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Get direct download link of a file in OneDrive for Business
I use "Get Link" button and it gives me a link (like below) which will open the file online. How can I get a link for direct file download? Thanks.
https://*****-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/perso...
Well I just took a logical guess and it totally worked lol.... so do this.
Use "Get link", then use "People with existing access" to get the direct link to the file.
Then, the url will be direct path to https://org.sharepoint.com/personal/user_org/folder/filename.ext?d=oiuqjaweorihjlkj
Now, just remove everything after the ? and put in download=1 and magic happens.
https://org.sharepoint.com/personal/user_org/folder/filename.ext?download=1
Okay, I’ve found a solution that works for OneDrive Personal. I’m not sure if this method works for OneDrive Business, as I couldn't find the Embed option there.
Follow these steps:
- Upload the document to OneDrive Personal
- Right-click on the document
- Click on "Embed"
- On the right panel, click "Generate"
- Copy the entire generated text
- Paste the copied text into your browser’s URL bar
- Delete everything before and after the URL inside the quotation marks ("")
- Press Enter to navigate to the link
- After the document loads, the link in the address bar will change, and you’ll see the word embed in it
- Replace the word embed with download
This will turn the link into a direct download link.