OneDrive Questions Please


  1. Robert11
    Posts : 302
    W7
       New #1

    OneDrive Questions Please


    Hello,

    Sr. Citizen now, very, so please put up with a very basic question.

    Apparently I have had OneDrive "active" for quite a while.

    I want nothing to do with it.

    Can someone please walk me thru, very specifically, all the steps to totally
    disable it functioning on my PC. ?

    I would, if possible, like to keep any of its Folders with items it created so
    that I don't want to possibly lose something important.

    Just want to prevent it doing anything new.

    Much thanks,
    Appreciate the help,
    Bob
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  3. dalchina
    Posts : 43,004
    Win 10 Pro (22H2) (2nd PC is 22H2)
       New #2

    Hi, I can quite understand why you want nothing to do with this octopus-like entity.

    There are numeroous tutorials on Onedrive in.. yes.. the searchable Tutorials section. (Link above).

    First, whatever happens, all files synched to date remain in your online Onedrive account and can be retrieved as necessary.

    Second, take due precautions. You are, hopefully, already using 3rd party disk imaging - a kind of copy of your partitions periodically saved to external storage which allows you to recover your O/S and any imaged partition to 'as was' even if your internal disk(s) fail(s). E.g. Macrium Reflect/Aomei Backupper (free version is ok).

    Third, proceed carefully step by step and check after each that your files are where you expect them to be.

    a. Disable OneDrive synching.
    How to Pause and Resume Sync in OneDrive in Windows 10

    b. Disable OneDrive integration.
    Enable or Disable OneDrive Integration

    - note the step in the tutorial referring to this (in blue text before 'Contents' - blue text in tutorials is clickable)
    Turn On or Off OneDrive PC Folder Backup Protection in Windows 10

    c. Uninstall Onedrive
    Uninstall OneDrive in Windows 10

    Please read through these cardully first, especially preamble notes.

    Note the issue the user faced here:
    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...5-388fb715fe68

    There are plenty of other guides around... more:
    6 Easy Ways to Disable or Turn off OneDrive in Windows 11
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