How to Save Your OneDrive Files to a Zip File

You can download some or all of your Middlebury OneDrive files to a zip file for archiving or transferring to a different device.

  1. Login to your OneDrive web interface at https://go.middlebury.edu/onedrive/.
  2. On the left side panel, select My files.
  3. Click to the left of the files and/or folders you wish to download to select them with a checkmark.  If you want all the contents, check them individually -- or you can click in the header area beside the file type and Name (as shown below) to toggle the selection to specify all items.

Toggle Selection Icon in Header

  1. Click the Download button (shown below) to start the download. (Note:  The Download button will not appear until you have checked at least one item.)
  2. The download will begin. The length of time depends on how much storage you have used and your Internet speed.
  3. Once completed, your files will be zipped and saved to your computer's Downloads folder.

 

OneDrive My files list showing selected items

 

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