What does offline file mean?

How do I change offline files to online?

In addition, you can click File Explorer -> Home -> New -> Easy Access -> Work Offline button to get the offline file online. If you click it again, it will back to offline. Note: It will never change to work online. You need to monitor the status from the status bar of the File Explorer at the bottom.

What happens if I disable offline files?

It won't wipe the data cached on the local disk, but nor will that data be visible anymore, which is still something of an issue, because if it hasn't sync'd more recent content from the cache up to the server, then you've still effectively "lost" it.

How do I turn off offline files?

Click the Manage offline files option from the left pane. Click the General tab. Click the Disable offline files button.

Why do files go offline?

The offline files is a part of Sync Center in Windows 10 and used to keep copies always available offline on your computer of files stored on network. And you can work with them, even when your server is slow, not connected or unavailable.