Fix Onedrive Icon Missing From Taskbar in Windows 10

The OneDrive is a synchronization and file hosting service provided by Microsoft. For the users who want to sync files and folders in Microsoft, OneDrive is an essential tool. Microsoft’s OneDrive also supports transferring files to cloud storage. 

The OneDrive is displayed on the right side of the taskbar in Windows 10. However, sometimes the OneDrive icon may not appear in the taskbar, which leads to difficulties in accessing the OneDrive. Sometimes, the OneDrive icon disappears from the Windows File Explorer also.

Follow this article for fixing the OneDrive icon missing from the taskbar in Windows 10.

Solution 1: Enable OneDrive Icon to appear in the taskbar

Make sure the OneDriveicon is enabled in your Windows taskbar. If the OneDrive is not enabled, the icon won’t appear in the taskbar.

1. Open Settings for the taskbar either from the Windows personalize settings or by right-clicking the taskbar and open Taskbar settings.

2. Choose the option called Select which icons appear on the taskbar, which you will find under the popped up window’s notification area.

3. Switch on the toggle switch of Microsoft OneDrive from the list of taskbar icons.

Solution 2: Ensure that OneDrive is not present in Hidden Area

Sometimes too many icons in the system tray or taskbar lead to hiding several icons such as OneDrive. You can confirm if the OneDrive icon is hidden by clicking on the upward arrow.

Solution 3: Resetting the OneDrive

You can try resetting the OneDrive if the above two solutions don’t work.

1. Open the Run dialog box either by pressing Windows + R keys simultaneously or from the start menu.

2. Click ok after copying this code in the Run box.

%localappdata%\Microsoft\OneDrive\onedrive.exe

3. The OneDrive will be initialized for the first use after its set up window appears.

4. Sign in to the OneDrive.

5. Now, the OneDrive icon is available in the taskbar. Select Settings after right-clicking on it.

6. Select the option called Start OneDrive automatically when I sign in to Windows from the popped up window’s Settings tab. Now click the OK button to continue further.

7. After this procedure, the OneDrive will be automatically launched when you open or log in to Windows. And the OneDrive taskbar icon will also appear. These steps may solve the file explorer’s OneDrive icon missing error.

Solution 4: Setting up and installing the OneDrive from scratch

If any of the above OneDrive related solutions don’t work for your Windows computer, you might need to reinstall the OneDrive from scratch, as shown in the below guide.

Note: Reinstalling the OneDrive will remove all the OneDrive related local files, so a backup is advisable.

1. Open the Command Prompt (search CMD in the start menu > click on run as admin).

2. In the opened CMD with administrative privileges, type in the below commands one by one and press the enter button or key after writing each command line.

Note: Before proceeding further OneDrive install/uninstall procedure, confirm your windows architecture which may be 64-bit or 32-bit.

For 32-bit Windows 10:

%SystemRoot%\System32\OneDriveSetup.exe /uninstall (Press Enter)

%SystemRoot%\System32\OneDriveSetup.exe /install (Press Enter)

For 64-bit Windows:

%SystemRoot%\SysWOW64\OneDriveSetup.exe /uninstall (Press Enter)

%SystemRoot%\SysWOW64\OneDriveSetup.exe /install (Press Enter)

4. After finishing the above steps for Microsoft OneDrive, reboot your computer check if any OneDrive issue remains or not.

Solution 5: Fixing OneDrive icon missing from the File Explorer

Sometimes, the OneDrive icon disappears from the taskbar or notification area and the Windows file explorer. To solve the OneDrive icon missing from file explorer, follow on.

1. Try removing all the OneDruve entries

For fixing the OneDrive icon missing from the Windows file explorer, you may need to remove all the OneDrive entries from the Windows Registry.

Note: Make sure to take a backup of your Windows Registry before modifying any of its content. The below OneDrive related method works on Windows 7 and Windows 8, so Windows 10 users should try other methods.

1. Open the Registry Editor window by typing in the keyword called “Regedit” in the Run dialog box and clicking OK or pressing the enter key.

Note:  You can open the Run dialog box either by pressing Windows + R keys simultaneously or from the start menu.

2. Remove OneDrive entries.

3. Under the Edit tab of the Registry editor window, choose the Find option to continue.

4. Input the keyword OneDrive in the box and check all three the key, value, and data options under the Look at section. Then click on Find Next button to continue.

5. For removing the OneDrive entry, click on the delete button. You may need to delete multiple OneDrive entries one by one by following similar steps.

6. After finishing all the steps, restart your computer to check if the ONeDrive icon missing issue is solved or not.

2. Modifying the Registry

 Another solution for missing the OneDrive icon in windows 10 is by modifying the registry.

1. Open the Registry Editor window with “Regedit” in the Run dialog box.

Note:  You can open the Run dialog box either by pressing Windows + R keys simultaneously or from the start menu.

2. Head over to the following folder in the Registry Editor Window. If there is no ONeDrive entry, you should create a new one.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Policies/Microsoft/Windows/OneDrive

3. From the right panel, after right-clicking on the DisableFileSyncNGSC, choose the Modify option to continue. If this entry is missing in the registry, from the right panel, creating a New DisableFileSyncNGSC file by right-clicking on the right panel. Also, assign a DWORD(32-bit) value.

4. Change the value data of the DisableFileSyncNGSC value to 0 and then click on the OK button to continue.

5. After completing the modifying the Registry for the OneDrive, reboot your computer and check if the missing OneDrive issue is solved or not.

Sometimes the OneDrive icon goes missing from the taskbar, sometimes from the Windows File Explorer, and sometimes from both the File Explorer and the taskbar. This article provides various solutions for missing of OneDrive from either the taskbar or the file explorer.

We hope this article about fixing the OneDrive Icon missing from the taskbar and file explorer in Windows 10 has solved all your queries regarding the missing OneDrive icon.