Windows 10: Suggestion: ability to rename OneDrive folder i need to delete "- personal" suffix

Discus and support Suggestion: ability to rename OneDrive folder i need to delete "- personal" suffix in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; First of all, Windows always shows my real name at the lock screen. I hate it. To hide it i have to use a local account. Lol.Secondly, the OneDrive... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by 37-42, Sep 12, 2024.

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    Suggestion: ability to rename OneDrive folder i need to delete "- personal" suffix


    First of all, Windows always shows my real name at the lock screen. I hate it. To hide it i have to use a local account. Lol.Secondly, the OneDrive folder has name "MyName - Personal". I HATE IT. First of all, why again my name? Just let me to name it OneDrive. It's enough. In the OneDrive app it's called "OneDrive - personal". ****? I have no business account. I have no other OneDrives. Why do you add "personal"? It takes a lot of space in my side panel. Looks disgusting. Remove this "- personal" from the name. Also let me to rename the folder of OneDrive.

    :)
     
    37-42, Sep 12, 2024
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  2. Rename folder to OneDrive asks Confirm Replacement with another folder

    Hi Kent,

    Welcome to the Microsoft community.

    I'm Hahn and I'm here to help you with your concern.

    Based on your description, we suggest that you can do it all over again as follows:

    • Open OneDrive settings on your computer.
    • Go to the "Accounts" tab and click on "Unlink this computer".
    • Restart your computer.
    • Delete the D:/OldOneDrive folder.
    You can try renaming the old OneDrive folder to something else, then create a new OneDrive folder and set it as a local folder in the OneDrive app.

    If the above does not work, then you can try the following steps:

    • Open a "Command Prompt" on your computer (run as administrator).
    • Type rd /s /q "D:\OldOneDrive" and press Enter.
    This will delete the "OldOneDrive" folder and all its contents.

    • Create a new folder in D:/ and name its OneDrive.
    • Open the OneDrive application and log in.
    • During the setup process, choose to change the OneDrive folder location to D:/OneDrive.
    Please note that this will permanently delete the "OldOneDrive" folder and all its contents, so please ensure that you have backed up all your important data.

    If there is anything not clear, please do not hesitate to let me know.

    Your Sincerely

    | Microsoft Community Support Specialist
     
    Hahn - MSFT, Sep 12, 2024
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  3. Trouble deleting a folder

    Thanks for the suggestion but it says "delete folder failed for E:\....." for each folder I try.

    *Confused Suggestion: ability to rename OneDrive folder i need to delete "- personal" suffix :confused:

    Will I be forever stuck with these unnecessary folders? *Oh Well Suggestion: ability to rename OneDrive folder i need to delete "- personal" suffix :eek:hwell:
     
    oli_ramsay, Sep 12, 2024
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  4. Suggestion: ability to rename OneDrive folder i need to delete "- personal" suffix

    OneDrive Personal Vault corrupt on Windows 11 Error Code: 0x8004100e

    Hi Javier

    I already did that. A couple of times. Most recently, as follow-on steps to your recommendation to delete my Personal Vault permanantly:

    1. Followed your steps to permanently delete Personal Vault on OneDrive web
    2. On my laptop:
      1. Disabled OneDrive backups
      2. Unlink this PC
      3. Uninstalled OneDrive application
      4. Deleted OneDrive folder
      5. Rebooted
      6. Reinstalled OneDrive
      7. Logged back in and retried Personal Vault - same error
     
    Matt Sutton1, Sep 12, 2024
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