iCloud Drive not syncing on Windows 11

iCloud for Windows just sucks... I'm really thinking of changing the service

I am having this issue as well. It hasn't worked for a few weeks, and I have tried all these suggestions. It just doesn't sync, which is annoying as I prefer to use iCloud over OneDrive as it's easier to keep my Mac and Wintel in sync that way (and I pay for MacOS storage, not 1Drive). Files sit in pending forever:

So I solved this recently doing the following:

1. Unisntall icloud for windows. Wait until fully uninstalled (all files removed).
2. Reboot.
3. Reinstall icloud for windows and set it up but don't setup drive yet.
4. Make sure the keychain functionality is active and working in iCloud.
5. Reboot.
6. Setup icloud drive.

It starting working and syncing again after this. Its been good for the last month now. It seems the key step is the passwords and keychain being ON:

this is what helped me:

1. open task manager and search icloud in the processes
2. right-klick on it, there should open the context menu and there should be an option >>end task<<, choose it
3. activate icloud again (i forgot, eventually do a restart and login to icloud again before this)
4. don't forget to click on >>keep a copy on my computer<< (or similar, i forgot the exact wording)
5. wait for half an hour at least ... because directly after clicking, nothing happened for a while, but some time later everything was there
6. sometimes you have to repeat this ... that is, ending the process and reactivating; at least in my case ... I had the same problem also on windows 10.

Created an account to say that after months of various tricks, this worked. Uninstall, re-install and set up passkey, reboot, then set up icloud.

Everything syncs now

Anyone find solution yet. I am having the same issue. Tried everything op had mentioned. Even checked firewall.

Hi Aerethiel01,

From the page Set up iCloud Drive on your Windows computer:

"Set up iCloud Drive

1. On your Windows computer, open iCloud for Windows.
2. Select iCloud Drive, then click Apply.

Files under 1 MB are downloaded automatically. You can open and view downloaded files directly on your computer.

Note: If you’re using iCloud for Windows version 7, the entire contents of iCloud Drive are downloaded automatically."

and:

"Your files and folders are stored in C:\Users\[user name]\iCloud Drive by default."

Have you checked that folder location to see if the items are downloaded as expected? If so, are you able to test this functionality in safe mode or in a new user account?

Regards.

Thank you for the reply Aerethiel01!

If the issue persists on a new user account as well, please contact Apple directly to investigate:

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Cheers!

You are welcome. Glad I could help.