Duplicate folders in File Explorer from OneDrive with one of the folders having blue lines

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Duplicate folders in File Explorer from OneDrive with one of the folders having blue lines

Nick J. Knodel 15

Hello,

Wondering how to stop duplicate folders from showing up in File Explorer from OneDrive. It appears the duplicates have blue lines next to the folder. They have no contents in them and I've just been deleting them but wondering why this is happening and how to stop it.

Michael Taylor 60,331 Reputation points

2025-04-10T18:40:18.02+00:00

Please provide us more information. A screenshot or similar image can help clarify what you're seeing. Blue lines seem to indicate sync issues so providing us any tooltip or error notices for the items with blue lines would also be useful.

Checking that OneDrive is properly syncing and giving us any error messages would be useful. Also clarifying whether you have a single OD account configured or multiple.
Nick J. Knodel 15 Reputation points

2025-04-10T18:56:13.32+00:00

When the blue lines are clicked on it just says I edited it and that it was done on my laptop. Another one said I created a folder with my computer name within another folder. Seems like the blue lines are just showing the activity of the folder but there's nothing in the folders and unsure how they're populating. Not seeing any error messages but can try syncing again and see if something shows up. Just have the one OneDrive account but the folders are coming from a Sharepoint site.