How to Disable or Remove OneDrive in Windows 10

By Achilles Hill | Last Updated January 03, 2024

Microsoft OneDrive is personal cloud storage where you can save your files, documents, photos so that you can access them from any device and anywhere. However, with more and more cloud storage services in the market, you may find Microsoft OneDrive is not that necessary. In that case, you may asks yourself "How do I disable OneDrive in Windows 10?" or "How can I remove OneDrive from Windows 10". Never mind. In this tutorial, you will learn How to Disable or Remove OneDrive in Windows 10.

Overview:

1. Part 1: How to Disable Microsoft OneDrive in Windows 10
2. Part 2: How to Remove Microsoft OneDrive from Windows 10

Part 1: How to Disable Microsoft OneDrive in Windows 10

If you have your own trusted cloud storage service, you may find OneDrive redundant. If you don't need OneDrive anymore, you can choose to disable it. Here follow the below steps to learn how to disable Microsoft OneDrive in Windows 10.

Way 1: Disable Microsoft OneDrive via Settings

Step 1. Select the OneDrive icon in the notification area on your computer.

Notice: If you don't see it at the right corner of the taskbar, you may need click the up arrow which stands for Show hidden icons to see the OneDrive icon. If it still doesn't appear, go to Start, enter OneDrive in the Windows search bar and then get it from the search results.

Step 2. Click More and then choose Settings to go on.

Step 3. In the Settings tab, uncheck Start OneDrive automatically when I sign in to Windows.

Step 4. Go to the Account tab and click Unlink this PC. Then a small window asking "Unlink account on this PC" will pop up, click Unlink account to continue.

Then complete the process of disabling OneDrive by following the on-screen instructions.

Way 2: Disable Microsoft OneDrive in Local Group Policy Editor

Step 1. Press the Windows key and R key at the same time to bring the Run box. Enter gpedit.msc in the blank and click OK to continue. Then you will come to the Local Group Policy Editor window.

Step 2. In the left panel, navigate to the following address:

Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > OneDrive.

Step 3. Double click the item of Prevent the usage of OneDrive for file storage in the right panel.

Step 4. In the next window, choose Enabled, and then click Apply > OK to save changes.

Step 5. Restart your computer to make your changes take effect.

Way 3: Disable Microsoft OneDrive by Registry Editor

Step 1. Press Windows key and R key together, type regedit and then tap OK to go on.

Step 2. In the Registry Editor window, locate to the following address:

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows

Step 3. Right click the key of Windows, and then click New > Key. Name it as OneDrive.

Step 4. Choose OneDrive key and right-click on right white area, then choose New > DWORD (32-bit) Value to continue. Name the new key as DisableFileSyncNGSC.

Step 5. Then double click the new key and change its value data to 1.

As you can see, above all are 3 ways on how to disable OneDrive from Windows 10. You can choose one as per your preference.

Part 2: How to Remove Microsoft OneDrive from Windows 10

Now follow the below steps to learn how to remove Microsoft OneDrive from your Windows 10 computer.

Step 1. Open your Control Panel and click Uninstall a program under Program.

Step 2. Then you will see all the programs are displayed. Find Microsoft OneDrive, right click it and then choose Uninstall from the context menu in order to remove it from your computer.

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