How Do I Upload Thousands of Files to OneDrive?

OneDrive is a commonly used file hosting service. It lets you easily sync files between your computer and the cloud to keep them safe. But for those who need to upload large files to OneDrive or sync a large number of files to OneDrive, saving files to OneDrive may be a time-consuming and labor-intensive thing.

Is there any way to batch upload files to OneDrive simply and quickly? Here, we will provide you with three methods.

Best Ways to Bulk Upload to OneDrive

To bulk upload files to OneDrive, there are three available ways. You can use OneDrive official app, or you can upload files or documents to OneDrive automatically with the help of OneDrive bulk upload tool, like CBackup. Here is the complete guide.

Way 1. Batch Upload to OneDrive with OneDrive App

If you are a Windows 11/10/8.1 user, the OneDrive desktop app is already pre-installed on your computer. If not, you will need to download and install the OneDrive application first. Then, please follow the instructions below to know how to bulk upload files to OneDrive.

Step 1. Type "OneDrive" into the Windows search box, and run the program. Follow the on-screen prompts to sign in with your Microsoft account.

Step 2. On the This is your OneDrive folder page, click Next to accept the default folder location for OneDrive files. Or, you can click Change location to modify the location.

Step 3. Press the Open my OneDrive folder button.

Step 4. Drag and drop or copy and paste the files/folders you want to sync into the OneDrive folder, and they will be automatically synced to the OneDrive cloud.

Disadvantages:

• Does not provide automatic uploads of files.
• If the files and folders that need to be uploaded are not in the same location, you need to drag and drop files multiple times, which is a tedious process.

Way 2. Batch File Upload to OneDrive via Website

You can also bulk upload to OneDrive for Business or OneDrive for personal using the OneDrive web page.

Step 1. Open the OneDrive webpage, and sign in.

Step 2. On the Files section, click Upload, and select Files or Folder to pick the items you wish to sync with OneDrive.

Disadvantages:

• Files you upload to OneDrive via its website is limited to 250GB in size.
• This file upload method is subject to multiple limitations such as network speed, file size, etc., causing OneDrive upload slow.

Way 3. Bulk Upload Files to OneDrive using Free File Sync Software

How to upload faster to OneDrive? To make it easier and faster to sync a large number of files from different locations to OneDrive, you can turn to CBackup, the best free cloud backup and sync software.

You can learn how to bulk upload to OneDrive via CBackup through the following steps.

Step 1. Download and run CBackup. Sign up for a free account and log in.

Step 2. Click Storage in the left pane, select OneDrive, and press Authorize Now to complete the authorization.

Step 3. Go to Sync and select Sync PC to Public Cloud.

★Tips:

CBackup uses a one-way sync method. That is to say, it can synchronize changed or newly added files to the cloud, but it will not synchronize cloud files to the computer, which can help you save local space.

Step 4. Give the task a name to distinguish it from other synchronization tasks. Select all the files and folders you want to sync, then select Choose a folder in OneDrive.

Step 5. Click Start Sync to start the synchronization process.

How to Backup OneDrive to Other Clouds for Protection

If you don't think saving files to OneDrive is safe enough, you can also use CBackup to back up OneDrive files to other clouds for protection.

CBackup's cloud-to-cloud backup function can help you transfer files between different cloud storage for free. You can also set up automatic backups of cloud files. Here, we take transferring files from one OneDrive account to another as an example. 

Step 1. Log in to the CBackup app.

Step 2. Clicking + Add Cloud, select OneDrive, and click Add to link another OneDrive account to CBackup.

Step 3. Go to the Backup tab and then Backup Public Cloud to Public Cloud.

Step 4. Name your backup task. Choose the target OneDrive files or a whole OneDrive cloud as the backup source, and tick another OneDrive cloud as the backup destination. Then, click Start Backup.

In the End

There are multiple ways to bulk upload to OneDrive. The easiest and fastest way is to use CBackup. You can sync files from different locations to OneDrive in one sync task, and sync data to the cloud without local copies.

More importantly, in addition to the file synchronization function, CBackup has file backup, cloud-to-cloud backup, cloud-to-cloud synchronization, and cloud storage combination functions, which can meet your various backup needs. Don't hesitate to give it a try!