Windows 10: How to unlink Photos folder from OneDrive

Hello,Ever since I upgraded to Windows 11, I can't get the on-device photos folder to not be linked with my OneDrive photos. My OneDrive storage fills up whenever I put anything into my Photos folder on my PC, and I feel like I've tried every setting to turn this off. I would like to choose when and what to upload to my OneDrive folders.

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Unlink Pictures Folder from OneDrive

Hello there,

I am attempting to unlink the Pictures folder in Windows 10 from OneDrive. I have far too many pictures currently and don't want to have them eat up up space. I believe I was able to do it before I reformatted my computer, but it no longer lets me bypass it. I get a message saying Can't stop syncing folder.

Any suggestions?

Cheers,

 

Move the OneDrive Folder

Move the OneDrive Folder in Windows 10

When you set up OneDrive to sync with your computer, a folder C:\Users\XXXX\OneDrive will be created to store the contents. XXXX denotes your username. To move this folder to another location follow these simple steps:

1. Unlink OneDrive from your PC:

• Go to the taskbar notification area
• Right-click on the OneDrive icon
• Select settings
• Click: Unlink this PC

2. Delete the C:\Users\XXXX\OneDrive folder

3. Create a new folder (target folder) for OneDrive contents, e.g. D:\OneDrive

4. Create Directory Junction for the new folder

• In the search area of the taskbar type CMD and press Ctrl+Shift+Enter
• In the command window type

mklink /J C:\Users\XXXX\OneDrive D:\OneDrive

adjusting it to your specific username and selection of the target folder

5. Link again OneDrive to your PC using the OneDrive icon in the taskbar notification area

 

I can't unlink pictures folder from OneDrive

Hi,

I need to unlink my pictures from OneDrive because my art software doesn't support the file (as they have their own version of backing things up to the cloud). I tried going into my OneDrive to unlink my Pictures folder, but all I received was an error that said

"The folder you tried to unselect was the Windows Pictures folder, which is an important folder in Windows and is currently pointed to OneDrive"

Is there any other way to unlink my photos file?