Windows 10: Add or Remove OneDrive Desktop Icon in Windows 10

Brink, I had used the Remove_OneDrive snippet to attempt to remove them from the Desktop. I use OneDrive regularly and enjoy it, I was just hoping to not have the icon cluttering the Desktop. I would rather access it through File Explorer the same way I access non-OneDrive documents. If I understood correctly there was one snippet for adding an icon if it was missing, and one for removing. I used the latter without success.

 

Ah, in that case it looks like the .reg file was not successfully merged and approved since the GUID is still in the registry.

You might see if merging the .reg file from step 3 again may help. If not, then you can also manually delete the {018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6} DWORD in the registry key below.


HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel

 

I've tried the following three registry changes in the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel
{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6} = 0
{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6} = 1
and deleted the {018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6} DWORD entry.

I performed an F5 refresh after each attempt. I also tried the .reg file from Step 3 and verified it was changing the entry I changed manually (it did). If I am correctly interpreting those .reg files it looks like setting the value to 0 is for adding, and 1 for removing. It seems counter-intuitive, so I want to confirm. Regardless, setting the value at either 0 or 1 or deleting it entirely doesn't change the icon on the desktop.

Sorry this isn't as straightforward as it should presumably be, and I appreciate your continued suggestions!
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Correct. Deleting it would be preferred though since it's not there by default.

I'm really not sure why it's staying there if it's not in the registry and you refreshed the desktop or restarted afterwards.

Does it work when you open it?

 

Yes, the OneDrive folders both still work. I tried adding the DWORD back into the registry, refreshed the screen, quit both Onedrive sync clients, removed the DWORD entry again, refreshed the display, and restarted the machine. Still no luck.

Do you know whether this registry edit has worked for anyone previously who uses both the personal and (new) business sync clients?

 

Ok. Let's give the .reg file below a try if you like. It'll add the entry with 1 to all 4 registry locations. You'll need to restart after merging to apply.

Remove_OneDrive_Desktop_Icon.reg

 

Yes, that worked for the Personal OneDrive icon, thank you! However, the link to OneDrive Business (with the new sync client) remains. Do you know if there's a similar technique one could use to remove that icon?
As a heads-up, it did remove the Personal icon without requiring a reboot or even a refresh. I did do a full reboot though to see if it would also handle the OneDrive Business icon, but it did not.

 

Great news so far.

I'm afraid that I'm not sure about the business version. You might check in it's settings to see if there may be one to toggle it off.

 

I downloaded the latest file to edit the registry in order to remove the one drive icon on the windows 10 desktop which worked perfectly for me. I am trying to do the same task for my dropbox icon on the desktop and was not able to find anywhere which registry entries I will need to edit. would it be possible for someone to help me or point me in the right direction? thanks

 

Hello TheSpilDog, and welcome to Ten Forums. *Smile

Here you go: Dropbox Desktop Icon - Add or Remove in Windows 10

 

thank you! it seemed to have worked