Disable OneDrive from Windows 10 File Explorer
This article tells you that how you can turn off or disable OneDrive from Windows 10 file explorer. But before you we ahead, you should know what exactly the OneDrive is? You may find it useful for you.
OneDrive is a part of Microsoft service for saving files in the cloud, that is available free upto 5 GB to all the users of a Microsoft account. Microsoft OneDrive offers users a simple way to store, sync and share all kinds of files.
Files can be synced to a PC and accessed from any of the web browsers. For example, check below image:
Note: Before we start, it is better to backup your Registry. If you know how to back up Registry then please go ahead to do.
[Read: How to Backup Windows Registry?]
Turn Off OneDrive from Windows 10 Explorer Navigation Pane
In Windows 10, you can see in the Navigation pane of your Windows File Explorer, there is a name OneDrive and logo are permanently fixed in the File Explorer sidebar. Many users want to remove or disable it because of no use for them, but they don’t know how to do?
This post shows, how you remove or disable OneDrive from the file explorer with the help of Registry Editor. To remove or disable OneDrive from file explorer, follow the steps given below:
Step 1. In your Windows 10 PC, Press Win + X to open Windows search.
Step 2. Now go to the search box and type regedit. See the result on the top of the page. Click on the result in order to open Registry Editor.
Step 3. Once the Windows Registry Editor opens, navigate to the following location:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}
Step 4. Once you reach to the location, select the value {018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6} and look to the right side of the windows.
To open, double click on the REG_DWORD entry labeled System.IsPinnedToNameSpaceTree and change the value from 1 (one) to 0 (Zero).
Click on OK to save and close this dialog box, then close the Registry Editor.
As per our knowledge, the changes we have made above, will take immediate effect on your computer. Even, we have not required logging off or restarting the computer.
To check, open file explorer and see, OneDrive option has removed from your file explorer navigation pane.
I am not sure, maybe in your case, you may require logging off or restarting your PC. However, above steps works properly.
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