Hi Bikhod, open the OneDrive app and you can perform your search from there.
It will be located in your system tray.
Windows 11 Search not searching OneDrive
Hello,
How can I get Windows Search to search my OneDrive files and folders, including file contents?
I have just purchased a new Windows 11 laptop and noticed that Windows Search does not search my One drive files!
My OneDrive folder location is C:\Users\bikhod_\OneDrive but when I look in the Windows search Indexing options location, OneDrive is missing - first image. As the second image shows, OneDrive is definitely a folder on my machine.
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David Broggy 5,821 Reputation points MVP
2022-07-17T09:16:05.373+00:00 -
Bikhod 61 Reputation points
2022-07-19T04:47:16.807+00:00 Hi David,
The approach you outlined above worked and I was able to successfully search my OneDrive content using File Explorer on my Windows 11 laptop - thank you. However, I am still confused.
On my work Windows 10 laptop, I also have (work) OneDrive and I am able to search the laptop's local partitions, work network drives and OneDrive without having to open OneDrive. Do you know why that is the case please?
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Attila Molnár 6 Reputation points
2022-10-19T09:23:02.947+00:00 Thank you for the workaround. Is it designed this way? Really Windows Search in Windows 11 is unable to search local content when it is placed in a OneDrive folder?
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İsmail Aslan 1 Reputation point
2022-12-15T08:07:19.023+00:00 i have same problem. Any solution ?
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Fabricio Godoy 2,611 Reputation points
2023-01-29T17:39:26.1+00:00 Hey guys.
did you check if "cloud search" was enable?- on settings:
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- turn on if not.
- after that, check again on index search
I hope this help you..
Regards