{"id":451,"date":"2024-09-19T09:00:19","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T08:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/office365\/?p=451"},"modified":"2024-09-02T11:23:03","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T10:23:03","slug":"coloured-folders-in-onedrive-for-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/office365\/2024\/09\/19\/coloured-folders-in-onedrive-for-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Coloured Folders in OneDrive for Business"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>In mid 2023, Microsoft introduced the option to choose colours for folders in OneDrive for Business on the web.<br \/><br \/>Microsoft is bringing coloured folders to OneDrive within the Microsoft Windows File Explorer starting in mid-September 2024 and scheduled to finish by mid-October 2024. <br \/><br \/>If you have used coloured folders on the web version of OneDrive then these will be replicated in the OneDrive in your Windows File Explorer.<br \/><br \/>Once the change happens, you can also update and manage the colour for folders in your OneDrive from within the File Explorer.<br \/><br \/><\/p>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_454\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-454\" style=\"width: 403px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"273\" height=\"300\" class=\" wp-image-454\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/office365\/files\/2024\/09\/2024-09-19-ODfB-coloured-folders-273x300.png\" alt=\"Screenshot showing the menu to change folder colours in OneDrive within the Windows File Explorer\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-454\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manage Folder Colours from Windows File Explorer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In mid 2023, Microsoft introduced the option to choose colours for folders in OneDrive for Business on the web. 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