Why are you forcing Clipchamp Users to use OneDrive or else they lose everything? Doesn't that feel a little bit inconsiderate and just further hurts your image?

Ben Moss 75

I get that you want people to use OneDrive, but the nicest thing you ever did was making the use of OneDrive OPTIONAL, the Keyword here being OPTIONAL. But then after seeing the most recent update you made for Clipchamp, you've basically declared that it's no longer an Option to not use OneDrive for it or else everybody risks all of their Hardwork getting deleted just because they refused to upload everything to the Cloud, which I'm sure a lot of folks on here don't like doing or didn't want to use the Cloud to begin with. So why are you basically holding Clipchamp Users at Gunpoint with this unnecessary and rather hostile change to the Application?

mark harrigan 65 Reputation points

2025-12-24T00:47:24.7366667+00:00

I hate what you have done to make Clipchamp one drive only, it does not work!!!!!! tell me how to go back to the way it was! I have been using it for years with no problem until now
Rob 65 Reputation points

2026-01-10T05:39:19.45+00:00

So stupid of MS to do this. The save to computer option is literally disabled.
Private User 55 Reputation points

2026-01-21T18:10:39.4266667+00:00

I'm so angry! I don't want to use the Cloud omg. I like the convivence of everything being on my local drive. I'm going to cancel my subscription and find another video editing software program. I'm an American in France and just got this horrible update today. I'm in shock. I feel like my work has been taken hostage. Do this or else... You guys have become such dictators to FORCE people to use the cloud against their will. Wow, just wow!
Ben McIntosh 40 Reputation points

2026-02-03T21:35:41.4033333+00:00

MS are nothing but greedy corporate bastards thinking they can just do whatever they want. sorry MS but you don't have this complacent society you dream about where you can just milk money under every excuse you can make. I paid for my windows license, clip champ came with the windows package. One Drive is NOT essential. Videos are edited there, stored locally and then uploaded to sites like tiktok, youtube, sometimes even instagram. Then the videos are deleted from local storage... One Drive might be beneficial in some respects but not for editing videos, costs more money than its worth, and its worth nothing when I can just go and pay a one time fee to use things like sony vegas.
tea 30 Reputation points

2026-02-16T10:18:29.18+00:00

its also saying im using 102% of my one drive when i dont have a singular file in it
Terry 20 Reputation points

2026-03-04T07:43:50.37+00:00

I literally cannot believe this. This is unbelievable even for Microsoft. I used ClipChamp all the time and now because I don't use OneDrive (because when I first got my PC, I didn't understand it and so sadly ended up with a nightmare scenario of tons of double files, some on OneDrive, some on my PC. Stuff wouldn't save properly. It was a living nightmare I can't even explain, I had to format and reset my PC and then get rid of OneDrive) I can't use ClipChamp? How is this an update or improvement? They've literally disabled the app for me just because I don't use OneDrive. This is unreal. I'm actually in shock
Wolfram Meyer 15 Reputation points

2026-03-04T08:44:02.4066667+00:00

I have several Terabytes of high resolution photos and videos in up to 8K resolution. I used to use clipchamp to easily get some films together fast for social media.

Microsoft has now killed Clipchamp for any even half serious use.

Firstly the bandwith will not handle working in the cloud. I have gigabit Internet but video-editing on the cloud??? Seriously? I use several fast MVM SSD tiered with slower SSD and huge hard drives. Today I downloaded a small workset of 156 pictures and videos from Onedrive to work on. It took an half hour to an hour to get the files off Onedrive so I even could browse files. Onedrive is far too slow to even be useful for browsing this small workset and this is on a gigabit connection...

Some days I produce large worksets of 2000-3000 pictures and films in one day. No professional IT person would ever consider working with video over the Internet seriously. And what about working on video on an airplane? Even if you would have Internet on a plane, it would be very slow. Now it is impossible to work on planes, buses or trains.

Secondly forcing personal content to Microsoft clouds in an AI-era raises serious questions to why? Where is the bullet proof legal document that prohibits Microsoft from using personal OneDrive content to train their AI?

Microsoft is, again, killing itself for being useful or meaningful as they did with outlook trying to force individuals to store all their personal mails on Onedrive. A good thing with all this is that I get to get my Linux skills updated...

I have been a Microsoft fan for decades, but Microsoft is doing a good job on pushing me away.

Best regards

Wolfram Meyer
Brendan McDermott 15 Reputation points

2026-03-06T16:48:58.18+00:00

Terrible move from Microsoft. Yet another reason to trial a linux setup for everything that doesn't absolutely require Windows.
Hugh Jasse 15 Reputation points

2026-03-18T00:04:31.7033333+00:00

Microsoft is retarded. Thanks for making your free app completely useless. You can't even download videos locally. No one wants to share OneDrive files you absolute morons. And that's if you want to pay $10 per month... This is what happens when you become to big to fail... you turn to utter shit!
Quay Gon-Jinn 20 Reputation points

2026-03-18T00:58:33.4633333+00:00

Crazy how they forced us to use the useless garbage that is one drive to drive you into another useless sales funnel. Will be avoiding clipchamp from now on. WHY CANT I SAVE TO MY HARD DRIVE - brilliant devs, fan-effing-tastic
Jpetti77 10 Reputation points

2026-03-30T23:47:32.1+00:00

It's funny. I tried to update the comments below but it makes me go through a sign in loop. Probably because all the comments are negative. The recent changes are making me really consider canceling the 365 monthly on top of anything else microsoft related. Was better when you paid for it directly, now it's awful. What should take like 2 hrs is now at least doubled because you have to restart clipchamps and wait for the buffering nonsense. Also still doesn't really use the cloud it uses local storage so you have to reset the app in settings after each video.
will hutchinson 10 Reputation points

2026-04-04T18:09:38.3333333+00:00

I have quite using ClipChamp because OneDrive is required. I also cancelled OneDrive extra storage.
Danielle Brown 5 Reputation points

2026-04-09T01:04:23.7933333+00:00

GARBAGE UPDATE.

Unsubscribed, and will uninstall completely if nothing changes.

Besides that, now it claims I'm overusing cloud storage, and harassing me to I purchase more when I'm using .01

GB? I couldnt care less about using the Cloud. I dont need it and never have.

I have a computer, and files, and didnt ask to store my personal work on YOUR platform.

Ignorant and disrespectful management of an update.

Frankly, I hope most, if not all users unsubscribe.

Not to mention, the uploads are becoming more crappy, blurry and distorted, even when settings are at 1080p+

DO BETTER.
Annapandiyan, Subbu 5 Reputation points

2026-04-14T12:03:55.3533333+00:00

Such a parasitic behavior, give us back the option to export video file to local drive.

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Chris Wolf 0 Reputation points

2026-04-16T21:41:52.04+00:00

Microsoft is constantly trying to trick people into spending money on their shitty services that no one wants or needs. Its just a scam platform at this point.
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Eric Fleet 0 Reputation points

2026-05-16T12:09:43.2933333+00:00

This may be one of the most stupid decisions ever. Seriously, why do you have to use One Drive to edit files? There is no imaginable reason for this. Y'all driving me closer to just going Linux.
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Willy 25 Reputation points

2026-05-02T21:43:26.7866667+00:00

I've been trying since February to try to take advantage of the COMPLIMENTARY YEAR of Microsoft 365 that was offered through Clipchamp when they decided to change their system and make you save everything to the cloud. I decided it was what I HAD to do seeing as all my projects for the past few years of using Clipchamp was being held hostage. I was finally tried to go ahead and do it myself seeing as nobody would help me or even get back to me.

When I tried to do this I was given a prompt to cancel my current Clipchamp subscription in order to take advantage of the free year of 365. I did this and following the steps I was only being offered a MONTH free trial.

I contacted Microsoft AND Clipchamp countless times and was finally told that because I cancelled my subscription I was not longer qualified. I tried to explain how I only cancelled it because I was prompted to in order to take advantage of the deal THEY offered! I've spoke with COUNTLESS people via phone, email AND chat where I just keep getting bounced around while they all just passed the buck.

At this point I'm pretty convinced it was just ANOTHER scam offered by Microsoft while they hold my projects hostage and I'm still sitting with NOTHING as they wont honour their offer...

Do yourself a favour and find a better video editing software because Clipchamp will just let you down in the end and there really is better out there!

I'm beyond disappointed and feeling scammed after wasting MONTHS of my time begging to get what was offered to me!
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Willy 25 Reputation points

2026-05-02T21:49:58.2366667+00:00

BUYER BEWARE!!!
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Brian Lorraine 0 Reputation points

2026-04-07T22:47:11.7066667+00:00

I used to love Clipchamp. Its now garbage to me since they force OneDrive
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