Why is my Microsoft OneDrive not syncing?

As a wonderful cloud service in the market, OneDrive works almost perfectly with Windows operating systems. In daily life, you may often upload large files to OneDrive, or save any other type of files on the OneDrive cloud like texts, pictures, videos, etc.

However, it is possible for you to meet some errors in OneDrive sync, especially in a new operating system like Windows 11 OneDrive not syncing, OneDrive Error code 0x8004de40, and more. Why is OneDrive not syncing? There are some main reasons for such an issue:

• The network connection is not stable.
• The file size is too large.
• The sync pause feature is on.
• There are some bugs in the OneDrive client.

Don’t worry. We prepared some different solutions for OneDrive not syncing in Windows 11. After learning about them, you can choose the effective one according to the situation you met.

How to fix Windows 11 OneDrive not syncing on computer

If you encounter the Windows 11 OneDrive not syncing error on your computer, try finding out the cause of it and pick a suitable method to fix it.

Fix 1. Restart the OneDrive client

The most common solution to all types of OneDrive errors is to restart the OneDrive client. Just like you will reboot your computer when you meet some PC issues. Follow the steps below to close and restart the OneDrive client on your computer:

1. Right-click on the OneDrive icon in the taskbar.

2. Press the Settings icon and choose the Quit OneDrive option.

3. You will see a pop-up window to let you confirm. Choose Close OneDrive. After that, relaunch your OneDrive client to see if it starts to sync files normally.

Fix 2. Reset the OneDrive client

If you met OneDrive not syncing after Windows update, you can go to reset the OneDrive client on your computer. Maybe your OneDrive will perform sync normally after configuration. Here is the easy guideline to reset the OneDrive client on your computer:

1. Find OneDrive on the Windows search page.

2. Right-click on the OneDrive option to select App settings.

3. On this page, choose the Reset button to reset all settings in OneDrive. If you are lucky enough, your OneDrive sync will get back to normal situation.

Fix 3. Check available storage in your OneDrive account

Sometimes, OneDrive does not continue syncing files because there is not enough storage space in your OneDrive account and the file size is larger than it. Before starting a sync task in OneDrive, you had better check available storage in your OneDrive account.

1. Likewise, go to OneDrive Settings.

2. Under the Account tab, you can see the used cloud storage space here. If it is not large enough for your files, you need to increase OneDrive storage by paying for a subscription plan with larger cloud storage space.

Fix 4. Turn off the automatically pause sync feature

There is an automatic pause sync feature in OneDrive, which will help you to pause the OneDrive sync task when your device is in battery saver mode. If your OneDrive not syncing automatically in Windows 10, 11, or other versions of Windows, you can go to disable such a feature in OneDrive.

1. Go to the OneDrive Settings page.

2. In the Settings tab, make sure the Automatically pause sync when this device is in battery saver mode option is unchecked. Then OneDrive will not pause your sync task in battery saver mode.

Fix 5. Uninstall and reinstall the OneDrive client

The last solution is to uninstall and reinstall the OneDrive client on your computer, which can fix most OneDrive errors effectively.

1. Go to the Windows Settings page, and click on Apps on the left menu. Then click on Installed apps in the right part.

2. Find the OneDrive option here. Then click on the three-dot icon next to OneDrive, then click on Uninstall.

3. After the uninstalling process finishes, go to the OneDrive official website to download and install the latest version of the OneDrive client on your computer.

Tip: How to perform OneDrive sync without errors

If you feel it is so complex to fix the Windows 11 OneDrive not syncing issue, or you are tired of fixing all types of errors in OneDrive, you can switch to another way to perform OneDrive sync. Here we recommend a free cloud backup service called CBackup, which can let you sync data to OneDrive directly.

You can choose any type of data to sync to OneDrive via CBackup, including documents, pictures, videos, programs, and even make your computer sync with OneDrive.

In addition to OneDrive, you can sync data to some other mainstream clouds like Google Drive, Dropbox, etc.

And there is a combine cloud storage feature in CBackup, which can let you own unlimited cloud storage space by merging unlimited cloud accounts together.

CBackup is available in all Windows operating systems containing Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, XP.

Now, let’s see the detailed steps to perform OneDrive sync via CBackup without errors:

1. Download and install the CBackup desktop app for free on your computer. Sign up for a new CBackup account and run the client to log into your account.

2. Click on the Storage tab, and go to choose OneDrive > Authorize Now. Please let CBackup access your OneDrive account safely.

3. In the Sync tab, select Sync PC to Public Cloud in the right part.

4. Choose your computer data as the sync source. Then choose a folder in your OneDrive account as the sync destination. Finally, click on Start Sync to perform OneDrive sync in Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, XP.

★Tips: CBackup provides many free backup and sync features. You can know something about them and have a try if you need:

Backup PC to public cloud: In CBackup, you can backup files to OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox directly.

Free cloud storage space: Each CBackup account will get 10GB of cloud storage in CBackup Cloud. And you can expand to 1TB, or 5TB cloud backup space as you want.

Written in the end

That’s all about how to solve the Windows 11 OneDrive not syncing issue. You can fix your OneDrive client with 5 different options. Or, you can directly use another way to perform OneDrive sync without any error - using an easy cloud service called CBackup.