[Article] OneDrive Icon missing from Taskbar - Windows 10

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Applies to: OneDrive on Windows 10

Introduction:

There has been a number of people in this forum who have reported that their OneDrive icon has gone walkabouts. This seems to have only happened on Windows 10, and not any other versions of Windows. So this article is intended for Windows 10, and will guide you through how to get your OneDrive icon to show on your Taskbar again.

Details

This article will contain various methods. Starting at the most basic troubleshooting method and progressing further.

Method 1 - Making sure your Icon is not showing in Hidden Icons

Sometimes, if you are like me, you may have a lot of icons on your Taskbar. So Windows will hide some of these Icons. Please make sure your OneDrive icon has not been hidden away by clicking onto the little arrow pointing up, then viewing your hidden icons.

Unsure where this is, please look at my image underneath:

If you can't see your icon there, please move onto the next method.

Method 2 - Making sure you have enabled the OneDrive Icon to be displayed on the Taskbar

You can select which icons can show on the Taskbar, and which can't. This is all managed in Settings. To get there, and check which icons are set to show, please follow these steps:

Right click onto the Taskbar - a menu will appear

Please select Taskbar settings

You will be directed to a page within settings where you can customize your Taskbar in Windows. It should look like this

You will need to make sure you click the option "Select Which Icons appear on the Taskbar. This option is shown in the image underneath

This will then lead you to a page where your able to select which icons should show on your Taskbar and which icons are set to not show. You will need to find OneDrive and make sure it can be set to "on" as seen in the image underneath

If this can't be changed then, or if the icon still does not show on your Taskbar, then please proceed to the next method.

Method 3 - Resetting/Restarting OneDrive

This method has worked for some folk I have come across in this community and outside of this community. What this method will do is restart OneDrive again. Don't worry, your files should be safe. However, if your worried, please back them up externally.

You will need to press the Windows logo key and R together (  & R)

This will bring a Run Dialog box like this

In this box, please type the following - or copy and paste:

%localappdata%\Microsoft\OneDrive\Update\OneDriveSetup.exe

After this, please follow the onscreen instructions to set OneDrive up again. The pop up window should take anything up to about 3 minutes. So don't worry if you don't see anything straight away.

After this, the icon should appear on your Taskbar again. If it doesn't, please post in this community to get help and support.

I hope this article does help fix the problem with the Icon not showing on your Taskbar. If you found another fix for this issue, please share it into the comments below.

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