
Note: You are now able to have Teams prompt you for your preferred destination folder every time you download a file.


From the left hand side, hit the Downloads view.Typically that is the Downloads folder, that is by default pinned in the File Explorer quick access.įorm Microsoft Teams it’s quite easy to open the Downloads Folder: Where does Teams save your downloaded files locally? As of today, Teams downloads either single or multiple files to your default Windows operating system Downloads folder, which you can easily find in your computer File Explorer.

In today’s post we’ll try to answer some common questions related to file downloads in Teams, let’s get started: Microsoft Teams default downloads location Obviously, there are cases in which you might want to download one, multiple or all files from a Team for backup, or sharing with others with no access to your Team. You can also store your Files in other file storage services such as Dropbox, Google Drive and Box. Microsoft Teams files are stored in public or private clouds or corporate servers, by default in dedicated SharePoint sites (for files shared in a team or channel), Office 365 (conversations, notebooks etc) and in OneDrive (for files shared in chats). The other day, i got a question from a reader that mentioned that after downloading multiple files in Microsoft Teams, she couldn’t find those files using File Explorer on her Windows computer.
