3 Free Ways: Do OneDrive to OneDrive Migration Easily

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User Case: "I needed to start a new email address with OneDrive. I would like to transfer my OneDrive files from my 1st OneDrive account to my new OneDrive account. Any suggestions on how to do this? Thanks!"

This question is from Microsoft Community. This user needed to create a new OneDrive account and wanted to copy all the data from one OneDrive account to another. Nowadays, more and more users have more than one OneDrive account for various reasons, for example:

In this situation, users who have multiple OneDrive accounts may want to transfer OneDrive to another account just like the user mentioned above. So, there comes a question: how to transfer files from one OneDrive account to another? There are 3 solutions in all. Explore them in the following article.

How to Do OneDrive to OneDrive Migration in Common Ways?

Almost every cloud storage service provides users with data transfer services between different accounts, and OneDrive is no exception. Currently, OneDrive provides users with 2 solutions to transfer data between OneDrive accounts.

Solution 1: Through the Official Site

Step 1: Go to the official site of OneDrive and log in.
Step 2: Click on "+New" button to create a new folder and rename it as "Shared Folder".

Step 3: Select all the files in the drive and click "Copy to" to put them into "Shared Folder".
Step 4: Select "Shared Folder", click on the "Share" button and enter your email address that is linked to the new account.
Step 5: Log in to your new OneDrive account and you can see "Shared Folder" in the "Shared" interface.

Solution 2: Download and Upload

Step 1: Log in to your OneDrive account.
Step 2: Select all the files and click "Download" button to download them to your local PC.

Step 3: Log in to your new OneDrive account.
Step 4: Click on the "Upload" icon to add the files to the new OneDrive cloud.

Through these ways, you can successfully realize OneDrive to OneDrive transfer. However, you have to pay attention to some notes as below before you transfer between OneDrive accounts.

So, is there any way to avoid the mentioned problems? Yes, there is a free cloud to cloud migration service---MultCloud that you can rely on.

How to Do OneDrive to OneDrive Migration in Popular Way?

As a FREE multiple cloud storage manager, MultCloud not only allows you to manage multiple leading clouds together in one platform; but also can help migrate files from one OneDrive account to another without any data loss or security issues.

It has 4 main functions: Cloud Transfer, Cloud Sync, Cloud Backup, and Remote Upload. Here, you can easily transfer from one OneDrive to another account with the "Cloud Transfer" feature. Have a closer look at how it works.

Step 1. Since MultCloud is a web-based app, you need to sign up first.

Step 2. Log in with your account and click on the "Add Cloud" icon to add OneDrive accounts one by one.

Step 3. Click on the "Cloud Transfer" icon, select one OneDrive as the source and another one as the destination and tap "Transfer Now" to realize the migration.

In addition to the "Cloud Transfer" above, you can also sync the data in one of the OneDrive accounts to the other via "Cloud Sync" for data movement. You just need to go to the "Cloud Sync" interface, then select the source and destination respectively, and finally click "Sync Now" to complete the data migration.

Final Words

This article provides 3 methods to realize OneDrive to OneDrive migration and you can choose one based on your preference. As mentioned, MultCloud also has another 3 functions: Cloud Sync, Cloud Backup, and Remote Upload.