Windows 10: Remove iCloud Photos from Devices and Drives View in File Explorer

I've customized the look of File Explorer (thanks to the tutorial). Now, how do I remove iCloud Photos from the Devices and Drives view in file Explorer?

:)

 

Windows 10 Install: Cannot Determine Space

I didn't understand why it couldn't work out that I had plenty of disk space, so I looked in File Explorer and saw that my computer had the three devices/drives I expected (two HDD positions, C & D, plus my CD-ROM, E), plus an unexpected "iCloud Photos"
virtual drive with a pretty flower icon that refused to be deleted.

Looking on other forums, I found that my iTunes installation had also installed iCloud, which had created this virtual "iCloud Photos" drive.

The solution was to uninstall iCloud (can leave iTunes) - after that I re-ran the installation and it continues happily.

(the iCloud uninstall goes smoothest if you sign out from iCloud first and exit from it)

It's a pity that some Microsoft programmer didn't realise that it doesn't matter if there are some devices/drives that they can't get info about, as long as there is enough space in the drives they can see, and it is preferable if they are on the local hard
disk and not in a cloud!

 

Editing Devices and Drives menu in File Explorer Win 10

Hi Güven,

Using third-party applications are not recommended to edit Windows interface. If you are not sure what is the result of using this interface editor, the only option that you have is to revert changes by uninstalling them or going back to a restore point.

You can remove certain/selected programs like this in the Control Panel. To do this, visit this link:

Repair or remove programs in Windows 10 for instructions.

Let us know if you have other concerns.

 

I found a solution. I deleted this registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\{F0D63F85-37EC-4097-B30D-61B4A8917118}.

This solution is definitely not original--I saw this online but I don't remember where and I didn't save the link.

 

Thanks gogreen
with the need to remove the 'iCloud', icon - I did a search and came across your solution.Instant success!
Many thanks for putting this on the forum

 

thank you for this soln gogreen, much appreciated! Here is a quick summary for others if interested -

Reference:

• rANa'S Blog - How to remove iCloud Photo from My Computer (9/21/14)

Steps:

• Open regedit (Win+R, "regedit")
• Enter key in address bar
• Deprecate key
  • Opt A. - delete
  • Opt B. - rename something different (e.g. prefix with "_")
• Close and re-open to observe result

Key:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\{F0D63F85-37EC-4097-B30D-61B4A8917118}

thanks! *Smile