Windows 10: Stopping OneDrive

Finally upgraded to Windows 10 and OneDrive is driving me mad. I have stopped syncing via the app which I can no longer even find and discovered I think how to stop Office files automatically saving to OneDrive. My issue now is that OneDrive appears in my file path for Desktop and Documents e.g. C:\Users\james\OneDrive\Desktop. Does this mean that anything I want to place on my desktop is still going to OneDrive? And - whether or not it is - how do I remove OneDrive from the file path? I have found a way to restore the default path by right clicking then Properties>location but it throws up a warning:


Do you want to redirect folder "Desktop" into another system folder "Desktop" located at C:\Users\james\OneDrive\Desktop"? If you proceed with this redirection you will not be able to separate them or restore to default location.


That sounds like it'll make my file path "...Desktop\Desktop", which I also do not want. Especially not if it's irreversible.


Any advice on how to correct my file paths would be appreciated.

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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

W10Privacy utility. Option to permanently stop OneDrive from starting up.

 

How do I stop solications to setup OneDrive?

Hi,

We apologize for the delay response and thank you for the additional details.

Upon analyzing this matter, it seems that
OneDrive is having issues in syncing your
Microsoft Account that causes the issue to occur. We suggest you to try these following methods and check if there's any changes:

Method 1: add/remove your account in OneDrive.

To do unlink your account, follow these steps:

• 
  Right-click on the
  cloud icon
  on the lower right of your screen.
  
• 
  Choose
  Settings.
  
• 
  On the
  Account tab, click on
  Unlink this PC.
  
• 
  Choose
  Unlink Account.
  

To add your account, just run OneDrive again the enter your credentials.

Method 2: reset OneDrive.

To reset OneDrive, follow these steps:

• 
  Press
  Windows key + R.
  
• 
  Type
  %localappdata%\Microsoft\OneDrive\onedrive.exe /reset
  
• 
  Click
  OK.
  
• 
  Make sure that the
  cloud iconor the
  OneDrive icon
  on the bottom right
  disappears.
  
• 
  If the icon doesn't
  re-appear after a few minutes, press
  Windows key + R
  and type
  %localappdata%\Microsoft\OneDrive\onedrive.exe
  

Let us know how it goes.

Regards.