How to disable and remove OneDrive in Windows 10

In Windows 10 OneDrive starts at the entrance of the system and is implicitly present in the notification area, as well as as a folder in the system. Only not all users need this storage space in the cloud (or this storage space), in this case the desire to eliminate from the system can occur.

In this article I will show you how to completely disable Windows 10, so as not to start and after, how to remove the icon in the notification area. The slightly deactivation method differs in the discharge of the pro and house of the operating system, as well as for the 32 -bit and 64 -bit system. In addition, I will show you how the OneDrive program from the computer can be completely deleted (I don’t recommend it).

Disable OneDrive in Windows 10 Home

In the Windows 10 version to deactivate OneDrive you will have to take a few steps. To begin with, press with the right mouse button on the icon of this program in the notification area and select the «set» point.

In the OneDrive settings, the point «Automatically starts OneDrive when I connect to Windows». In addition, in the account tab you can press the «OneDrive Connection cancellation» button to stop folders and files with the cloud storage space (this button may not be active, if you have not yet synchronized). Apply the settings.

The next step: Eliminates OneDrive’s point from the notification bar. Here you will have to use the registration editor, to perform, press the combination of the Windows + R keys on the keyboard, then enter the command regedit And press «OK».

On the left side of the register publisher you will see fields (folders). Access the section: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT CLSID {018D5C66-4533-4307-9b53-224de2ed1fe6} Then on the right side of the register of the register in search of the parameter System.ispinnedtonamespacerenePress with the right mouse button on It-Modification and change the value on 0 (zero) in one.

If you have the 64 -bit operating system, in addition to the specified parameter, change the parameter with the same name in the section HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT WOW6432NODE CLSID {018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6

Close the register editor and restart the computer. I’m done, OneDrive is eliminated. In the event that you have synchronized some files with the OneDrive storage space and want to delete them, you can find them in users C: Users Name_.

For Windows 10 Pro

In Windows 10 Pro we can use another method, a simpler one to deactivate OneDrive. To do this we will use the editor of the group of editor of local criteria, which can be started by pressing the Windows + R key on the keyboard and setting the command Gpedit.msc In the «execution» window.

In the publisher of the group of local criteria, the configuration of the computer – administrative models – Windows components – OneDrive access.

In the panel on the right, double click on «Prevent the use of OneDrive for file storage» (prohibit the use of OneDrive for file storage), set the «qualified» value and then apply the settings.

This will disable OneDrive on your computer, will not start in the future and will not be displayed in the notification area.

How to completely delete OneDrive from your computer

And finally the last method, which allows the entire complete elimination of OneDrive from Windows 10 and not only the deactivation, as shown in the previous methods. The reason, for which I do not recommend this method-I don’t understand, how to install it and make it work in its previous form.

The method is: in order of order with the rights of the administrator we insert Taskkill /F /IM OneDrive.exe

After this order, we also eliminate OneDrive through the order line:

• C: System32 OneDrivesetup.exe /Uninstall (for 32 -bit systems)
• C: Syswow64 OneDrivesetup.exe /uninstall (for 64 -bit systems)

I finished. I hope you do it all correctly. By the way, it could, as a Windows 10 update, OneDrive and will be activated (as sometimes happens in this system).