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Before writing this article, we uninstalled OneDrive using the removal steps provided on the Microsoft Community.You have to find and remove all its support files from your Mac as well. Just dragging and dropping the OneDrive application to the Trash is not enough for a complete uninstallation.Before uninstalling OneDrive you should disconnect your account.Removal of the OneDrive application from Mac will not delete the OneDrive account and your files in the storage.After the time gets over the syncing will be automatically started.Important notes about uninstalling OneDrive from Mac.Choose anyone from 2 hours, 8 hours, and 24 hours that fulfills your need.

Click on OneDrive icon from the Notification area on taskbar.You can see the method for the same here too – How to Pause Syncing in OneDrive for 2, 8 and 24 Hours. If you want to temporarily disable OneDrive for a period of time Windows 11 provides 3 options. Finally, restart your computer to see the effect of changes in the entry.You can find the help here – How to create a new key in Registry Editor Windows 11. In case you can’t find DisableFileSyncNGSC DWORD or OneDrive key then create a new one and change the Value data.In the Value data field, put in 1 and click OK.

Go to the right pane and double click the DWORD DisableFileSyncNGSC.

Once the Registry Editor opens up, copy the below string, paste it into its address bar and press the Enter key –Ĭomputer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\OneDrive.

Click Yes on the UAC confirmation pop-up.

Select Enabled from the Policy Setting window.

Double click – Prevent the usage of OneDrive for file storage from the right pane.

When Group Policy Editor appears, navigate to –Ĭomputer configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > OneDrive.

Wait for a little until the OneDrive is removed and reboot your PC.

On the User account control warning dialog, select – Yes.

A small pop-up will appear, again click “Uninstall” there.

Click on 3 dots icon and select – Uninstall.

On the right pane, scroll down and locate Microsoft OneDrive.

On the confirmation dialog, select – ‘Unlink account’.Īdditionally, you can uninstall OneDrive to disable the built-in cloud in Windows 11 as one of the best methods using the following steps –.

Click OneDrive Cloud icon from the taskbar (Note: If you can’t see the icon, first of all, click on Search, Type onedriive, and hit Enter).

Here is How to disable OneDrive in Windows 11 – Way-1: Using Unlink this PC