The OneDrive upload button disappears? Easy to solve!

When uploading files to OneDrive, you may encounter the problem of "OneDrive upload button disappearing", which causes any files to be unable to upload. This article will explain how to resolve this issue.

OneDrive upload button is missing

Whether you are trying to upload files to OneDrive on your desktop or on your browser, you may encounter this problem. There are also related discussions in the Microsoft forum:

"In the past few days, several colleagues from my company told me that when trying to upload files to a folder shared with them, the upload button disappeared. They have the correct editing permissions and can see the "New" and "Sync" buttons, but there is no upload button."

Reasons for the OneDrive upload button to disappear may include:

• Browser cache or data corruption
• OneDrive application issues
• Microsoft Office Issues

How to fix the missing OneDrive upload button on your browser

If you encounter this problem on browsers such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Firefox, etc., you can try clearing the browser cache. Here is an example of Google Chrome:

1. Click the three dot menu icons in the upper right corner of the browser.
2. Select More Tools, and then select Clear browsing data….

3. To delete all browsing history, click the Time Range drop-down menu, select the All Times option, and select the Browsing History option. Then, click Clear Data.

How to fix the problem of missing OneDrive upload button on desktop

If you are experiencing this problem on the Windows 11 desktop, you can try the following four methods:

Method 1: Reset OneDrive

1. Enter "Command Prompt" in the search bar and select "Run as Administrator".
2. Enter the following command and press Enter:

%localappdata%\\Microsoft\\OneDrive\\OneDrive.exe /reset

Method 2: Turn off Office automatically upload

If the Office file is not uploaded correctly to OneDrive, this may be related to an Office problem. You can turn off the Office automatic upload feature (which automatically uploads your Office documents to OneDrive or SharePoint):

1. Launch any Office application, such as Word, Excel, or PowerPoint.
2. Log in to your account in the Office application.
3. Click File > Select Options.
4. Go to the Save category and uncheck "Save automatic recovery information every * minute". Then, click OK.

Method 3: Reinstall OneDrive

Sometimes outdated OneDrive versions can also cause this problem. You can try reinstalling OneDrive.

1. Press Windows I to start Settings and select the Apply option.
2. Under the Apps and Features option, scroll down to find Microsoft OneDrive. Then, click on the "Microsoft OneDrive" and click on the "Uninstall" button.

3. Go to the official Microsoft website to download and reinstall OneDrive.

Method 4: Try other synchronization tools

If the above solution does not work, or you do not want to use OneDrive to synchronize files, it is recommended that you use the free backup software MiniTool ShadowMaker to synchronize files to other locations in Windows 11/10 instead of to the cloud. In addition to the synchronization feature, it also has a backup feature that helps you back up disks, partitions, files, folders, and operating systems.

Summarize

The above are several ways to solve the problem of "OneDrive upload button disappearing". You can try one by one.

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