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What does it mean when your OneDrive account is frozen?


WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN YOUR ONEDRIVE ACCOUNT IS FROZEN?

Applies ToOffice for business OneDrive (home or personal)



 You may see an "account frozen" message and icon if you have exceeded your
storage allowance and/or haven't signed in for a long time. You just need to get
back under your Microsoft storage quota to get access to your files again.

Important: From February 1, 2023, we are making changes to storage. Learn more.


HOW DO I GET BACK UNDER MY STORAGE QUOTA? 

You'll need to delete some files or buy more storage. It can take up to 2 hours
for your changes to be applied. If your account is still frozen after 4
hours, contact support.

In OneDrive

 * Sign in to Manage your OneDrive storage to see what's taking up space and see
   what plans and offers are available to you.
   
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    * Ensure you sign in with the account that received the frozen message.
   
    * If you are already a Microsoft 365 Personal & Family subscription holder,
      you can add even more file storage to the 1 TB already included with your
      Microsoft 365 subscription. Only the subscription account holder can
      extend their storage. Learn more.

In Outlook.com

 * If you are a free user, you can buy a subscription, to increase your mailbox
   quota or free up storage space.

 * If you are already a Microsoft 365 subscriber, consumer mailbox limits are
   capped at 100 GB. To get back under your storage quota, you need to free up
   storage space. If you need more than 100 GB mailbox, see our Enterprise
   plans.


WHY DID I RECEIVE A ONEDRIVE ACCOUNT FROZEN MESSAGE?

If you think you received an account frozen notification by mistake, it could be
that you have an additional Microsoft account, for example one that was created
for use with Samsung Gallery. 

 * Sign in with your other account credentials to unfreeze it.
   
   Tip: If you cannot remember your other sign in details, you can recover your
   account.

If you think you received an account deletion notification by mistake, read Why
did I get an email saying my account will be deleted?


WHAT HAPPENS IF I DO NOTHING AFTER MY ONEDRIVE IS FROZEN?

If you exceed your Microsoft storage:

 * You won’t be able to upload, edit, or sync new files (such as Camera Roll) to
   your OneDrive. Your existing files will remain but will be read-only.

 * You will not be able to send or receive email in Outlook.com, even if you
   have not exceeded your email storage quota.

 * You will not be able to send or receive any Microsoft Teams messages which
   contain attachments.

 * After 6 months, we may delete your OneDrive and all files within it. Once
   deleted, these files are non-recoverable.

If you exceed your email storage:

 * You will not be able to send or receive email in Outlook.com.


LEARN MORE

How does Microsoft storage work?

If you cannot remember account sign in details, you can recover your account.


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