Add a shared folder to your OneDrive. Sign in to OneDrive on your browser with your Microsoft personal account. On the left navigation pane, under OneDrive, select Shared. Files and folders that you can add to your OneDrive are marked Can edit.

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Create a shared library. Sign into the OneDrive website at https://www.onedrive.com with your work or school account, and then, under Shared libraries in the left pane, select Create shared library.

Sign in to OneDrive.com with your personal Microsoft account. In the left pane, under OneDrive, select Shared. Files or folders shared with you appear under the names of the people who shared them. Select a file or folder to open it, just as you would any other item in OneDrive.

In OneDrive on the web, the Shared view shows files and folders that you have shared and that others have shared with you. After you share a file, it automatically appears under Shared in the navigation.

Share files or photos with a link. With your files in OneDrive cloud storage, you can share them with others, control who can view or edit them, and work together at the same time. In your OneDrive file storage, select the files or photos you want to share, and then select Share.

If you cannot share OneDrive files it could be because: You have reached your sharing limits. We need to validate your account. The item is in your Personal Vault. OneDrive is not running. Your organization has disabled or restricted it. You can't share to specifc people who don't have a Microsoft account.

You can see who a OneDrive for work or school, SharePoint, or Teams file or folder has been shared with at any time. See whom a file or folder is shared with. In your document library, select the file or folder.

To share a file in File Explorer on Windows 11, select the file, then select Share on the ribbon. You can also right-click (or press and hold) on the file > Share. Then, choose how you want to send the file and follow the process for that option. Use OneDrive.

Go to the OneDrive website and sign in with your Microsoft account or your work or school account. Pick the files or folders you want to share by selecting its circle icon. Note: Sharing multiple items at the same time is not available for OneDrive for work or school accounts.