Microsoft 365 Family and Premium storage to fall by up to 4TB
Microsoft has announced changes to OneDrive storage for Microsoft 365 Family, Premium, and Pro subscribers that will significantly reduce available capacity. Instead of allocating 1TB per user (up to 6 users), storage will now be shared among all account members. The company frames this as providing greater flexibility, though the change represents a substantial reduction in capacity and has prompted considerable user backlash, with many threatening to cancel subscriptions.
Family and Premium subscribers will see their combined storage drop from 6TB to 2TB, a loss of up to 4TB, whilst Pro subscribers will lose up to 1TB (falling from 6TB to 5TB shared capacity). New subscribers will experience this change immediately from 9 October 2026, whilst existing customers will be affected when their subscriptions renew on or after 2 May 2027. This move continues Microsoft's pattern of reducing cloud storage allocations, following previous reductions in education storage and the end of unlimited storage that Office 365 once offered.
- Microsoft 365 storage cuts: Family/Premium users lose 4TB, Pro users lose 1TB
- Switching to shared storage model across account users
- Change applies to renewals from May 2027
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Microsoft 365 is a subscription service that includes OneDrive, a cloud storage service where users can save files and documents online. Depending on the subscription plan chosen, customers currently receive varying amounts of storage: Family and Premium subscribers get 1TB per person, whilst Pro subscribers receive 6TB.
Microsoft has announced a significant change to how this storage works. Family and Premium subscriptions will now share 2TB of storage between all account members instead of each person receiving their own allocation, a reduction of 4TB in total. Pro subscriptions will drop from 6TB to 5TB of shared storage.
Cloud storage is valuable for backing up personal files and accessing documents across multiple devices, so losing storage capacity affects how much customers can keep online. The change has sparked considerable backlash, with many subscribers expressing frustration and considering cancelling their accounts.
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Originally published by The Register as “Microsoft 365 subscribers set to lose up to 4TB of OneDrive storage”.