Microsoft to stop OneDrive desktop app support for Windows 7, 8 and 8.1

Microsoft is announcing the end of support for the OneDrive desktop application for the older Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 operating systems. In a blog post, the company announced that “in order to focus resources on new technologies and operating systems and to provide users with the most up-to-date and secure experience,” it will stop providing updates from January 1, 2022.

Further, OneDrive desktop applications running on these operating systems will stop syncing to the cloud from March 1, 2022. Personal files will no longer sync after this said date, and Microsoft adds that users will have to upload or access them directly on OneDrive for web from the laptops, PCs running the older version of Windows.