Windows 10 - How To Disable OneDrive and Remove it From File Explorer on Windows 10
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Windows 10 How to Disable OneDrive and Remove it From File Explorer on Windows 10.
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops,and tablets running the Windows 10 operating system (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba,Lenovo, and Samsung).
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@Team_View
4 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU! It helped me! cause in my OneDrive, they don't have the option to turn it off D; You are a Life Saver! Glad i uninstall that program. wish it could have just a switch to switch it off, but uninstalling it is good enough to me. No point for my use!
@philipkasen5454
4 жыл бұрын
I watched 10 videos. yours was simple and it WORKED. Thanks
@marcusantoniuskase9770
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks a ton
@RishiKumar-os4vj
2 жыл бұрын
thanks, one drive was deleting my game saves and my important files thank you so much
@Zapie020
Жыл бұрын
if i do this, will my files on my onedrive be moved to my pc?
it was duplicating my apps and making my computer slow thanks for the help
@MDTechVideos
5 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
@lolmans
4 жыл бұрын
@The#1 missinglink Thank you haha
@kishawdinnoo1794
3 жыл бұрын
Me too
@anagh8878
3 жыл бұрын
Your welcome, Gorden from Thomas and trains. Gosh I have a great memory.
@pokeiswho
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah it helps soo much now Minecraft can run even better yay:)
Thank you, Jesus! You earned yourself a place in heaven for posting this video.
@MDTechVideos
5 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
@bionikpulse
3 жыл бұрын
The hatred I have for onedrive is unfathomable
@diana-cy4kj
3 жыл бұрын
@@bionikpulse I second that.
@fladigman
2 жыл бұрын
@@bionikpulse same
@ZEN_YUMI
4 ай бұрын
Wallahi thanks❤
Greatly appreciated sir! This very aggressive move by MicroSoft to force users to onedrive is pushing me very close to switching permanently to linux.
Thanks One drive literally screwed me over today hard basically getting rid of all my files so now I'm fresh so it need to be gone forever.
@MDTechVideos
6 жыл бұрын
Glad to help.
@jackbayer7975
5 жыл бұрын
same thing just happened to me
@OliverWilson0
5 жыл бұрын
same all my stuff gone
@BlackyChan123v
5 жыл бұрын
yup, literally did the exact same to me, all of my stuff on mydesktop, pictures and videos lost. fucking hate that shitty program so much, this has happened before too
@tobyfredson5668
4 жыл бұрын
@@BlackyChan123v Really? How does that happen?
Just to clarify, uninstalling OneDrive *will not get rid of any of your synced data.* Deleting apps that haven't already come from the installation process or anywhere else would basically not be allowed (or so that's what I think). I've uninstalled OneDrive, it does not get rid of anything it's synced with. Everything will now download to your computer and not OneDrive, thanks to *MDTechVideos.*
@monza9307
2 жыл бұрын
Oh thanks
Cheers! Cant believe Windows made it so complicated just to remove an app!
@MDTechVideos
4 жыл бұрын
Glad to help!
@favouredlisa8218
3 жыл бұрын
It's because they are looking for money
@KyrieBron
3 жыл бұрын
@@favouredlisa8218 so Ture
@shacochad7052
3 жыл бұрын
@@favouredlisa8218 how does that make sense
@PlatinumDustVA
3 жыл бұрын
@@shacochad7052 well OneDrive continuously tries to make you buy storage, even sometimes locking your own applications behind a wall where you can't get it, they use this as a way to "remind you" to buy more storage even though you don't need it. It's Hella scummy
I've run into legends who get straight to the point and you are one of them, thank you greatly.
Haha yes, I finally cast that abomination of a tool into the shadow realm
@firecaps3140
4 жыл бұрын
bruh is there a better option to it?
@laupoke
4 жыл бұрын
@@firecaps3140 ?
@laupoke
4 жыл бұрын
@@firecaps3140 english pls
@UltimateGCX
4 жыл бұрын
Lmao that made me laugh
@OSRS_KQs
4 жыл бұрын
@@firecaps3140 Dropbox was pretty good back in the day. It provides more than that pathetic 5gb and you can expand by inviting other people to use it with referral links. The beauty of it was that I personally chose which files I wanted to backup in the cloud. None of that OneDrive trash where it vacuums everything in sight until the day you realize it causes compatibility issues with many apps that use documents locations, as well as being full quickly and holding files ransom for $6.99/mo. to expand space.
You are my new hero! This was exactly what I needed in totally unscary and clearly understood terms. Thank you!
THANK YOU!!! I ran out of space for Onedrive so I didn't wanna use it anymore it was annoying. Thanks so much for putting this tutorial out there.
3 years later and it still works! Thank you dude! I’m new to PC and I couldn’t stand OneDrive
@MDTechVideos
3 жыл бұрын
Glad it helped
Thank you so much. I was downloading stuff online and it was telling me my onedrive was full but thanks to you it works...liked the video ;)
@MDTechVideos
6 жыл бұрын
Your welcome!
@mnkhdlgra9499
2 жыл бұрын
if i delete onedrive what happen next to my files? are files delete too?
@harstuckgoldfps
2 жыл бұрын
@@mnkhdlgra9499 hi your files wont be deleted if they are from your computer. but they wont be back up if *lets say ur computer broke*. one drive is just a silly service that holds onto your files and helps u recoever them
@magnetizzed
2 жыл бұрын
Im too lazy to watch the video but what happens when you disable onedrive?
Saved my time and patience with Microsoft's default applications, thanks so much!
@MDTechVideos
4 жыл бұрын
Glad it helped!
You saved my Pc from me throwing him through window, he thanks you so much!
@bionikpulse
3 жыл бұрын
Hahahaha I have 6 desktops
@imoffendedthatyouareoffended
8 ай бұрын
@@bionikpulsehahaha this guy has 6 extremely low end pcs.
I've been trying to remove it for months without success.This appears to have succeeded.Thanks
Thank you! I started seeing obnoxious red Xs on my files and getting notifications about running out of space. No windows, I don't want to buy more space. BYE!
@MDTechVideos
4 жыл бұрын
Glad I could help!
@BWVidventures
3 жыл бұрын
hi, if i uninstall onedrive, nothing really lost on my desktop files? how to return ny files from one drive to desktop again?
@bizarreness
3 жыл бұрын
exactly!!!!!
@andrejv5330
3 жыл бұрын
@@BWVidventures Yes man I need to know this too. I have this problem and I am scared if my all documents and stuff will be deleted. Pls HELP
@Dd3vil
3 жыл бұрын
@@andrejv5330 For me none of my files got deleted when I uninstalled Onedrive so you should be fine and pause syncing with onedrive to your pc just to make sure
im surprised how a 3 year old video helped me uninstall it in like 10 seconds other videos are telling me to download like a app thank you so much!!!!
You're the GOAT for this🙌🏼 A 2min video, straight to the point that resolved my headaches with this unnecessary app!
I found my new computer was running slow after that OneDrive was installed. Got rid of it by unistalling the program and now my computer is lightning fast.
@alphatechhub4u886
2 жыл бұрын
Yeas bro
this is how tutorials should be made. short and to the point.
@MDTechVideos
3 жыл бұрын
You're welcome
Thank you so much! Onedrive takes up 10% of my CPU usage just at idle and when I initially turned off backup, all of my shortcuts and documents just disappeared! I had no idea it wasn't going to my storage by default
Thank you so much! Problems with One Drive almost made me give up on a hobby of mine, I cant thank you enough.
@MDTechVideos
3 жыл бұрын
Glad I could help!
Thank you sire, you helped me get rid of something I never asked for nor wanted on my PC
@MDTechVideos
4 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
Thank you my onedrive wasn’t deleting files and was taking up a bunch of space
My man, you're a legend. This terrific abomination starting eating my files and you saved my laptop
@MDTechVideos
4 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
Thank you so much for helping with this issue. Straight to the point, and concise. 5/5 stars
@MDTechVideos
Жыл бұрын
Glad I could help
You are awesome! Just the instructions, step by step, and bam, it’s done. Great job!
@MDTechVideos
4 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
Oh my gosh dude you practically saved my life! No strange Indian ascent, no complicated paths, just straight to the point.
@MDTechVideos
2 жыл бұрын
Glad I could help
@bot_0132
Жыл бұрын
Indian accent is strange?
@Angel-iw1xd
Жыл бұрын
@@bot_0132 hell yeah
@socialmeaslesinpartnership1252
11 ай бұрын
Some of them, it's a thick German accent................@@Angel-iw1xd
@sazid.422
8 ай бұрын
But still you need our help😂
Thank you so much my old PC had everything linked to the D: drive so all my shortcuts got messed up
OMG! Thank you so much, I'd been trying to delete this thing from my PC but couldn't, thanks for your help man you made it so easy!!Thank you very much!!!
@MDTechVideos
3 жыл бұрын
Glad I could help
Hugeee thx man. you really saved me. i was raging because one drive was full and it wouldnt allow me to make changes in word files. hate it how windows more and more forces you to sign up and pay for their bull****. wish the simpler times back everything nowadays is so overly complicated and over the top. Nevertheless thank you
Thanks :)
@MDTechVideos
5 жыл бұрын
You are welcome!
@BWVidventures
3 жыл бұрын
@@MDTechVideos hi, if i uninstall onedrive, nothing really lost on my desktop files? how to return my files from one drive to desktop again?
@Dawn-akie
2 жыл бұрын
@@BWVidventures yow same thing happened to my bro files.. if this is answered will be greatly appreciated, How to retrieve the files, or prevent from deleting my files or pictures that is linked to one drive in my pc.
@BWVidventures
2 жыл бұрын
@@Dawn-akie ahmm, i reset my laptop. because i back it up before. so i have no lost. i just lost apps and softwares that are freshly downloaded. thats all
Thank you so much, you are a life saver. I hated the way one drive hijacked everything I loaded onto my p.c. Why do people like Microsoft and Google force you to take apts you don't want. I'm wasting hours stripping my new windows 10 down and getting it to run the way I want.
That was a big help. Thanks, man!
Thanks so much! I could not get OneDrive to stop popping up! you are truly a life saver, thanks bud. 😄😁
@MDTechVideos
Жыл бұрын
Glad to help
Thank you! I have so many files on OneDrive and I'm scared it will delete everything linked to it. It says my drive is 99% full so I had to do something before it froze me.
@prachichandwani9603
3 жыл бұрын
Are the files deleted??
Omg, THANK YOU!! I been doing game development on unreal engine, and it just keeps uploading my files to one drive, and keep messing up my projects. No more muaha! =D
great tutorial it worked well I had no idea how to do this thank you for taking the time to make it
thank you! this is worked like magic! Thank you so much SIR!!!!
Thank you very much, excellent tutorial, short, to the point and best of all effective, I subscribed, thanks thanks thanks!!!!!
@MDTechVideos
6 жыл бұрын
Your welcome!
Thank you so much it kept wanting me to get more storage when I know I already had some
@MDTechVideos
3 жыл бұрын
Glad I could help
Thank you. Just for clarification, once you follow the procedure does it delete the OneDrive account and all files in it, or just stop the continued syncing and automatic uploading to the OneDrive cloud account. In other words, if I later re-establish my OneDrive account will those files still be there? (I hope not. I just want to make sure those files are completely deleted and not floating around out there. I'm happy keeping them on my local computer and backing up to an external hard drive.) Thanks!
omg tysm now i can download all the sims 4 cc i want :)
@MDTechVideos
6 жыл бұрын
Your welcome!
@bri-ec1xq
4 жыл бұрын
Same!
@pennenoodles
4 жыл бұрын
LMAO ME 😭😭 I just KNOW my OneDrive is 99% cc
@luhvvlx
3 жыл бұрын
@@pennenoodles I wanna try this and I have a bunch of files especially my sims 4 data but if I do this will my sims 4 data delete?
@luhvvlx
3 жыл бұрын
@@user-qz5eb7pd4x i wanna try this and I have a bunch of files especially my sims 4 data but if I do this will my sims 4 data delete?
instructions unclear, deleted my whole PC
@otto4119
3 жыл бұрын
U cant delete ur whole pc
@CoolGuyWithAPen
Жыл бұрын
He meant factory reset
Exactly what I was looking for. THANKS
@MDTechVideos
3 жыл бұрын
Glad I could help!
oh my god, you dont understand how much this helped, you earned a subscriber
@MDTechVideos
4 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
Honestly I was happy for some time with this app, it gave security for my work files, but one time I disabled it thinking it was the cause of Win10 desktop icons becoming blank. The results were unexpectedly worse, all the files and apps that were apparently uploaded to OneDrive by OneDrive itself simply disappeared from my PC. Makes no sense, because all of that data was installed/saved on my computer, but somehow by disabling OneDrive I got rid of all that data with it. The most odd thing is that I never uninstalled OneDrive, just turned it off and it decided to disappear as well along with my personal data. What the fuck?????? luckily I found a way to reinstall this piece of garbage and recover my files. To this moment I do not understand how can this program hold control over files that are on my PC???? I'm saving everything important onto my USB and getting rid of this awful app once and for all time. Thanks Microsoft, another gem. As if the OS isn't bad enough....
@midhunmohandas8248
2 жыл бұрын
Sir can you please tell me how did u recover ur files ? My files are gone idk how to recover it
@midhunmohandas8248
2 жыл бұрын
I've yet to uninstall one drive but how to get my data back can u suggest any ways ?
It’s duplicating more like quadlicating my files making my computer so slow
Slight problem though, when looking for onedrive in programs and features etc. it doesn't appear anywhere on my computer even though it's clearly visible on my computer (even in task manager) and even though right now it's apparently having "sync problems" there's no way I see to completely get rid of it, so wanted to know if there's another way to get rid of it that doesn't include downloading some software tool etc.?
Jeez having some trouble solving this issue for some time , thanks for the video man saves me a lot of time
@MDTechVideos
2 жыл бұрын
Glad it helped
If I uninstall onedrive, will it also uninstall all my game and app cuz I sync them all
@laylakosara4671
4 жыл бұрын
no, it won't I have the sims and all of the doc uploads to onedive and onedrive just deletes it for me which is annoying but even after I uninstalled onedrive everything is there I mean I love it now
@laupoke
4 жыл бұрын
yes and it will make your pc explode too, sadly
@MattiesGaming
3 жыл бұрын
@@laupoke I had to buy another pc after this, my pc exploded and blew up my desk, my legs, my tv's, itself, and half my wall
thank you, it messed up my system.
@user-bk1my3bq6t
4 жыл бұрын
@F3_PLAYZ Yes
A MASSIVE thank you to you, sir.
FINALLY. Thanks so much, it's gonnneee forever. For me, it was in settings -> apps -> apps & features. Thanks again!
@MDTechVideos
3 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
Thank you, this satan spawn of a program was trying to upload/synch EVERY FILE on my new and old harddrive at the same time I swear microsoft is run by a pack of gorillas.
@oky_890
3 жыл бұрын
its run by ants
Nothing is that easy! Oen drive is all over my machine. EG Save Documents to Onedrive
My ESO and Skyrim Mods had kept reinstalling over and over again. Thanks dude! 2024 going strong :b
Finally!! My computer is normal again! Thank you!!!
@MDTechVideos
4 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you, finally i was able to remove onedrive from my laptop. I wasted so much data on it without me knowing that it was syncing
@MDTechVideos
Жыл бұрын
Glad it helped
Straight to the point, Thank you.
@MDTechVideos
4 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
Thank you for this sir I was so tired of both my tops saying the one drivevis full when all my go pro was on one and not the other
Thank you so much for this tutorial! It was easy to uninstall the One Drive app
@MDTechVideos
2 жыл бұрын
Glad it helped
That was so simple, thank you so much! I was so annoyed, it took over my log in screen and forced me to click on options and activated it. So annoying. thanks for saving
@MDTechVideos
Жыл бұрын
Glad I could help
thank you for helping again our really genius its slowed my pc and i found this vids and its solve my problem tysm
@MDTechVideos
4 жыл бұрын
Glad I could help!
Can I just clarify, if I delete onedrive, will everything return to the "my documents folder", right now the "my documents folder" just says "see where your files are and then takes you to one drive. If I delete onedrive I just want to know if I first have to back up my stuff that is on one drive or is what is on one drive just a sync of what is in "my documents" ?
Hey just a quick question if i uninstall my one drivre all the software i download on my computer would dissapear?
You are awesome. This program is annoying popping up all the time. Sometimes it even alt tabs me in the middle of games. So annoying! Thanks again!
@MDTechVideos
Жыл бұрын
Glad I could help
Thank you so much for making this, Microsoft One Drive is so terrible if you are a full time student and have to save any files. It always comes up with upload errors with microsoft word when it tries to upload to the cloud, this then disables the save icon at the top and sets it only to the cloud which will not work when it errors out, you basically cannot save a word doc anymore unless you go all the way through save as and rename one in a folder somewhere which is such a waste of time and not practical with many paper changes and revisions. Thanks for helping get rid of this cloud!
Terrific tutorial. Thank you!
@MDTechVideos
2 жыл бұрын
Glad it helped!
I just got a new laptop, and setting it up for the first time. I see all my programs from my main desktop I don’t want anything from my main desktop on my laptop do I have to uninstall OneDrive to remove everything or do I have to do a reset of the whole laptop to wipe it clean fresh if I do that how do I get it to not sync anything from my desktop? Or do I have to go on my desktop and uninstall one drive so this won’t ever happen again if I get another pc ?
You are my hero, i hate onedrive from the bottom of my heart, because entered into my life and it still had a little to ruin it
@MDTechVideos
8 ай бұрын
Glad it helped!
thank you soo much it was a big problem for me and it would always upload random clips which caused me to lag thank you so much this helped alot
@MDTechVideos
3 жыл бұрын
Glad I could help
Very helpful video, thank you very much!!! 😊
@MDTechVideos
4 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
Bro i'm from india....you are the who solved my problem...A big Thanks....For you.....
@MDTechVideos
4 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
This was very helpful! Thank you
@MDTechVideos
3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
thank you very much!!! Onedrive was annoying because i had not enough space.
@MDTechVideos
Жыл бұрын
Glad to help
so i did that, just automatically on disabled for now, but for example many pictures is on one drive and i cant see them, it just drops a notice that i need to turn on my od. But with od i still couldnt open them... If i delete one drive for programs, will i never be able to get back any of my files that i cant open now ? im so annoyed
Thank you , downloading minecraft mods and stuff messed up the one drive it needed to go
One drives keeps making my laptop lag a lot and i cant import my artworks because of full storage :) so i always have to save it on my cloud storage on the editing/drawing app im using and save it on my phone :D this is really helpful.
Thank you MDTech!!! This video helped me a lot. Thank you!
@MDTechVideos
3 жыл бұрын
Glad it helped!
Thank god, I have been having that problem for a while and finally I got that abomination to the nether. Thank you do much!
@MDTechVideos
4 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
Огромное спасибо, так долго искал как удалить этот OneDrive.. и наконец получилось, он святой человек ребят
TANK YOU SO MUCH THIS WAS MESSING UP MY FILKES IN MY SCHOOL PC AND MY GAMING PC
@MDTechVideos
3 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
What do I do with the files inside they are save games and some other pretty important stuff ?
Thank you bro that helps a lot ........you save my several GB data. Thanks again
@MDTechVideos
3 жыл бұрын
Happy to help
I CANNOT WAIT to get home & watch this video ‼️‼️‼️
This was EXCELLENT! Thank you so much!
@MDTechVideos
Жыл бұрын
You're so welcome!
Thank you! This program is really the devil. I had no idea why everything on my computer was running properly except basic windows functions like opening file explorer or settings, but I found a website that said it could be OneDrive. Because I couldn't open my settings I couldn't use your method, but knowing I needed to uninstall it, I just used iObit Uninstaller which I already had, and literally as soon as it was finished it fixed all the issues I was having.
@MDTechVideos
4 жыл бұрын
Glad I could help!
You are a lifesaver ❤️ Finally got rid of that trash . Wouldn’t let me save anything
@MDTechVideos
4 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
thank you! when i got this brand new laptop i accidentally put onedrive in it! this is heplful
Thanks for your help, really appreciate it. One drive is like google drive except you need to pay for it and less space than google drive. It was a nightmare that it always slow down my computer cpu. Like get the hell out of here one drive no one want you here.
Clean and helpful. Thanks.
@MDTechVideos
3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
How can we do the same with Documents folder? I followed the same steps for Documents but it said it cannot be moved because programs are using it. Do we have to do it in safe mode or is there some other approach?
thank you so much i was struggling for an hr
Thanks for the video. It was a great help!
@MDTechVideos
2 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
Thank, you so much you helped me a lot! :) You've got a place in heaven for this! ;)
@BWVidventures
3 жыл бұрын
hi, if i uninstall onedrive, nothing really lost on my desktop files? how to return ny files from one drive to desktop again?
Ok ik that am late but thank u ur a legend
the first tutorial that actually worked
@MDTechVideos
2 жыл бұрын
Glad I could help!
eyyy pretty easy, thank u!