Windows 10: OneDrive Icons Cycling

Ever since my Desktop was synced to OneDrive I have had intermittent issues with the Desktop icons showing some type of sync issue. It's like the Desktop shortcuts and files are cycling through all possible OneDrive sync statuses. This doesn't happen constantly. It happened regularly when I first had my Desktop synced to OneDrive, but it was stable for a few months I think I can't remember when the Desktop was initially synced. Today it is acting up again. And it isn't constant. It comes and goes. I recorded a video of the flashing/cycling status icons in case it would be helpful.

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OneDrive folder icon changed to plain

Hi,

Thank you for replying.

I understand your concern and suggest you to Unlink OneDrive and run OneDrive setup
again and check. Here is the steps:

• 
  Right-click the white OneDrive cloud icon in the notification area, at the far right of the taskbar.
  
  
  
  (You might need to click the Show hidden icons arrow next to the notification area to see the
  OneDrive icon.)
  
• 
  Click Settings, and then click Unlink.
  
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  Follow the steps in the Welcome to OneDrive wizard to set up OneDrive.
  

Do notify us if the issue still persists and we'll be glad to help.

 

OneDrive Icon

Thank you for your response. To move the OneDrive icon, you can follow the steps below:

• Click Start button, then select Settings.
• Go to Personalization.
• On Perosonalization, click Taskbar.
• Under Notification area, click Select which icons appear on the taskbar.
  
• Turn off Microsoft OneDrive.

We will wait for the outcome.

 

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.