OneDrive – Remove/Hide

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Windows 10

Group Policy Method

  • Open GPedit.msc
  • Navigate to Local Computer Policy -> Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> OneDrive.
  • In the right pane, double click on policy named Prevent the usage of OneDrive for file storage.
  • Select the Enabled radio button.
  • Click OK when done.
  • Run gpupdate /force.

 

Manual Method

  • Terminate any process of OneDrive by running the following command 
    taskkill /f /im OneDrive.exe
  • Uninstall OneDrive app by running one of the following command
    32-bit

    %SystemRoot%\System32\OneDriveSetup.exe /uninstall

    64-bit

    %SystemRoot%\SysWOW64\OneDriveSetup.exe /uninstall


Cleaning and Removing OneDrive Remnants

rd "%UserProfile%\OneDrive" /Q /S
rd "%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\OneDrive" /Q /S
rd "%ProgramData%\Microsoft OneDrive" /Q /S
rd "C:\OneDriveTemp" /Q /S
  • 32-bit
    • Browse to key: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}
    • Double-click value: System.IsPinnedToNameSpaceTree
    • Change to 0 and click OK
  • 64-bit
    • Browse to key: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}
    • Double-click value: System.IsPinnedToNameSpaceTree
    • Change to 0 and click  OK
    • Browse to key: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}
    • Double-click value: System.IsPinnedToNameSpaceTree
    • Change to 0 and click OK

 

 Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1

  • Navigate to the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows
  • Right click on Windows and select New -> Key. Name the new key as OneDrive.
  • WORD (32-bit) Value. Name the new value name as DisableFileSyncNGSC
  • Set the data for DisableFileSyncNGSC registry value as 1.