Remove iCloud Photos from Devices and Drives View in File Explorer


  1. Posts : 253
    64-bit Windows 10 Home ver.1607
       #1

    Remove iCloud Photos from Devices and Drives View in File Explorer


    I've customized the look of File Explorer (thanks to the tutorial). Now, how do I remove iCloud Photos from the Devices and Drives view in file Explorer?
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  2. Posts : 253
    64-bit Windows 10 Home ver.1607
    Thread Starter
       #2

    I found a solution. I deleted this registry key:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\{F0D63F85-37EC-4097-B30D-61B4A8917118}.

    This solution is definitely not original--I saw this online but I don't remember where and I didn't save the link.
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  3. Posts : 253
    Windows 10 64 Bit
       #3

    Thanks gogreen
    with the need to remove the 'iCloud', icon - I did a search and came across your solution.Instant success!
    Many thanks for putting this on the forum
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  4. Posts : 10
    Win10 Home v1709
       #4

    thank you for this soln gogreen, much appreciated! Here is a quick summary for others if interested -

    Reference:

    Steps:
    1. Open regedit (Win+R, "regedit")
    2. Enter key in address bar
    3. Deprecate key
      • Opt A. - delete
      • Opt B. - rename something different (e.g. prefix with "_")

    4. Close and re-open to observe result

    Key:
    • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\{F0D63F85-37EC-4097-B30D-61B4A8917118}

    thanks! :)
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  5. Posts : 1
    10
       #5

    this option worked.


    gogreen said:
    I found a solution. I deleted this registry key:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\{F0D63F85-37EC-4097-B30D-61B4A8917118}.

    This solution is definitely not original--I saw this online but I don't remember where and I didn't save the link.
    the option above worked
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  6. saj
    Posts : 2
    Windows 10 x64 Ent 1803, (10.0.17134)
       #6

    Thank you.

    gogreen said:
    I found a solution. I deleted this registry key:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\{F0D63F85-37EC-4097-B30D-61B4A8917118}.

    This solution is definitely not original--I saw this online but I don't remember where and I didn't save the link.
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  7. Posts : 1
    Windows 10 x64
       #7

    Still got the issue


    hmm, I have *17* copies of the darn folder, totally removed iCloud and they won't go away ... although now their icon is broken. Brand new install of Windows 10 and iTunes - it never worked, never got a single photo downloaded. Anyway I'd love to get rid of them!
    I have no copies of that registry key.
    I found another page which mentioned a different key ...
    Deleting iCloud Photos icon from Quick Access in Windows 10 – blob

    I didn't have that one either.
    I think iCloud is what's been making explorer insanely slow and constantly refreshing, since I killed it the problem seems to have gone away.

    Now all I have to do is figure out how to kill all of the leftover crud it's scattered across 'Desktop'... really annoying their uninstaller doesn't work any better than the app!!
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  8. Posts : 6
    Windows 10
       #8

    mikejt4 said:
    hmm, I have *17* copies of the darn folder, totally removed iCloud and they won't go away ... although now their icon is broken.
    I also have a many copies of the folder polluting the side-panel of my File Explorer window.
    Did you figure out how to remove it?
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