Windows 10: Add or Remove Windows 10 PCs from OneDrive Fetch Files

How to: Add or Remove Windows 10 PCs from OneDrive Fetch Files

How to Add or Remove Windows 10 PCs from OneDrive Fetch Files


Information OneDrive is a cloud-based storage service where you can view, browse, upload, and share the files you saved online to OneDrive.

The OneDrive Fetch files feature allows you to access all your files on a PC that you sign in to with a Microsoft account from any computer by going to the OneDrive website. You can even access network locations if they're included in the PC's libraries or mapped as drives. When you browse a PC's files remotely, you can download copies of them to work on. You can also stream video and view photos in a slide show.

To access files on your PC remotely, make sure the PC you want to access is turned on and connected to the Internet. OneDrive also needs to be running on that PC, and the Fetch files setting must be turned on.

When you go to the OneDrive website on another PC to remotely fetch files on your PC, you will need to sign in to the OneDrive website with the same Microsoft account that you use to sign in to the PC that you want to fetch files from.

When you connect to a PC to fetch its files from the trusted device for your Microsoft account.


This tutorial will show you how to add or remove your Windows 10 PCs from the OneDrive fetch files list for being able to access all your files on that PC from any other PC by going to the OneDrive website.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: To Add a Windows 10 PC to OneDrive Fetch files list
• Option Two: To Remove a Windows 10 PC from OneDrive Fetch files list

EXAMPLE: Fetch Files on your PC from OneDrive website








OPTION ONE [/i] To Add a Windows 10 PC to OneDrive Fetch files list
1. Sign in to your Microsoft account on the PC you want to add to your OneDrive fetch files list.

2. Open your step 3 or step 4 below depending on what you have available.

3. If the Let me use OneDrive to fetch my files on this PC setting is grayed out, then go to step 5 below.



4. If the Let me use OneDrive to fetch my files on this PC setting is not grayed out and unchecked, then check the box, click/tap on OK, and go to step 14 below.



5. Open your OneDrive folder. (see screenshot below)


Note If you don't have the OneDrive notification area icon available, then open your OneDrive folder from File Explorer or Start menu to have it available afterwards.





6. Click/tap on Get started. (see screenshot below)



7. Do step 8 or step 9 below depending on where you want your OneDrive folder at on your PC. (see screenshot below)



8. To Change OneDrive folder Location
A) Click/tap on Change. (see screenshot below step 7)

B) Navigate to and select a location you want your OneDrive folder to be created at, click/tap on OK, and go to step 10. (see screenshot below)




9. To Keep Using Default or Current OneDrive folder Location
A) Click/tap on Next, and go to step 10. (see screenshot below step 7)
10. If you already have a OneDrive folder with files in it at this location, then click/tap on Use this location. (see screenshot below)



11. Choose what folders you want to sync with OneDrive, and click/tap on Next. (see screenshots below)



12. Check the Let me use OneDrive to fetch any of my files on this PC box, and click/tap on Done. (see screenshot below)



13. Your OneDrive folder on the PC will now open. You can close this if you like. (see screenshot below)



14. You will now be able to use the OneDrive website on any PC to fetch any of your files on this PC.





OPTION TWO [/i] To Remove a Windows 10 PC from OneDrive Fetch files list
1. Do step 2 or step 3 below depending on if you are on the PC you want to remove or not.

2. If the PC you want to remove from the OneDrive fetch files list is turned off and you are on another computer, then go to step 4 below.

3. If you are currently on the PC you want to remove from the OneDrive fetch files list, then step 4 below. (see screenshot below)



4. Go to the OneDrive website, and sign in with your Microsoft account.

5. Select the PC (ex: "BRINK-PC") you want to remove under PCs on the left side, and click/tap on Remove PC. (see screenshot below)



6. Click/tap on Remove PC to confirm. (see screenshot below)



7. The PC has now been removed from the OneDrive fetch files list. (see screenshot below)




That's it,
Shawn


Related Tutorials

• How to Turn On or Off OneDrive Fetch Files on your PC in Windows 10
• How to Choose Folders for OneDrive Selective Sync in Windows 10
• How to Sync Any Folder to OneDrive in Windows 10
• How to Turn On or Off Start OneDrive Automatically when you Sign in to Windows 10
• How to Enable or Disable OneDrive Integration in Windows 10

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Windows 10 - OneDrive

This is Windows 10 Pro... Enterprise is an entirely different deal and I'm sure I won't have problems that route, but I'm not forking over more $ to dipshit developers. The only thing I can think of is un-linking my Office 365 accounts within Office, but that defeats the purpose of accessing the files ONLINE and managing them from there. I have two alumni accounts, not a single problem in Windows 7/8 until M$shit devs decided to integrate Onedrive. I've deleted, renamed, set read-only to "msosync.exe," ... but windows continues to add it again and again, and NOW I just noticed it's now linking to groove.exe, instead of onedrive. Sooo fn annoying!



Onedrive on Windows 10 is not an 'app' it is integrated. Plus I don't fool around with the Windows Store thoughtless developer child bullshit. Windows Store ought to be completely removed from the Windows platform all together. Also I do not intend to completely remove Onedrive, it defeats the purpose... the purpose is to REMOVE it from Windows Explorer navigation and startup.

 

Windows 10 - OneDrive

Can we have rant-less version, please?

 

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.

 

Windows 10 - OneDrive

Anyone know how to remove "OneDrive - For Business" from the Explorer navigation panel? I've tried just about every registry modification, and windows policy for "Onedrive" but they only seem to work for the consumer product, not for onedrive for business.

The onedrive product alone is so damn annoying and continues to load itself upon startup, even when it's explicitly remove from startup. It continues to automatically load and unload itself from within the startup folder... while I'm actively watching it load itself into the startup folder.

 

Windows 10 - OneDrive

[/quote] Click to expand... Sorry, but I think you're confused and keep referring to Onedrive. There is a big difference between the consumer version of Onedrive business O365 version. I do not have the consumer version of Onedrive installed... it is Onedrive for Business. Also, this script is for "Onedrive" .... not Onedrive for Business. Thanks anyway.

OneDrive (for Business) built-in Windows 10 differences?

No thanks for providing a non-rant version. I ought to recruit about 20 million people and walk down to Microsoft headquarters and do them in. Tired of Microsoft forcing their childish development skills on the masses.