How to disable OneDrive

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• what to do if you want to uninstall OneDrive

• how to remove OneDrive

• how DiskInternals Partition Recovery can help you

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How to remove OneDrive

Here are few methods that can be helpful and any of them can be your solution.

Method 1: Use Settings to disable OneDrive

Simply open OneDrive by clicking the “Search Icon" on the taskbar and type in “OneDrive”, then open the app. You should see the OneDrive icon on your taskbar or near the battery icon. You can also click on the icon to launch the app.

Method 2: Use Group Policy

It is also possible to disable/remove OneDrive using Group Policy. This method is a bit more technical than the previous one, but it works.

• Press Windows Key + R and type in the following: gpedit.msc

• Click “Run” top open the Group Policy page.

• On the page, go to Computer Configuration >>> Administrative Templates >>> Windows Components >>> OneDrive

• On the “OneDrive” page, double-click on Prevent the usage of OneDrive for file storage

• On the popup page, select “Enabled” and click OK.

• Restart your PC.

Method 3: Use Registry Editor

Using the Registry Editor, you can also remove OneDrive or disable it on your Windows computer. The Registry Editor works similarly to the Group Policy editor.

• Press Windows Key + R and type in the following string: Regedit

• Click “Run” to open the Registry Editor page.

• Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE >>> SOFTWARE >>> Policies >>> Microsoft >>> Windows

• Right-click on the “Windows” folder and select New >>> Key

• Save the new key with OneDrive.

• Now right-click the newly created OneDrive folder and select New >>> DWORD(32-bit) Value

• Save it as DisableFileSyncNGSC.

• Open the newly created file and set the value to “1” and click OK to save changes.

Restart your computer afterward.

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