I lost 4 years worth of files due to deleting files from onedrive, because the UI made it seem that I had them physically on my pc. My estimated loss

[Microsoft Windows]

Hey,I was trying to disable OneDrive since it's an annoying product, I decided to then delete all of the files, because the file directory made it seem like C:\User\(user)\Desktop and C:\User\(user)\Documents were not using OneCloud. I then promptly deleted everything in the OneDrive - Personal directory, as I thought theee were the cloud based files. I then lost everything. The deleted files were so big that they were permantly deleted and not even avaible to redownload through the online recycle bin.I haven't been backing up one OneCloud for ~6 months because the UI is horrible, it's spammy

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