If you want to know how to Add more OneDrive storage to Microsoft 365, the process is straightforward and can greatly enhance your productivity. You now have the option to expand, for a price. Microsoft 365 Personal or Family customers can buy more cloud storage: 200 GB, 1 TB, 5 TB or even 10 TB, for a monthly fee. Boost your OneDrive quota to as much as 11 TB total (1 TB base + 10 TB add-on), giving you ample room for files, photos, backups and more. You can also easily Add more OneDrive storage to Microsoft 365.
Now, you can pay for more OneDrive space, in addition to the 1 Terabyte that comes with each Microsoft 365 plan and user. For each $10 a month you can get another 1TB of OneDrive quota.
Until now, each Microsoft 365 user had just 1TB of OneDrive storage. That should be enough for most people but there are some who need more, especially if they’ve followed Microsoft’s recommendation of putting everything including photos and files into OneDrive.
Microsoft helps fill a customers OneDrive by adding to files that were previously saved elsewhere, most importantly Outlook attachments. Other Microsoft service files can reduce your OneDrive free space, such as Microsoft Designer files. Knowing how to Add more OneDrive storage to Microsoft 365 can help alleviate these constraints.
Windows “Backup” will gobble up a lot of OneDrive space, see Why did Windows move my files to OneDrive? (What it is & how to fix it)
All of Microsoft’s pushing of OneDrive inevitably meant they would charge for more cloud storage.
Fine Print first
Let’s first look at the important conditions first, the part that Microsoft hides away in the fine print.
- Only Consumer Microsoft 365 plans – Personal or Family.
- Microsoft doesn’t mention their Premium plan. Is that a deliberate choice (if so, why?) or an accidental omission.
- Microsoft 365 free or Basic plans do not qualify.
- No choices for Business or other license users.
- If you’re sharing a Microsoft Family (or Premium ??) plan, you can buy more storage for yourself.
- It’s expensive. You’ll pay a premium for the convenience of extending OneDrive space.
How to Add More OneDrive Storage to Microsoft 365
For a monthly fee, supplement the 1 Terabyte (TB) that comes with most Microsoft 365 plans. Here’s the monthly quoted prices in US dollars, before taxes.
200GB $1.99
1TB $9.99
5TB $49.99
10TB $99.99
Note: you’re buying extra storage. In total a Microsoft 365 would have a total OneDrive quota of 1.2TB, 2TB, 6TB or 11TB respectively.
Annual Cost
There’s no discount for annual payment which is a shame because the yearly cost is quite high.
200GB $24
1TB $120
5TB $600
10TB $1,200
Quoted prices in US dollars, before taxes, rounded up to the next dollar.
Same rate per Terabyte
Each option is priced at $10 per terabyte per month ($120 per TB/year) regardless of which one you choose.
There’s no discount for buying ‘in bulk’ i.e. more Terbytes isn’t cheaper.
More fine print
The charge is monthly from the date of purchase, not whole calendar month.
After purchasing the first month, you have 30 days to cancel and get a refund.
To cancel after the first month, go to your Microsoft account and disable “recurring billing” but you must do that at least two days before the next charge.
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