Tony77 said:

Hi Shawn,
After UNSYNC OneDrive, the content of Documents folder in This PC disappeared (I believe that Documents folder is still pointing to Users/Tony/OneDrive/Documents...I tried to move or point to Users/Tony/Documents but Windows won't let me. If I uninstall OneDrive per your instruction will the Documents folder in This PC default/point to Users/Tony/Documents ?(of course I will save the content of the Documents folder in OneDrive first)
Desktop, windows 10 Home, 4/2020 update, built-in OneDrive
Sorry for the lengthy question, Thanks

Hello Tony,

Unfortunately, unsyncing Documents from OneDrive (cloud) will not restore the files to the Documents folder on the PC.

You will need to manually copy the files from the Documents folder on OneDrive (cloud) back into the the Documents folder on the PC.

Tony77 said:

Hi Shawn,
As I recall, when I first setup the windows10, I selected Document and Pictures to link or sync with OneDrive cloud. Now those 2 folders are linked to OneDrive folder no matter where! even after unlinked and then uninstalled (after uninstalled OneDrive, the OneDrive folder is still avail at C:\Users\Tony\OneDrive . Documents in "This PC" links to it but NOT C:\users\Tony\Documents). I moved the OneDrive folder from C:\users\Tony to another internal Harddrive (D:\)...but this Documents folder (in This PC) still follow it to drive D:\ . Moving OneDrive folder to an external drive and disconnected drive, Document still link to that non connected drive. Can not link, point to Document in C:\Users\Tony (Move or Restore Default, Find Target all failed)...
what I want is to link Documents in This PC to Documents in C:\Users\Tony

You could test using step 5 in option 2 of the tutorial below to restore the default location of your Documents folder.

Restore Default Location of Personal Folders in Windows 10

Hi Shawn,
Just to confirm the old built-in app is only available with a W10 install otherwise I have to use the Store app.
Thank you

Hemimax said:

Hi Shawn,
Just to confirm the old built-in app is only available with a W10 install otherwise I have to use the Store app.
Thank you

In Windows 11 it's
C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-onedrive-setup_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.22483.1000_none_131770188d15d249
same as Win 10 I believe for the install .exe.

Thank you! Think this is it C:\Windows\WinSxS\wow64_microsoft-windows-onedrive-setup_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.19041.1_none_e585f901f9ce93e6

mariadkins said:

i've done all of the above - at least i'm almost positive i have, as directed in the article. however, whenever i try to remove onedrive, i either can't find it anywhere on my main drive or i get a pop up stating it's already installed and must be uninstalled in order to uninstall or install it. i'm generally not this lost with computers. but this really has me stumped. can someone, anyone, please help me (get rid of onedrive)? thanks!

Hello Maria, and welcome to Ten Forums.

If you were able to successfully do option 1 without getting an error message, then OneDrive should be uninstalled.

Note, this does not remove your OneDrive folder though. Just the app.