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OneDrive stuck on "signing in"
Hi,
I'm trying to use Onedrive and Onenote, but it seems to be really terrible 50% of the time. Sometimes when I log on my pc, it says I have to log in, and in doing so, is stuck on a "signing in" loop, until it says some error code about me not having an internet connection.
Here's what I've tried:
1. Close and open Onedrive
2. Removing auth from the pc and adding it again
3. Reinstalling Onedrive
4. Change Wi-Fi
5. Do a /reset in Windows run AND cmd
6. Update drivers
7. Install the newest Onedrive from the website
8. Try the app-version found in Windows Store
What am I supposed to do? I don't want to restart my pc every time it doesn't work, that's a terrible fix.
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If OneDrive is stuck on “Signing in”, it usually happens because of a sync or account issue. First, try restarting your computer and opening OneDrive again. Sometimes the problem is temporary. You can also try signing out of OneDrive and then signing in again. Another thing that helps is checking your internet connection and making sure Windows and OneDrive are updated. If it still doesn’t work, you can reset OneDrive by pressing Windows + R and running this command: %localappdata%\Microsoft\OneDrive\onedrive.exe /reset After resetting, open OneDrive again and sign in. In many cases this fixes the problem.
thanks
MS is really terrible now. I jave to move to linux
I have Office 365 subscription so want too take advantage of Onedrive. I have had problems with it for years. Slow syncing, missing items, etc. Setting up a new laptop and it is stuck on logging in. I really don't know why a bother with Onedrive. Even free, it is not worth the trouble.
Same issue, unable to sign in to onedrive on windows app. 9/8/2025. Started as a sync issue, then was unable to sync anything, uninstalled and reinstalled, removed certs, reset etc nothing works.
I found that the problem for me was that I was using the Brave browser. When I switched to Chrome, I did not get the problem.
Same issue. I cannot get OneDrive to run on my laptop. Tried installing different versions. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling. Tried downloading from different sites. Tried logging in multiple times. I am able to login to OneDrive on the web just fine, no problems.
There is another one time solution. We switched from Dropbox to OneDrive when we get MS365. This issue you mentioned appears quite often, and other problems also. It's a crap product and difficult to use, after certain group of people took over the product at MS (wildly seen this inside info from a comment of Youtube video). I am relieved with using Dropbox, more reliable for our simple job of sync documents and share.
Done those steps mentioned. Found out that I've input the DNS IP to resolved the one drive application to login.
Got the same issue here, tried all the troubleshoots.
All worked fine till yesterday (i believed in the update...) and know i cannot work.
Sadly this is the sixth time this error orroured on Microsoft PCs.
Even Login here to write this comment was a hellride.
