other using File Explorer.

    Another possible workaround is to share the folders from the old account with the new account, then copy them into the new OneDrive. Just keep in mind this method may not preserve all metadata and can sometimes run into limitations with very large numbers of files or folders.

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