Using OneDrive File Storage

OneDrive is an Office 365 file storage, sharing, and management service available to all students, faculty, and staff and is the preferred file storage solution. You can save and work on your files anytime, anywhere with internet service. To get started, log in with your UARK email address and password, then click the OneDrive tile. You can also download and install the app. OneDrive gives you 1T of storage.

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Take caution when storing sensitive information in OneDrive. Ensure that your device is password-protected. Learn more about securing sensitive data.

Download and install OneDrive

Download the OneDrive app on your computer, phone or tablet.

  1. Log into Office 365 with your UARK email address and password. 
  2. Click "Install Office Apps" on the right. Follow the prompts to complete the installation. 
    Note: After September 10, 2021, OneDrive sync client will no longer update or be supported on macOS Sierra 10.12 and macOS High Sierra 10.13.

If you already have OneDrive on your device, add a "work/school account" using your UARK email address and password.

Save and share files

Office Online files are automatically saved to OneDrive. You can upload large files up to 250GB. OneDrive has file versioning.

Download files from OneDrive

If you leave the university and your UARK account is closed, you will no longer have access to your UARK OneDrive account. You can back up your files by saving them to your computer or a personal file storage account.

To download your OneDrive files:

  1. Log into Office 365.
  2. In the left navigation, click Apps.
  3. Click the OneDrive icon.
  4. In OneDrive, click My files in the left menu to list all of your files that are saved in OneDrive.
  5. Click the three dots () to the right of a filename and click Download to download that file.
    or
    Check the circles to left of the filenames to select multiple files to download, and click the Download button at the top.

Leaving the University

Access to OneDrive at the University of Arkansas is revoked when a UARK account is closed. When leaving the university, make sure to transfer ownership of files and switch your OneDrive account to a personal email address.

If a collaborator who has shared files with you leaves the university and you can no longer access the files, contact other known collaborators to see if they can reconnect you with the files. If you are still unable to access the files, submit a Request to retrieve work files owned by a user who is no longer with the university.

See our Leaving the University article for more information.

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