Microsoft provides this “Pin to quick access” feature to easily find and access the document library. Here, In this SharePoint Online tutorial, I will show you, how to pin a SharePoint document library to quick access. Then, I will show you, how to pin a SharePoint document library to OneDrive.
Moreover, we will discuss, how to pin SharePoint document library files, and how to unpin a SharePoint document library from quick access.
In the SharePoint Online document library where we can use this “Pin to quick access” feature to easily find and access documents or files. And, also it is more like a bookmark to identify the number of documents. You can also able to pin shared libraries to the quick-access section in your OneDrive.
How to Pin a SharePoint Document Library to Quick Access
Suppose, I have a SharePoint document library as “Product Documents” and now, I will show you, how to pin a SharePoint document library to quick access. To achieve it, follow the below steps.
- Open SharePoint Online document library where you want to pin to quick access, then click on the Pin to quick access option on the command bar like below.

- Once, you pin this document library to quick access, it will appear in the Quick access section to find and access the document library.
- And, whenever you want to move or copy your items, you will get this document library under Quick access.

- Similarly, once you pin this document library to quick access, it will appear under Quick access in OneDrive as well.

This is how to pin a SharePoint document library to quick access.
NOTE:
Pin to Quick access feature is only available to SharePoint Document Library, but not available in SharePoint Lists.
How to Pin SharePoint Document Library Files to Quick Access
Here, we will discuss how to pin SharePoint document library files to quick access. To do so, follow the below steps.
- Open the SharePoint Online document library, click on the file, and select the ellipses (…) option. Then, click on the

- Once it is done, it will appear at the top of the document library as shown below.

This is how to pin SharePoint document library files to quick access.
How to Unpin a SharePoint document library from quick access
Similarly, here we will see how to unpin a SharePoint document library from quick access. Follow the below steps.
- Open the OneDrive where you want to unpin a SharePoint document library from quick access. Then, click on the Unpin from quick access like below.

- And, also we can also unpin SharePoint document files from a document library. For this, click on the respective file, and select the ellipses (…). Then, click on the Edi pin, and select the Unpin option.

This is how to unpin a SharePoint document library from quick access.
Conclusion
Here, I have explained how to pin a SharePoint document library to quick access and how to pin a SharePoint document library to OneDrive. Then, we saw how to pin SharePoint document library files. And also, we covered how to unpin a SharePoint document library from quick access.
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Preeti Sahu is an expert in Power Apps and has more than 6 years of experience working with SharePoint and the Power Platform. As a Power Platform expert for Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents, and Power Pages, she is currently employed with TSinfo Technologies. She is the author of the book Microsoft Power Platform A Deep Dive. She also made a big technical contribution to SharePointDotNet.com in the form of articles on the Power Platform. She enjoys traveling and spending time with her family in her spare time.