diff --git a/backend/drive/drive.go b/backend/drive/drive.go
index ca04837fa..40a770b7c 100644
--- a/backend/drive/drive.go
+++ b/backend/drive/drive.go
@@ -1303,6 +1303,7 @@ func createOAuthClient(ctx context.Context, opt *Options, name string, m configm
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create client from environment: %w", err)
 		}
 	} else {
+		oauthutil.SharedClientIDWarning(name, "Google Drive", "https://rclone.org/drive/#making-your-own-client-id", m)
 		oAuthClient, _, err = oauthutil.NewClientWithBaseClient(ctx, name, m, driveConfig, getClient(ctx, opt))
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create oauth client: %w", err)
diff --git a/backend/googlephotos/googlephotos.go b/backend/googlephotos/googlephotos.go
index bbe7d84b1..6ecb4ce38 100644
--- a/backend/googlephotos/googlephotos.go
+++ b/backend/googlephotos/googlephotos.go
@@ -349,6 +349,8 @@ func NewFs(ctx context.Context, name, root string, m configmap.Mapper) (fs.Fs, e
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	oauthutil.SharedClientIDWarning(name, "Google Photos", "https://rclone.org/googlephotos/#making-your-own-client-id", m)
+
 	baseClient := fshttp.NewClient(ctx)
 	oAuthClient, ts, err := oauthutil.NewClientWithBaseClient(ctx, name, m, oauthConfig, baseClient)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/lib/oauthutil/oauthutil.go b/lib/oauthutil/oauthutil.go
index 856c881eb..fb713ba88 100644
--- a/lib/oauthutil/oauthutil.go
+++ b/lib/oauthutil/oauthutil.go
@@ -484,6 +484,24 @@ func OverrideCredentials(name string, m configmap.Mapper, origConfig *Config) (n
 	return newConfig, changed
 }
 
+// SharedClientIDWarning warns the user that this remote is relying on
+// rclone's built-in shared OAuth client_id.
+//
+// It only warns when the user has not configured their own client_id
+// (config.ConfigClientID is blank in the config), so it must only be
+// called from the code path that actually uses the shared client_id -
+// not for service account, environment or anonymous auth which don't.
+//
+// name is the remote's name, service is the human readable name of the
+// service (eg "Google Drive") and helpURL points at the docs describing
+// how to make your own client_id.
+func SharedClientIDWarning(name, service, helpURL string, m configmap.Mapper) {
+	if clientID, _ := m.Get(config.ConfigClientID); clientID != "" {
+		return
+	}
+	fs.Logf(name, "This remote uses rclone's shared %s client_id, which is being retired and will stop working during 2026. Create your own client_id to avoid interruption: %s", service, helpURL)
+}
+
 // NewClientWithBaseClient gets a token from the config file and
 // configures a Client with it.  It returns the client and a
 // TokenSource which Invalidate may need to be called on.  It uses the