Steps to disable or completely remove the Onedrive application on Windows 10

Onedrive is a Microsoft cloud storage solution that allows users to store all data in the cloud and access data directly from the cloud from a computer without having to install any program. Any other. On Windows 10 operating system, OneDrive is integrated more deeply. However, the deep integration of this feature on Windows 10 not only makes it slow but also consumes memory to store temporary data of the cloud on the computer.

In addition, many users prefer to use other cloud storage solutions such as Google Drive, Dropbox . Therefore, if not necessary, you can disable or completely remove OneDrive on your Windows 10 computer. me

1. Disable OneDrive using Local Group Policy Editor

To disable OneDrive with Local Group Policy Editor, follow the steps below:

First press the Windows + R key combination to open the Run command window. On the Run command window, enter gpedit.msc and press Enter to open Local Group Policy Editor.

On the Local Group Policy Editor window you navigate to the key:

Local Computer Policy> Computer Configuration> Administrative Templates

Then select OneDrive located in the Windows Components folder.

In the right pane, find and double-click the option to Prevent usage of OneDrive for file storage and select Enabled , then click Apply => OK .

Now the OneDrive icon no longer appears on File Explorer and on Windows 10 as well.

2. Completely remove OneDrive on Windows 10

To uninstall Onedrive application on Windows 10, follow the steps below:

First right-click the OneDrive application icon in the Taskbar, then select Exit to close the OneDrive app.

Or the faster way is to close the OneDrive application window and then select Yes to exit the application.

After exiting the OneDrive app, right-click on the Start Menu and select Command Prompt (Admin) .

Or alternatively, press the key combination Win + X + A to open Command Prompt (Admin) .

On the Command Prompt window, enter the following command line into:

If you use 32-bit Windows, enter the command line below:

% systemroot% System32OneDriveSetup.exe / uninstall

If you use 64-bit Windows, enter the command line below:

% systemroot% SysWOW64OneDriveSetup.exe / uninstall

After you finish typing the command, Windows will perform a uninstall of the OneDrive application.

When you open Windows Explorer, or search on the Start Menu, you won't see OneDrive.

Next proceed to delete all the OneDrive folders.

To delete the OneDrive folders, first open Windows Explorer, then select the View tab and check the Hidden Items checkbox.

After the folders are hidden, open the ProgramData folder and delete the Microsoft OneDrive folder.

Next, find the User Profile folder and delete the OneDrive folder located in that folder.

Find the User Profile folder under the path: C: UsersyourUserName.

In the User Profile folder, open the App Data folder, select the Local folder and then select the Microsoft folder. Delete the OneDrive folder.

If during the process of deleting the folder with any problems, restart the system again and then follow the steps above.

So you have completely removed the OneDrive application on your Windows 10 computer already.

If you want to use the OneDrvie application, you can reinstall the application by entering the command below into the Command Prompt window.

If you use 32-bit Windows, enter the command line below:

% systemroot% System32OneDriveSetup.exe

If you use 64-bit Windows, enter the command line below:

% systemroot% SysWOW64OneDriveSet.exe

After you finish typing the command, Windows will install and configure the OneDrive application on your Windows 10 computer.

Refer to some of the following articles:

1. OneDrive will be further integrated into the Windows 10 operating system

2. 5 ways to share files and folders from OneDrive in Windows 10

3. Change the account and default storage folder of OneDrive on Windows 10

Good luck!