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This commodity contains information near the restrictions and limitations that utilize to files, file names and file types when syncing with OneDrive for domicile, OneDrive for work or school or SharePoint in Microsoft 365.

Note:If you're looking for restrictions and limitations that apply to the earlier version of OneDrive (groove.exe), read KB 2933738.

What's new

12 April 2021: Added 50,000 item sharing limits note.

3 March 2021: Maximum file upload size updated to 250 GB.

16 September 2020: Updated info nearly OneNote notebooks to clarify that the 2GB file size limit applies to SharePoint equally well every bit OneDrive.

31 Baronial 2020: Updated the invalid or blocked file types guidance most .PST files when Known Folder Motion is turned on.

28 July 2020: Added note to invalid characters nigh saving Function files with folder names containing ;

26 June 2020: Added mention of leading and abaft spaces every bit invalid characters, although this isn't a new limitation.

In this commodity

Restrictions	Limitations	Troubleshooting tips
Invalid characters	File upload and download sizes	OneDrive system requirements
Invalid file or folder names	File name and path lengths	Support and Recovery Assistant
Invalid or blocked file types	Thumbnails and previews	Only sync what you demand
Network or mapped drives	Number of items to sync or copy	Syncing too many files
Elevated privileges	Information Rights Management	Duplicate filenames
Sharing	Differential sync
How many OneDrive accounts	Libraries with specific columns
Authenticated proxies	Windows specific limitations
OneNote notebooks	macOS specific limitations

Restrictions

Invalid characters

Applies to:

Sure characters have special meanings when used in file names in OneDrive, SharePoint, Windows and macOS, such every bit "*" for wildcards, and "\" in file name paths. If a file or binder you're trying to upload to OneDrive contains any of the characters listed beneath, it may prevent files and folders from syncing. Rename the file or folder to remove these characters before you upload it.

Characters that aren't allowed in file and binder names in OneDrive for home, OneDrive for work or school and SharePoint in Microsoft 365

Characters that aren't allowed in file and binder names in OneDrive for piece of work or school on SharePoint Server 2013

" * : < > ? / \ |

(Leading and trailing spaces in file or binder names also aren't allowed.)

~ " # % & * : < > ? / \ { | }.

(Leading and trailing spaces in file or binder names also aren't allowed.)

Notes:

To rename a file or folder in Windows, select it and press F2. To rename a file or folder on a Mac, select it and press the 'return' key.
Some organizations don't yet support # and % in names. If you're a global admin or SharePoint admin in Microsoft 365, see Enabling # and % Support on the SharePoint blog to learn how to let these characters.
For Office desktop win32 apps: If you're saving an Part file via the Backstage view to a OneDrive or SharePoint folder, yous won't be able to save the file if the binder name contains ; (semicolon).
If you're using Office 2010, you lot can't use "&" in file and binder names.
For more than information, see When OneDrive renames items with invalid characters and Why has my filename changed from comma to ^J.

Invalid file or folder names

Applies to:

These names aren't immune for files or folders: .lock, CON, PRN, AUX, NUL, COM0 - COM9, LPT0 - LPT9, _vti_, desktop.ini, any filename starting with ~$.

Notes:

"_vti_" cannot appear anywhere in a file name
"forms" isn't supported when the folder is at the root level for a library.
You can't create a binder name in SharePoint that begins with a tilde (~).

Invalid or blocked file types

Applies to:

Temporary TMP files volition not be synced to OneDrive. Come across OneDrive status stuck on "Sync pending" for more details.

Files that are used by your local computer, such as desktop.ini on Windows or .ds_store on macOS, don't normally sync. If these files do get uploaded to OneDrive during a migration, the sync app will delete the cloud copy and exit the local re-create.

Outlook .PST files are supported, all the same they are synced less oftentimes compared to other file types to reduce network traffic. To prevent uploading .PST files from the OneDrive sync app, read Blocking syncing of specific file types. To motility .PST files out of OneDrive, read How to remove an Outlook PST data file from OneDrive. If users enable PC folder backup (Known Binder Move) manually without the grouping policy, they will meet an mistake if they have a .PST file in 1 of their known folders (e.g. Documents). If Known Binder Move is enabled and configured via grouping policy, .PST files volition be migrated.

Outlook may bear witness errors later .PST files are migrated because it is nonetheless looking for .PST files at original location.

If you are a OneDrive for piece of work or school user, some file types may be blocked on your system's SharePoint site. The listing of blocked files will vary depending on your administrator.

For security reasons, a number of file names and extensions can't exist uploaded since they are executable, used past SharePoint Server, or used by Windows itself. For more info, meet Types of files that cannot be added to a list or library.

Network or mapped drives

Applies to:

You tin can't add a network or mapped drive as your OneDrive sync location. OneDrive doesn't back up syncing using symbolic links or junction points.

Elevated privileges

Applies to:

OneDrive can't be run with elevated privileges, and you volition not be able to run into OneDrive menu items within File Explorer. However, the per-motorcar sync app installation is helpful specially for multi-user computers and when yous don't want exe files running from the user profile. See likewise Unable to share OneDrive files.

How many OneDrive accounts?

Applies to:

Number of OneDrive accounts

At that place are limits to the number of accounts that tin can exist meantime signed in and syncing. Each device is immune a maximum of one OneDrive for habitation account and 9 OneDrive for piece of work or school accounts. For MacOS devices, only a single business concern account from the same organisation can be in sync at any given time.

OneDrive Guest accounts

Synchronizing content using an external or guest user is currently non supported by OneDrive.

Authenticated proxies

Applies to:

Authenticated proxies aren't supported in OneDrive.

If you see the mistake message "Your proxy settings crave authentication" or the error code 0x8004de42 when trying to sign in to OneDrive, please bank check yous are not using an authenticated proxy to connect to OneDrive.

OneNote notebooks

Applies to:

OneNote notebooks take their own sync mechanism outside of OneDrive. If you plan on sharing a OneNote notebook—with yourself or others—it's best to create it on OneDrive right from the start. Moving an existing OneNote notebook into a folder synced by OneDrive without going through the OneNote application is not currently supported.

Once a OneNote notebook is saved in OneDrive, if you are syncing the binder that contains the notebook, you will find a stub .url file, which will open the notebook on the website.

OneNote notebooks saved in OneDrive or SharePoint are limited to 2GB.

Read how to Move a OneNote notebook to OneDrive.

Limitations

File upload and download sizes

Applies to:

Maximum	Upload	Download
Sync	250GB	250GB
Individual files	250GB	250GB
Files within a zip	20GB	20GB

Notation:These limits applies tofiles, not your total storage. For whatsoever file larger than a few GB, we recommend using the OneDrive sync app rather than the website upload feature.

File proper name and path lengths

Applies to:

Different apps and Office versions have unlike limits, and the combination of limitations may exist unique to your setup.

The entire decoded file path, including the file name, tin't contain more than 400 characters for OneDrive, OneDrive for piece of work or school and SharePoint in Microsoft 365. The limit applies to the combination of the folder path and file name after decoding.

For example, if the file URL in SharePoint is https://world wide web.contoso.com/sites/marketing/documents/Shared%20Documents/Promotion/Some%20File.xlsx, the limit applies to "sites/marketing/documents/Shared Documents/Promotion/Some File.xlsx."
Also, if the file URL in OneDrive is https://contoso-my.sharepoint.com/personal/meganb_contoso%20_com/_layouts/15/onedrive.aspx?id=%2Fpersonal%2Fmeganb%5Fcontoso%5Fcom%2FDocuments%2FContracts%2FVendor%20Quotations/Some%20File.xlsx , the limit applies to "personal/meganb_contoso_com/Documents/Contracts/Vendor Quotations/Some File.xlsx."

In addition to the above, if files are synced to a PC or Mac, the post-obit limitations apply:

Each segment of the path (a segment is a file name or binder proper name like "Promotion" or "Some File.xlsx" in the examples above) can't be more than 255 characters due to operating system limitations.
The length of the OneDrive root folder (e.thousand. C:\users\meganb\OneDrive - Contoso) + the relative path of the file (upwardly to 400 chars) cannot exist more than 520 characters.
- The arrangement name can be updated in the M365 admin middle but that will not propagate to existing Sync relationships (only newly established ones). For existing Sync relationships to have the new organization name, users need to unlink and relink their business relationship.

SharePoint Server versions only support up to 260 characters for file and path lengths, Microsoft Excel and older Office version have a lower limit, see KB 326039 for details.

If you lot exceed any limits, you lot'll receive an mistake bulletin.

Thumbnails and previews

Applies to:

Thumbnails are not generated for images larger than 100 MB.

PDF previews are not generated for files larger than 100 MB.

Number of items that can exist synced or copied

Applies to:

When using onedrive.com, y'all tin can only copy up to 2500 files at i time.

Applies to:

Although SharePoint can store xxx one thousand thousand documents per library, for optimum performance we recommend syncing no more than 300,000 files across all document libraries. Performance issues tin can occur if you lot take 300,000 items or more across all libraries that yous are syncing, even if yous are not syncing all items within those libraries.

Notes:

If you lot are uploading, downloading, or moving a big number of files at once, you may demand to wait an extended period of time before the sync process can consummate. The desktop app showing "syncing" icon or displaying "processing changes" during this flow is not necessarily an indication of a problem. You can always click the OneDrive taskbar icon to meet the status of content that is in the procedure of syncing. To aid reduce sync times, we recommend reviewing and possibly modifying your bandwidth settings earlier starting your upload or download. Y'all can besides read how to Choose which OneDrive folders to sync to your computer.
There are other SharePoint limits on viewing a certificate library using the spider web that may affect how you construction your files in OneDrive.

Libraries with Data Rights Management enabled

Applies to:

Libraries can be synchronized as read/write with sync app for Windows build 17.3.7294.0108 or later on, or OneDrive for Mac build18.151.0729.0014 or college.

Differential sync

Applies to:

Differential sync is possible for Microsoft Office files in the new file format, .docx, .pptx, .xlsx.

This is part Office integration and requires that yous have:

Part 2016 Click To Run (version 16.0.6741.2027 or college). Yous must likewise take OneDrive (version 17.iii.6386.0412 or higher).
Office 2016 MSI and accept the post-obit update installed: October iv, 2016, update for Role 2016 (KB3118262). You must also have OneDrive (version 17.3.6386.0412 or higher).
The "Use Office applications to sync Office files" setting turned on in the Role tab of OneDrive settings (PC) or OneDrive Preferences (Mac).

For other file types, differential sync is available globally.

Note: OneNote files are non included, run into below.

Libraries with specific columns or metadata

Applies to:

If you lot have libraries with Checkout, or Validation columns, or when Draft Particular Security is set to eitherOnly users who tin edit orSimply users who can corroborate items in Version Settings of the library:

For SharePoint certificate libraries, these items will exist synchronized every bit read-but.
For OneDrive libraries, OneDrive will show a lock icon () next to the sync status and the user will non be able to synchronize the library until the mentioned settings have been removed.

Require Cheque Out

Browse to the document library that you want to configure.
In the toolbar, on the Library tab, in the Settings group, choose Library Settings.
In General Settings, choose Versioning settings.
In Require Check Out, select No (default).

Draft Item Security

Browse to the document library that you want to configure.
In the toolbar, on the Library tab, in the Settings group, choose Library Settings.
In General Settings, choose Versioning settings.
In Draft Item Security select Any user who can read items(default).

Content Approval

Browse to the document library that y'all want to configure.
In the toolbar, on the Library tab, in the Settings group, choose Library Settings.
In General Settings, choose Versioning settings.
In Content Blessing select No (default) for Crave content blessing for submitted items.

Required Column

Browse to the document library that y'all want to configure.
In the toolbar, on the Library tab, in the Settings group, cull Library Settings.
In the Columns section of the page ensure no columns are in the Required department.

Note:When the Management of content types is enabled, the information regarding require columns won't be presented, and in some cases by opening them the required setting, won't be visible likewise. Make certain the management of content types is disabled to brand this process faster, and re-enable it when done if necessary.

Exclude from Offline Customer - Library level

Browse to the document library that you want to configure.
In the toolbar, on the Library tab, in the Settings group, choose Library Settings.
In General Settings, choose Advanced settings.
In Offline Client Availability select Yes (default).

Exclude from Offline Client - Site drove level

Browse to the site collection that you want to configure.
In the toolbar, on the Site tab, in the Settings group, choose Site Settings.
Under Search, choose Search and offline availability.
In Offline Client Availability select Yes (default).

Limited-access user permission lockdown way

Browse to the Site Settings that you want to configure.
In the settings choose Site collection features nether the Site Collection Administration heading.
Notice Limited-access user permission lockdown mode and if its enabled, disable information technology and verify the behavior.

Permissions

Browse to the document library that you desire to configure.
In the toolbar, on the Library tab, in the Settings group, choose Library Settings.
Find Permissions for this document library and and then Check Permissions for the user
To ensure the user has high-plenty permissions to take the file sync in more than read only mode, the level must be Contribute or higher.

Validation

Browse to the certificate library that yous desire to configure.
In the toolbar, on the Library tab, in the Settings group, choose Library Settings.
UnderGeneral Settings, selectValidation Settings
Remove any column validation and select Save.

Learn more about how to manage Data and lists in SharePoint.

Windows specific restrictions and limitations

Applies to:

File Explorer displays the first 35 characters of a site library'south proper name and site proper name combination for a library that you accept synchronized. This doesn't touch the ability to sync these items inside the limits that are described in this commodity.

Roaming, Mandatory, and Temporary Windows profiles aren't supported. The OneDrive sync app merely supports users who can write to OneDrive application directories.

Additionally, the OneDrive sync app is just supported in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) environments in the following cases:

Virtual desktops that persist betwixt sessions.
Non-persistent environments that use Windows Virtual Desktop preview.
Non-persistent environments that have FSLogix Apps two.8 or afterwards, FSLogix Office 365 Container, and a Microsoft 365 subscription.

Read more than near using the sync app on virtual desktops.

For the sync app to work every bit designed, the post-obit requirements must be met:

The application must be installed on the local computer.
The user must be able to write to the user contour.
Data that's written to the user profile must be saved to the local hard disk and be available without a network connection.
Folders must not take the SetCaseSensitiveInfo setting enabled.

OneDrive Files On-Demand is supported on Windows ten 2017 Autumn Creators Update and later on versions, or Windows Server 2019 and later versions, or Mac OS X Mojave (10.14) or newer.

macOS specific restrictions and limitations

Applies to:

Instance-sensitive formatted deejay volume isn't supported.

Annotation:Please note that Invalid characters restrictions besides apply to macOS.

Troubleshooting hints and tips

Follow these hints & tips to go the nigh out of OneDrive and to make sync as trouble-free as possible.

OneDrive system requirements

Applies to:

OneDrive requires an active Microsoft account, or a work or schoolhouse business relationship. Your PC must also meet certain operating systems and file system requirements. Read more about the OneDrive organization requirements

Support and Recovery Assistant

Applies to:

The Support and Recovery Assistant app can help y'all identify and prepare several problems with OneDrive for work or school sync. Read how to employ the Microsoft 365 Support and Recovery Banana.

If your account or environment is not supported past the Support and Recovery Assistant, read how to Fix OneDrive for Business organization sync issues.

Only sync what you demand

Applies to:

OneDriveFiles On-Need helps you access all your files in OneDrive without having to download all of them and use storage space on your device. Learn more near OneDrive Files On-Demand.

You tin can as well download fewer files by choosing which OneDrive folders to sync to your computer.

Note:You won't lose files or data by disabling or uninstalling OneDrive on your figurer.

Check you're not syncing too many files

Applies to:

If OneDrive sync seems to be stuck for a long fourth dimension or the status shows "Processing 0KB of xMB" it could exist considering you have a lot of files in your OneDrive or a lot of new files to be uploaded. If y'all have more than than 100,000 files, sync tin have a long time.

Note:For transferring large files or lots of files, we recommend adding the files to the OneDrive desktop app rather than the using Upload button on the website.

To come across how many files you have in your OneDrive:

Open File Explorer.
Right-click the OneDrive folder and select Properties.
If the Contains number is more than 100,000 you should consider which OneDrive folders to sync to your computer.

If the sync is already in process, you can Break and Resume your sync to go things going once more.

Select the white or blueish OneDrive deject icon in the notification surface area, at the far correct of the taskbar.

Annotation:You might need to click the Bear witness hidden icons arrow next to the notification area to see theOneDrive icon, or click and start typing "select which icons" to brandish the notification area settings pick, and then show Microsoft OneDrive. If the icon nevertheless doesn't appear in the notification expanse, OneDrive might not be running. Click , blazonOneDrive in the search box, and then clickOneDrive (not "OneDrive for piece of work or schoolhouse" because that'south an older version) in the search results.
Select More >Suspension syncing..., and select either ii, 8 or 24 hours.
Select More than once more and select Resume syncing

Make sure yous don't have duplicate filenames

Applies to:

You lot may have sync conflicts if you're uploading multiple files on the OneDrive website at the same time, or if y'all made changes in your OneDrive folder on another PC that is syncing at the aforementioned time.

Sync bug can also occur if you edit files offline.

To reduce sync conflicts, rename the edited files or folders to something new or unique, and then salvage information technology again.

Acquire more

Applies to:

More than fixes for recent OneDrive issues

Prepare sync issues with personal OneDrive

Learn nigh OneDrive Files On-Demand

Applies to:

Fix OneDrive for work or school sync problems

Learn about OneDrive Files On-Demand

Fix sync problems with SharePoint

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Source: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/restrictions-and-limitations-in-onedrive-and-sharepoint-64883a5d-228e-48f5-b3d2-eb39e07630fa

Upload File Size Limitation to Azure Notebook

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