While these methods do work, they’re far less easy and efficient than using Drop.

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Also, alternatives such as KDE Connect require all your devices to be connected to the same online grid.

Illustration of a smartphone and a computer screen showing the functionality of Microsoft Edge Drop Feature.

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You will then see the Sidebar appear to the right of your Edge window.

you’ve got the option to then end the options tab.

You’re now ready to open Drop.

The Microsoft Edge ‘Settings And More’ three dots highlighted and the ‘Settings’ option also highlighted.

To do this, tap the paper airplane icon on the Sidebar.

You won’t believe how easy this bit is.

Any files you’ve already sent to your Drop from any gear will show straightaway.

Microsoft Edge Settings with ‘Sidebar’ selected on the left, and the ‘Always Show Sidebar’ button toggled on. The Sidebar is, therefore, showing on the right of the window.

From here, it’s possible for you to also download the files back to your box if needed.

The only downside of this is that any notes you’ve typed into Drop won’t show here.

With Edge open, nudge the three lines at the bottom of your screen to launch the Edge menu.

The Microsoft Edge Drop folder on OneDrive, accessible through Windows Explorer.

Then, choose the Microsoft Drop icon.

After tapping “Edge,” it gives me the option to share through Drop.

This will instantly free up the storage space that the file was taking up.

The Edge homepage on iPhone with the menu option in the bottom-right corner highlighted.

The other potential stumbling block is that you cannot upload folders to Drop from your setup.

Simply choose the “+” icon at the bottom of the Sidebar to customize what you see here.

A file in the Microsoft Drop pane on Edge with the ‘Delete’ option highlighted.