How To Shortcut Folders in OneDrive for Business

Modified on Fri, 31 May at 10:18 AM

This guide will give you step by step instructions on how to shortcut your most used SharePoint folders so that they can be used locally on your laptop.


Step 1:

Use SharePoint in your web browser (Chrome or Edge) to browse to the folder you would like to shortcut. You should have a shortcut to SharePoint on your Desktop, the icon should look like the below. 



Step 2:

Click on the circle to the left of the folder you wish to shortcut. Then select "Add shortcut to OneDrive"




Step 3:

Once you have added the shortcut it can take up to 30 minutes for this to appear in OneDrive on your laptop. After this shortcut has synced to your laptop you should see by clicking on the folder below.


The folder name varies but it should show as your first name - company name as per below. 





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