Sign in to OneDrive for Business for Windows mobile devices (2024)

Sign in

To add a personal account, enter your Microsoft account on the sign-in page. To add a OneDrive for work or school account, enter the email address you use for your company, school, or other organization.

You can have both a personal account and OneDrive for work or school accounts. To add an additional account:

1. Open the OneDrive app and select Sign in.

2. Select either Microsoft account (Email, phone, or Skype) or Work or school account (Assigned by your organization), then select Continue.

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3. On the sign-in screen, enter the email address and password you use for either your Microsoft account, or for your company, school, or other organization.

   When your organization uses SharePoint Server 2016,SharePoint Server 2019, or SharePoint Server 2021, the sign-in process is different from Microsoft 365. On the sign in screen, tap Have a SharePoint Server URL? Then enter the web address of your SharePoint server to continue the sign-in process. The web address, also known as a URL, may look like http://portal.

If you have a problem signing in with your OneDrive for work or school account, try using a web browser to sign in at https://portal.office.com/onedrive, or contact your IT department.

Switch between accounts

Your OneDrive app in Windows 10 lets you sign in to your OneDrive for home and your OneDrive for work or school accounts and then switch between the accounts you've added.

In the upper right, select My Accounts (represented by your profile picture), and then select the account you want to use.

Note:To add another account, select My Accounts, and then either Add Microsoft account or Add Work or school account.

Sign out of accounts

To sign out of a OneDrive for home account or a OneDrive for work or school account, select My Accounts and then beneath the account you want to sign out of, select Sign Out.

Sign in

To add a personal account, enter your Microsoft account on the sign-in page. To add a OneDrive for work or school account, enter the email address you use for your company, school, or other organization.

You can have both a personal account and OneDrive for work or school accounts. To add an additional account:

1. Open the OneDrive app and tap Menu in the upper left of the screen.

2. Tap Account Settings.

3. Tap Add Account.

4. Select either Microsoft account (Outlook.com, Hotmail, Live.com, MSN) or Work or school account (Assigned by your organization).

5. Tap the + icon, then on the sign-in screen, enter the email address and password you use for either your Microsoft account, or for your company, school, or other organization.

   When your organization uses SharePoint Server 2016, SharePoint Server 2019, or SharePoint Server 2021, the sign-in process is different from Microsoft 365. On the sign in screen, tap Have a SharePoint Server URL? Then enter the web address of your SharePoint server to continue the sign-in process. The web address, also known as a URL, may look like http://portal.

If you have a problem signing in with your OneDrive for work or school account, try using your phone's web browser to sign in at https://portal.office.com/onedrive, or contact your IT department.

Switch between accounts

Your OneDrive app in Windows 10 lets you sign in to your OneDrive for home and your OneDrive for work or school accounts and then switch between the accounts you've added.

Tap Menu at the top of the screen, and then tap the account you want to use.

Note:To add another account, tap Account settings, and then Add account.

Sign out of accounts

To sign out of a OneDrive for home account or a OneDrive for work or school account, open the app, tap Menu > Account Settings. Select the account you want to sign out of, then tap Sign Out.

Sign in

To add a personal account, enter your Microsoft account on the sign-in page. To add a OneDrive for work or school account, enter the email address you use for your company, school, or other organization.

You can have both a personal account and OneDrive for work or school accounts for Windows Phone 8.1. (To see if you have Windows Phone 8.1, open your phone's Settings and tap about.) For more, see What is OneDrive? To add an additional account:

1. Open the OneDrive app and tap Menu in the upper left.

2. Tap Add account.

3. On the sign-in screen, enter the email address and password you use for your company, school, or other organization.

   When your organization uses SharePoint Server 2016,SharePoint Server 2019, or SharePoint Server 2021, the sign-in process is different from Microsoft 365. On the sign in screen, tap Have a SharePoint Server URL? Then enter the web address of your SharePoint server to continue the sign-in process. The web address, also known as a URL, may look like http://portal.

Switch between accounts

If you have Windows Phone 8.1, you can switch between a OneDrive for home account and a OneDrive for work or school account, or between multiple OneDrive for work or school accounts.

To do this, open the app, tap Menu at the top of the screen, and then tap the account you want to use. Note that you can't use multiple personal accounts with the OneDrive app.

Add passcode

In the OneDrive app, tap Menu at the top of the screen, tap Settings, and then tap Options. Tap PIN, then set the slider to ON, and tap add pin. Enter and confirm the 4-digit number you want to use as the PIN.

Sign out of accounts

To sign out of a OneDrive for home account or a OneDrive for work or school account, open the app, tap Menu > Settings > Accounts. Once you've selected the account, tap Sign Out.