Does OneDrive Give Free Storage?

OneDrive, offered by Microsoft, is one of the best and most reliable cloud storage services on the market. It offers a 5GB of initial free OneDrive storage limit to its users after the registration of a new account.

From the very beginning, users were able to get free OneDrive storage by getting additional space, such as camera roll bonus, loyalty bonus, enthusiast bonus, surface bonus, Samsung 100 GB OneDrive bonus, etc, which no longer work nowadays.

Fortunately, referral bonuses are still available for users recently. And apart from the referrals, we will show you an easier way to get more OneDrive storage for free.

How to Get More OneDrive Storage for Free

There are 2 ways to get more free OneDrive space. The first one is by getting referral bonuses. The second one is a little bit different, which relies on a third-party tool to combine cloud storage. But you could rest assured on the security of this way since the tool is with first-class security technology.

Way 1. Get Free OneDrive Storage by Referrals

You can invite your friends, family, or colleagues to start using OneDrive. Microsoft OneDrive offers 500 MB of free storage for every person you refer to this service, capped at 10GB additional free space. To do this, please refer to the steps below:

Step 1. Navigate to the OneDrive manage storage page, and sign in with your credential.

Step 2. In the Manage storage tab, click on the Earn more button.

Step 3. In the pop-up window, you could copy and send the link to your friend who has not signed up for OneDrive. Then, both you and your friend will get extra OneDrive storage of 0.5GB for free.

You can also invite friends by sending mail, Facebook, Twitter, and other ways.

Way 2. Get Free OneDrive Storage by Combining Cloud Storage

Although the first way is feasible, you could only get up to 5GB extra OneDrive storage. Is it impossible to get more OneDrive storage for free? Don't worry, CBackup could work you out.

As a professional cloud backup service, CBackup allows you to combine multiple OneDrive accounts to increase OneDrive storage for free. It enables you to merge the free or paid cloud storage of several OneDrive accounts into a larger, complete backup space. For example, OneDrive provides 5GB free storage for every account, and then, you cloud get 50GB of free storage by combining 10 free OneDrive accounts with CBackup.

Besides, CBackup also gives you the ability to get PC auto backup and perform cloud to cloud data migration with ease. You can download and install the service on your device to have a try. It is suitable for Win 10/8.1/8/7/XP.

Here is the step-by-step guide about how to get free OneDrive storage with CBackup.

Step 1. Create a CBackup account first, and then log in to the desktop app.

Step 2. In the Storage tab, click on OneDrive to tap the Authorize Now position. Then, follow the guides to allow CBackup to access your OneDrive cloud storage. After that, you can repeat the step to add as many accounts as you have.

✎Note: CBackup supports adding Google Drive accounts and Dropbox accounts as well. You can merge multiple Google Drive accounts and Dropbox accounts if needed. You can also combine different cloud drives to form a complete space.

Step 3. After you finish adding your accounts, click the + Add Combined Cloud option under Storage tab.

Step 4. Then, a new window will pop up, and you could tick the checkbox next to the cloud storage account and click the Next > Combine button to execute the combination.

Then, you can check the combined cloud under the Storage tab. And you are able to choose the Combined Cloud as the backup destination to backup any large files to cloud.

☛Perform cloud to cloud backup

If you want to move files in other cloud drives to the combined cloud, you can just go to the Backup tab. Then, click the Backup Public Cloud to Combined Cloud, and select the whole cloud drive (or a folder under the drive), and select the combined cloud to click Start Backup. 

Frequently Asked Questions about OneDrive Storage

Many people feel dizzy about some questions when they try to get OneDrive storage for free. Here we list some of these questions and their answers.

How to Get 1TB OneDrive Free for Students

Microsoft offers Office 365 A1, Office 365 A3, and other packages for university students. After your school applies for the package, people who get a OneDrive student account will obtain 1TB initial OneDrive space for free.

What Is the OneDrive Storage Limit for Office 365

OneDrive, Microsoft’s cloud file storage component of the Office 365 package, limits to 1 TB of default storage space for each user. If your organization has qualified for Microsoft 365 and has 5 or more users, you can increase the storage up to 5 TB. You can click the OneDrive service description for detailed information.

Final Words

In this tutorial, we give you 2 ways to get free OneDrive storage for you to choose from. Moreover, we offer you frequently asked questions and answers about OneDrive storage.

Both 2 ways are available to get more space. But compared with inviting friends to get referral bonuses, combining cloud storage with CBackup could be easier to get, and there is no max limit for your combined cloud storage. If you have enough accounts, you are able to gain OneDrive unlimited storage free.