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OneDrive You Now Have Two Copies Of A File [Couldn’t Merge]: Fix

It is possible that you have multiple Office versions installed on your PC

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

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A commonOneDrive syncingerroris theYou now have two copies of afile. We couldn’t merge the changeserror message. This usually happens when say you are trying to sync the samefilefrom two different locations or if there is a connectivity issue during the syncing process.

One user was quite concerned about his data safety when the error appeared.

I use onedrive for all of my university work. I had just finished some work and saved all items to my OneDrive in the usual places.After i did so a notification popped up saying: “you now have two copies of (50-142 number changes with every notification)fileswe couldn’t merge the changes” and continues to do so every second or two and has not stopped since (which has been about an hour).

Check the steps below to fix the error at hand.

How can I fix the OneDrive You now have two copies of a file error?

1. Delete multiple Office versions

2. Update/Repair Microsoft Office on your PC

3. Delete the Microsoft Upload Center cache

4. Stop syncing the particular library

Also, while the above should be enough to deal with theYou now have two copies of afilewe couldn’t merge the changes, another general rule of thumb would be to dissuade from syncing very largefiles.

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Ivan has delved deep into understanding the Windows OS, with a specialization in drivers and driver troubleshooting.