How to Fix OneDrive Sync Issues in 2023

U didn’t even break down the location bug wtf 💀

Thanks for the video. You should buy a new microphone 🙂

As soon as I checked that I was logged in to the proper account, it started to sync. Thank you for this!

There is something in my account that wont allow me to sync to Onedrive. Like many out there, it sucks that no matter how many videos we find online we most likely CANT use them much as OD seems to update their software DAILY. I have uninstalled/re-installed OD several times and every time is the same result : a couple SHARED folders populate and the cloud icon says " up to date" tho there is nothing syncing or even uploading. Rinse/repeat, same result. Tried a fresh account, logged in, SHARED folders started syncing and uploading/downloading. If anyone out is at a dead end, it seems there is a setting or corrupt file within MS User account that wont let sync correctly. A new account, sign-in, fixed my issue.

holy crap dude thanks a lot my files were not syncing to my other laptop and it was because i was using two different profiles thanks for helping me come to that conclusion

I found your video when searching for "How to resolve conflicts", which this video doesn't cover. I have a Word doc that tells me I have a conflict (I suppose between what's on my computer and what's last known online). I also have a red X next to that file (and next to OneDrive). Similar to the green check, but a red X. Clicking the red X I'm told that I need to resolve the file, and that I can do that in Word if I would like. I say, sure! So the document opens in Word, but there's no indication of 2 files, and there's no indication of any discreprancy or change made since the sync... How is that feature supposed to work? I don't want to accidentally delete a couple hours worth of work.

I'm trying to use OneDrive on a Mac. The file naming conventions are really restrictive for OD, so when I try to NOT sync my Desktop or Documents folders, weirdly, I can't -- because I have to rename all the problematic files before I'm allow to see the Don't Sync option. Worse... when I remove the offending files to another place and select Don't Sync, that only lasts till I put the offending files back. I only want OD to sync my OneDrive folder. Why is that so hard to do? Also, why have I not had any file naming problems with Google Drive or DropBox, but only on OneDrive? I'm thinking of returning it.

Sadly sound is bad

What if i have over 60000 files syncing. With this still work?

thank you

Hi thank you for the tips

Great video- thanks! Level II- over the years, I have got a hodgepodge of files on OneDrive, my desktop PC and my laptop. Love it if you could divine a strategy to "resync" all of it.
Merge the Document directories? Copy to an external drive, delete everything, then start over? Switch to Mac? Argh! I have good connection speed to OneDrive, so that will save some time. Thanks in advance, I'm stumped.

One Plus no longer syncs my pictures to my Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra even though I have it enabled to sync in the gallery.

would you please discuss the issue of syncing Outlook pst files with one drive - even then Outlook is open - for a while I could sync pst files while still using outlook... with no errors in OneDrive... I had to create new pst files... now I get errors in OneDrive that the file is in use... so it won't sync. is there a fix for this?

Today OneDrive messes all of my work files. I disable my OneDrive on February, decide to re-enable OneDrive for backup on October. Guess what? OneDrive decided to download all files from my backup on February and Override my current files. It doesn't seems OneDrive compare which the latest version or fail to do so. I never ever had this issue with Dropbox. Even if I turn on my old PC with different user name than my new PC, its just works.

Its true OneDrive is cheaper and over more integration with Microsoft ecosystem compared to Dropbox. But this kind of issue really drives me insane.

Sorry for the rant, I used Dropbox professionally at home while OneDrive is for work from my employer.

Avoid OneDrive desktop app!!!

For some reason, I still have files (available online only) on the Onedrive website despite having deleted them from my Windows 8.1 computer yet I am only able to view the Onedrive files on my computer if I am connected to a network. Would you know why this happens?

i have a External HDD drive some saves go to One Drive its ok on the whole sometimes there are slight pauses when running programs (game saves) it is synced is a way to help it run better ?? it is a great program for saving space

I chose to use the Free Up Space option on Onedrive, and now all my files on my computer are gone and in the cloud. The problem with that is now it is basically impossible to get my files back because the download speeds are so slow. LIKE INCREDIBLY SLOW! The download times are not hours, not days, but weeks, actually probably months...I'm FUCKED!!!

These are by far the most common issues in OneDrive, so this is fantastic

Oh god, OneDrive has not given me anything but problems. I synced my PC to OneDrive because i have an small SSD and Microsoft offered 1TB cloud storage backup, but it never mentioned that it would change all the paths of the files and folders. So now many of the project files i was working do not load properly because the routes are different.

Then, to make use of the cloud storage, i started to upload some files using the website app, files that i wanted to exist ONLY to the cloud storage. But then i realized these files and some other older office files started to show up in my PC computer in the users folder, taking up more storage! So i had to "freed" them with the contextual menu. And it did nothing. They are still in my PC.

It was so confusing to see these files on the file explorer, files that they were not supposed to be there, that i tried to move them to a new folder inside my synced PC that i named "Online exclusive files" and... it seemed to move them with no issue. A miracle!? No. I went to check them out on the website app the next day, the new folder was there but the files did not move. They were still there alongside all other main library folders like Desktop, Documents, Images, AppData, etc. it made no sense at all.

So i move them again, this time using the website app.... and it did not let me do it! It said that the "the path of these files do not exist". But i can clearly see them and download them from the website! Now my synced PC shows some file outside the "Online exclusive files" folder and some inside that folder. And on the Website it shows that no files had been moved.

And the last new thing that is happening now, is that there is an alert to shorten the name of 5 files i moved to that folder. Files that are already synced on the PC, and it doesn't let me rename them.

OneDrive has so many problems. When I support users I find 20-30% of them have some sort of sync problem. It really needs improvement. If you have some training it can be ok and work well, but even experienced users struggle and possibly have data at risk. The synchronization is not intuitive to fix and even the file path (eg \OneDrive\Desktop Vs \Desktop) is confusing to users. Then add SharePoint to the equation and chaos ensues.

I have account in Microsoft Office 360 OneDrive, but When I logined I can never see My Files (My Data). I just get an error "Check your network connection and then pull down to refresh" via OneDrive App in Andriod and When I open in via Browser there is no any option of "My Files". Now I am worried about my Files or Data that is vanished somewhere.

Hey, I work on a Mac and my cloud icon and green sync icon has disappeared, but my uploads aren't paused. I have no idea what to do and I'm suffering

hello, I have a mac computer and I just can't get past the error of "your onedrive folder can't be created in the location you elected"; please help? thank you

I need Nick burns the company computer guy Cause I got an issue. today I am having trouble deleting folders. they keep reappearing about 20 seconds after I delete them.

You can sync multiple OneDrive accounts. I have a personal and two business accounts and they all sync fine on my Mac and PC

I can see the onedrive in my taskbar, but it only opens the file when I click on it. I used to be able to left click and it would show me the files being synced. It doesn't do that anymore. Also, onedrive is not listed in my apps.

So you can't sync files between different Microsoft accounts?

All of these problems that need fixing in this video are also arguments to NOT use OneDrive, NOT use Windows, and maybe NOT use anything from Microsoft! Other cloud services and systems don't have any of the problems mentioned.

This was VERY helpful. Thanks!

Im using onedrive business ..i have lot of space but it showing not have enough space to upload this file..

please I need you help i'm not computer expert my issue is google chrome .ink but i don't know how fix it please help thanks new subscriber soon

My files are not syncing after the update, and all my files have circular blue arrows icon my one drive storage is full is it because of that ??? I need all my files back please help me out 😭

Today i moved 4,6gb files to onedrive and it was the worst . The sync broke down every 10mb on the uploads and every 100mb on downloads .. this is the greatest pile of crap software i ever had to deal with. To get it work again i had to log off and on to my user account on the PC.

holy mic tho

Onedrive is the shitiest software made by microsoft so many issues all the time

I have been having syncing issues that have frustrated me to the point of giving my copies of duplicate spreadsheets some very uncomplimentary prefixes. I'm normally an easy going guy. Thanks so much for your tips. You have saved me gigabytes of storage and I am now back to being an easy going guy.

Great information! Thanks for the tips. Thumbs up!!