Windows 10: Uninstalled OneDrive - Content from Drive STILL showing in Pictures etc

So because I can't stand having all of my OneDrive files broken but visible in Pictures, Documents, etc and I couldn't remove them from there, I decided to uninstall OneDrive from this PC. I use it on other platforms, so I'm not trying to delete my account there, I just don't want it on my machine here. I logged out, removed the app, removed it from programs, etc, but the files are still visible in File Explorer.


Even before I uninstalled, they did not work and showed with a small X in the bottom-right corner. When I tried to open them, it would simply say 'X.png We can't open this file'. Now OneDrive is gone and the files are STILL visible!! It's a horrible breach of any sort of account security if I can't get private files away from this computer!


Please help.

:)

 

Windows 10 - OneDrive

Right click on the app and one of the properties has an option to not automatically start it. Uncheck, restart the computer, and it should stop. If you want to go another step further, find the OneDrive app in the start menu, right click on it and uninstall.

If that is still insufficient, there is a batch uninstaller for OneDrive available online. I can copy the code here if you need it.

 

Lumia 950 showing complete contents of OneDrive

Hi Joe

This doesn't answer my question, I want the phone to backup photos/videos, text messages & contacts etc. But I don't want the complete content of the OneDrive picture and video directory displayed on the phone. If I delete the content on the phone, will
it remain on OneDrive, or will it be removed from OneDrive?

 

Problem with location of Pictures library after making pictures available on OneDrive

Thanks Rhina

I did what you suggested but it ended up making OneDrive the Pictures library. This may have something to do with the way i originally moved the Pictures folders to OneDrive. I probably should explain:

Because there already was a (fairly empty) Pictures folder under OneDrive (automatically set up I think when transferring a few Ipad photos to PC via OneDrive) I had moved the top level Pictures folders into D/users/myname/OneDrive rather than moving
the Pictures folder itself. This was probably a bit stupid but I subsequently moved the top level Pictures folders into that pre-existing Pictures folder on OneDrive and that's how we got to where we are today.

To continue after that diversion. Following the restore you suggested, the pictures folder under Libraries was still wrong but it looked a lot better ie it was no longer offering me a choice of locations for Pictures folders and, instead was just showing
me all the top level folders for what it (wrongly) thought was the Pictures folder. But it was still not appearing directly under This PC.

My next step was to go into Properties option for Libraries/Pictures. Here I simply added the correct location D/users/myname/OneDrive/pictures and deleted the location D/users/myname/OneDrive which at that time was the current location.

So, on the Positive side:

• Libraries/Pictures now shows what I would expect ie my top level Pictures folders

But, on the negative side:

• Pictures still does not appear under This PC, unlike Documents, Videos, Music etc
• in the Photos app, if I go to Folders option, it shows the folder as OneDrive, not OneDrive/Pictures even though, if i go into "choose where to look" it is correctly showing OneDrive/Pictures as the location. Obviously i can still get to the photos I need
  but it's an extra unnecessary step
  

That's where i am currently.