Uninstalling OneDrive

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I am in the process of setting up a new Windows 10 HP ProBook.

All was going well until I downloaded and installed Microsoft Office Home & Business 2021 (One time purchase, 1 device | Windows 10 PC/Mac Download)

Apparently while installing Office, I setup an account that included OneDrive.

We have a third-party that handles our cloud storage and have absolutely no need for OneDrive.

After working for several hours, I still have OneDrive on the computer.

Is there a simple/straight forward way to get rid of it?

The best option for us would be to totally remove the app from the computer.

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See Turn off, disable, or uninstall OneDrive – Microsoft Support

--Joe

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Kathy Stevens

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The instructions found after following the link are:

• Open OneDrive settings (select the OneDrive cloud icon in your notification area, and then select the OneDrive Help and Settings icon then Settings.)
• Go to the Account tab.
• Select Unlink this PC.

Unfortunately, there is no OneDrive cloud icon in the PC’s notification area.

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This tells you how to select which icons appear in the taskbar:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/customize-the-taskbar-notification-area-e159e8d2-9ac5-b2bd-61c5-bb63c1d437c3#WindowsVersion=Windows_10

I’m not on a Win 10 computer right now so I don’t know if the onedrive icon is among those you can select to appear/not appear in the taskbar. But if it is, the link will get the icon into the taskbar and then you can use @joep517’s link to mess with onedrive.

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Kathy Stevens

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This may help you. It’s two years old, but the procedures should still work.

https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/removing-built-in-apps-from-win10-2004-20h2-21h1/

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Kathy Stevens

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Could not find OneDrive under Group Policy Settings.

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Win10 22H2 Build 19045.3324
Administrative Templates\Windows Components\OneDrive

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Kathy Stevens

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How about restoring the PC to the day before I installed Microsoft Office and then installing Office a second time without creating an account?

Simply install Office using the product key.

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I think 2021 requires a MS login to activate. Don’t know if that applies to a reinstall.

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Kathy Stevens

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Can you just go to Apps and uninstall? Or, use revo? I have 2021 on multiple machines and as PK stated you have to sign in to activate but can then sign out.

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Kathy Stevens

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OneDrive does not appear in apps and can’t be discovered using Revo.

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The MiniTools website contains a posting entitled Solved – How to Disable or Remove OneDrive in Windows 10 at   https://www.minitool.com/backup-tips/how-to-disable-onedrive.html  .

While I was unable to uninstall OneDrive using MiniTools’ instructions, it looks as if I have been able to disable OneDrive through Group Policy.b

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windbg, TechTango

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To uninstall the Windows un-uninstallables, one must first remove all registry entries of their GUIDs.  After those steps, any references in Explorer, etc. can be right-clicked and deleted.

Always create a fresh drive image before making system changes/Windows updates; you may need to start over!

We all have our own reasons for doing the things that we do with our systems; we don't need anyone's approval, and we don't all have to do the same things.

We were all once "Average Users".

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WSGeo, Kathy Stevens

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FWIW I found these keys:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\OneDriveSetup.exe

HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-885448432-3656339346-2805185922-1001\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\OneDriveSetup.exe

I found this value:
“C:\Users\xxxx\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\23.153.0724.0003\OneDriveSetup.exe” /uninstall

And found “C:\Users\xxxx\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\Onedrive.exe

Even though I never touched Onedrive. I also found an uninstall option in control panel/programs and features.

Just because you don't know where you are going doesn't mean any road will get you there.

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Kathy Stevens

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I have been playing around with OneDrive for the better part of a day.

As mentioned earlier, I have disabled it in Office but been unable to “uninstall” it using Revo.  It does not show up as a program to be uninstalled.

Am about to download and install OneDrive again and see if it shows up as a app in Revo.

 

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Well, it appears as if OneDrive has been removed from our new HP ProBook computer.

After fighting with OneDrive for the better part of a day, I downloaded and reinstalled the app.using the Microsoft website.

After the re-installation, the Revo Uninstaller identified the app and I was able to uninstall it.

It looks as if OneDrive is no longer an option for storing Microsoft Office 2023 files.

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I have attempted but failed to remove all references to OneDrive on my 2024 Lenovo laptop. In RegEdit a search for all references were deleted, but some could be removed due to permissions.

Using WizFile (a fantastic free tool), I see there are still have 90 files that will not un-install due to permissions.

There are still traces of OneDrive I want to get rid of.  For example, ‘Save As’ in MS Word  presents OneDrive as an option. I want it gone. I despise OneDrive and resent having to work around it.

Any suggestions?

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