Download files and folders from OneDrive or SharePoint

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You can download files and folders from Microsoft OneDrive, or from SharePoint in Microsoft 365, SharePoint Server Subscription Edition, or SharePoint Server 2019 to your computer with just a few clicks.

Note: If you're downloading regularly from a Shared folder, you can add and sync shared folders to your own OneDrive.

  1. On your OneDrive, SharePoint in Microsoft 365, SharePoint Server Subscription Edition, or SharePoint Server 2019 website, select the files or folders you want to download.
  2. To download individual or multiple files, select each item by clicking the circle check box that appears. (The left image below shows items in List view, the right image shows items in Tiles or Photos view.) (You can also select several files at once by selecting one file, scrolling down the list, then hold down the Shift key while left-clicking the last item you want to select.)

Screenshot of selecting a file in OneDrive in tile view

Selecting a OneDrive folder

To select a folder, rather than just its contents, you may need to go up or back a level to select the whole folder.

Selecting a OneDrive folder

Screenshot of the selecting OneDrive files and downloading them.

In the top navigation, select Download. (You can also right-click the file, photo, or folder, and select Download.)

File explorer view

Notes:

If you select multiple files or folders and then select Download from Microsoft OneDrive, SharePoint in Microsoft 365, or from SharePoint Server Subscription Edition, your browser will start downloading a .zip file containing all the files and folders you selected. If you're in a folder and you select Download without selecting any files or folders, your browser will begin downloading all contents of the folder.

Make files available offline in a OneDrive mobile app

On a mobile device, you can make files available offline, which is similar to downloading files. From the OneDrive app in iOS, Android, or Windows 10 phone, look for the Offline icon (

Offline button in the OneDrive app for Android

for Android or iOS, or

Screenshot of the Keep Offine icon in the OneDrive app for Windows 10

for Windows mobile devices).

  1. In the OneDrive app, select the files you want to take offline (press and hold a file to select it).
  2. Select Keep offline.

Note: The OneDrive app doesn't let you make folders or OneNote notebooks available offline.

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