Sync Teams (SharePoint) folders to File Explorer

Owned by Palak Chauhan
Last updated: Feb 12, 2024
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Follow these steps when you want to be able to access MS Teams files and documents via the Windows File Explorer interface.

Step-by-step guide

  1. Navigate to the channel in MS Teams you want to link (sync).

  2. Click on the Files tab

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  3. Click on Open in SharePoint button:

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  4. From the SharePoint menu click on Sync:

     

  5. You should see a screen like this:

     

  6. The OneNote icon in your system tray should show a circle arrow on top while it is syncing:

  7. Once it's synced, you can interact with the folders in your File Explorer:

 You can also use the Sync button directly in Teams, but if there are a lot of files in your location, going through SharePoint is a lot faster.

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