New Onedrive not showing SharePoint location

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Hello, I'm using the new OneDrive and I have synced a SharePoint Online libray to my local drive. I can see the SharePoint folder and the document library as a sub folder in Windows Explorer. But when I open the Settings of the OneDrive client, only my OfB is listed on the accounts tab. The SharePoint library does not show.

I have restarted my computer, but the issue persists.

I want to stop syncing the SharePoint library. How can I do that if it does not show up in the list?

ingeborghawighorst · Answer

The new client was installed and active on my machine. Only the sync procedure activated the old client. The user interface I saw was always the new client, so the observation that it looked like the old client was not correct.
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jcgonzalezmartin · Answer

From your screenshot it seems you have the old Groove client installed....have you verified that new client is enabled to be used for SPO Doc Libraries?

ingeborghawighorst · Answer

jcgonzalezmartin&nbsp;, what makes you believe that I have the old Groove client? This Windows 10 box has been set up with Office 365 using the Office Deployment Tool and it definitely has the "NEW" OneDrive client.&nbsp;I have run all the checks and my screenshot shows the exact version of OneDrive that I'm using. That version number should identify the OneDrive client without a doubt, no? According to this support article, I'm confirmed in my belief that I'm using the new client, not the Groove client. According to the screenshots in that article, I am using the new client.&nbsp;So, please tell me: How can I verify&nbsp;what you suggest, i.e. "&nbsp;that new client is enabled to be used for SPO Doc Libraries"??

ingeborghawighorst · Answer

Bump. Still can't remove the synced SharePoint library from my local OneDrive storage.&nbsp;&nbsp;Any ideas?

ingeborghawighorst · Answer

Thanks to the excellent support from the OneDrive help team, the issue is fixed. The problem was that a SharePoint online setting caused the old client to open when a library was synced, even though the new OneDrive client is installed on the PC that requests the sync.&nbsp;The setting is in SharePoint Admin Center &gt; Settings &gt; Sync Client for SharePoint. I changed it to "Start the new client" and the next day everything was working fine.&nbsp;Hope this helps someone.&nbsp;

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