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Go to PC Settings, using the PC Settings tile in the Start menu, or swipe in from the right edge of the screen, select Settings, and then select Change PC settings. In your computer's Start menu, press and hold or right-click the OneDrive tile, and then select Unpin from Start. This removes the OneDrive icon from the Notifications area. One more time, select More and select Quit OneDrive. On the General tab, next to Attributes, check the Hidden box. Open File Explorer, right-click OneDrive, and then click Properties. Close the Welcome to OneDrive box that appears. On the Account tab, click Unlink OneDrive. This step removes all OneDrive files from your computer, but leaves them on .Ĭlick OK to save your changes in the Settings box. (The first check selects all the boxes, then the uncheck clears them all.) Click OK to close the box and return to settings. In the Sync your OneDrive files to this PC box, check and uncheck the box at Sync all files and folders in my OneDrive. On the Account tab, click Choose folders. On the Auto Save tab, set the Documents and Pictures lists to This PC only, and uncheck the other boxes. On the Settings tab, uncheck all the boxes under General. Select Start, type OneDrive in the search box, and then select OneDrive in the search results. If the icon doesn't appear in the notification area, OneDrive might not be running. %Systemroot%\SysWOW64\OneDriveSetup.Note: You might need to click the Show hidden icons arrow next to the notification area to see the OneDrive icon. %Systemroot%\System32\OneDriveSetup.exe /uninstall Optionally, you can reinstall by opening a command prompt:
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You can download OneDrive from MajorGeeks here. Sometimes reinstalling OneDrive might be what's needed. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\OneDrive and verify that DisableFileSyncNGSC and DisableFileSync are both set to 0 by right clicking each key and choosing modify. Press the Windows Key + R and type in regedit followed by enter. Of course, you might want to back up your registry first. This should also work if you hid the icon at one time and now wanted it back. If your problem is that OneDrive or the OneDrive icon is missing, that's a simple registry fix. Your OneDrive tray icon might also disappear, but when it appears, the process is complete. This process has no confirmation and could take a few minutes. Press the Windows Key + R and type in %localappdata%\Microsoft\OneDrive\onedrive.exe /reset followed by enter. TIP: Hard to fix Windows Problems? Repair/Restore Missing Windows OS Files Damaged by Malware with a few clicksĪ OneDrive reset is your best bet and recommended by Microsoft.
