Starting on February 1, 2021, you'll no longer be able to sync your OneDrive and Shared Libraries using the old OneDrive app (Groove.exe). This does not apply to "On premises" customers, where OneDrive and SharePoint are hosted by your IT team.

If you installed Microsoft 365 or the OneDrive for work or school sync app through Click-to-run, you usually find groove.exe at \Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\root\Office15. Follow these steps to check the version of the sync app installed on your computer.

Sync SharePoint files with the OneDrive sync client (Groove.exe) Important : Support for the old OneDrive for Business sync app with SharePoint Online has ended. If you see this icon in your taskbar, read this article to learn more.

Learn how to identify and switch from the old OneDrive sync app (Groove.exe) to the new OneDrive sync app (OneDrive.exe) before February 1, 2021. The new app offers more features and better performance for syncing files with OneDrive and Shared Libraries.

Learn how to sync your SharePoint files to your computer or how to sync your OneDrive for Business files if you're not using Office 365.

You sync a OneDrive for work or school library by using the OneDrive sync client (groove.exe). However, you receive the following error message: Unsupported server.

This article discusses how to stop onedrive.exe from syncing your OneDrive for work or school library and to then use groove.exe to sync that library. To enable groove.exe to sync your OneDrive library, follow these steps. Find the correct OneDrive cloud in the notification area on your taskbar.

Note: This article describes how file sync works in the OneDrive sync app (OneDrive.exe). It does not apply to the previous version of the OneDrive sync client (Groove.exe).

Starting on February 1, 2021, you'll no longer be able to sync your OneDrive and Shared Libraries using the old OneDrive app (Groove.exe). This does not apply to "On premises" customers, where OneDrive and SharePoint are hosted by your IT team.

If this fails, we recommend you uninstall uninstall groove.exe and install onedrive.exe. To resolve this problem, download and install the February 1, 2016, update for OneDrive for Office 2013 or Office 2016, depending on your installation.