Originally Posted by
bocastephen
I thought with OneDrive, Dropbox, etc., a local copy of the file is stored on your computer and a synced copy is stored in the cloud - so copying files to these services does not remove them from your computer to free up local disk space.
It doesn't remove. It works as a backup in case you lose your computer but doesn't work as a backup if you accidentally delete stuff.
Which is why I'd do OneDrive and do weekly backups to an external hard drive to be extra cautious