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OneDrive comes installed with Windows 10 and is enabled by default if you sign on with a Microsoft account. If you don’t use OneDrive, however, and don’t want it running in the background. Feb 28, 2018 RELATED: How to Disable OneDrive and Remove It From File Explorer on Windows 10 Rather than disable something you plan to never use, the nuclear option is to simply uninstall it. Head into Settings (press Windows+I), click the “Apps” option, find Microsoft OneDrive under the “Apps & Features” section, and then click the “Uninstall.

How To Disable Microsoft Onedrive

The OneDrive sync app (OneDrive.exe) allows users to contact Microsoft directly from within the app. Users can:

• Create a support ticket by selecting Get help and then selecting the Contact support link in the help pane.
• Send positive or negative feedback directly to Microsoft by selecting Send feedback.

As a global or SharePoint admin in Microsoft 365, you might want to disable these support features to prevent people in your organization from contacting Microsoft directly.

If you disable these features, users can still select Get help to view help articles, but the Contact support link will no longer appear. The Send feedback command will be replaced with a Feedback command that opens the OneDrive UserVoice page in a web browser so users can view and provide feature suggestions.

Note

Microsoft will be moving from UserVoice to our own customer feedback solution on a product-by-product basis during 2021. Learn more.

The following screenshots show the changes after you disable the support features.

Note

If you disable 'Contact support' and 'Send feedback' but allow users to sync personal accounts, they can still contact support and send feedback directly to Microsoft from the OneDrive sync app when they're signed in with their personal account.

Disable 'Contact support' and 'Send feedback' in Windows

To disable these features in Windows, you can:

• Use the Set-SPOTenantSyncClientRestriction in Microsoft PowerShell
• Edit the registry

Use PowerShell

1. Download the latest SharePoint Online Management Shell.

   Note

   If you installed a previous version of the SharePoint Online Management Shell, go to Add or remove programs and uninstall 'SharePoint Online Management Shell.'

2. Connect to SharePoint as a global admin or SharePoint admin in Microsoft 365. To learn how, see Getting started with SharePoint Online Management Shell.

3. Run the following command:

Edit the registry

Follow these steps to disable the features on a PC by editing the registry.

How Do I Disable Microsoft Onedrive

Important

Follow the steps in this section carefully. Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Before you modify it, back up the registry for restoration in case problems occur.

1. In Registry Editor, locate the following subkey: HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftOneDrive

2. Right-click OneDrive, select New, and then select DWORD (32-bit) Value.

3. Enter DisableReportProblemDialog for the name.

4. Right-click the new registry key, enter 1 for Value data, and then select OK.

Disable 'Contact support' and 'Send feedback' on Mac

To disable the features in the OneDrive sync app for Mac, add a preference to defaults.

For the standalone Mac sync app:defaults write com.microsoft.OneDrive DisableReportProblemDialog 1

For the Mac sync app installed through the Mac App Store:

defaults write com.microsoft.OneDrive-mac DisableReportProblemDialog 1

• You can disable Microsoft OneDrive permanently or temporarily, and stop the cloud storage service from costing you data or slowing down your PC.
• To temporarily disable OneDrive, click its icon in the notification area, where you can choose to disable file syncing for 2, 8, or 24 hours at a time.
• You can permanently disable OneDrive on a PC by unlinking it from that computer in OneDrive's settings menu.
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OneDrive is an essential part of Microsoft's Office suite, but there are a lot of reasons why you might want to disable the cloud storage service on your PC – not the least of which is that keeping your files in sync with OneDrive can slow down your computer.

Depending on why you want to disable OneDrive, you may want to disable the service temporarily or remove it permanently.

How to temporarily pause OneDrive on a PC

You can disable OneDrive for a period of time, which can be handy if you're not on Wi-Fi and have to pay for your internet access, or if you suspect OneDrive is slowing down your PC and you need to speed it up temporarily.

1. Click the OneDrive icon in the notification area of the taskbar in the lower right corner of your PC desktop.

2. In the OneDrive window, click 'Help & Settings.'

3. In the menu, click 'Pause Syncing' and then choose 2, 8, or 24 hours.

4. OneDrive will be disabled for that time and start working again normally afterwards. You can re-enable OneDrive sooner by returning to 'Help & Settings' and choosing 'Resume Syncing.'

How to permanently disable OneDrive on a PC by unlinking it

If you unlink your computer from OneDrive, any other devices linked to OneDrive will continue to sync normally, and no files will be deleted from your PC or OneDrive. But it will disable OneDrive on this PC so files are no longer kept in sync.

1. Click the OneDrive icon in the notification area of the taskbar in the lower right corner of your PC desktop.

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2. In the OneDrive window, click 'Help & Settings.'

3. In the menu, click 'Settings.'

4. The OneDrive Settings window will appear. On the 'Account' tab, click 'Unlink this PC,' and then confirm you want to do this by clicking 'Unlink account.'

How to uninstall OneDrive from your PC

After unlinking OneDrive, you can keep OneDrive installed on your PC in case you want to re-enable it later, or you can delete the app from the computer.

1. In the Start search box, type 'remove' and then select 'Add or remove programs' when it appears in the search results.

2. Scroll down to find 'Microsoft OneDrive' and click it.

3. Click 'Uninstall.'

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