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- ❌ Some people just want it GONE. I'll show you how to get rid of OneDrive.
❌ Getting rid of OneDrive
Unlink your account in OneDrive Settings.
Uninstall the OneDrive app from the Windows installed apps list.
Leave the OneDrive folder alone, but organize your files however you like.
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When you’re just done with the intrusiveness and confusion.
@@motoryzen Typical Linux user. Find any opportunity to shove your unsupported OS onto Windows users. No thanks.
@@SniffHeinkel Unsupported? There are more people supporting Unix/Linux than work at Microsoft, even counting custodians and parking lot attendants. That said, if you want Windows for your use case, have at it. Remember, Unix *is* user friendly. It's just choosy who it's friends are.
@@Trump2Prison I'm talking about third party software.
@@SniffHeinkel I've been doing both applications and OS fore more than 40 years. Most commercial software is worse than you think - you've simply been fortunate enough not to have run into the issue. One software I was involved with had over 74,000 documented code errors, some as old as 11 years, and only the ones with more than 5,000 reports were considered for tasking for resolution. They may not make it even then.
With open source, you have a fighting chance that someone somewhere will fix it, and if not, you can hire it done. Can't do that with closed source.
Yes linux and local IT people to help with linux. Which is a good thing. @@motoryzen
A reason I got rid of Onedrive is because Microsoft deemed it important for me to have it. I prefer to make my own decisions regarding what gets installed on my computers.
Screw Microsoft. I use Google Drive.
@@motoryzen HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU :: "NoAutoUpdate"=dword:00000001
Permanently blocks Windows Updates and Notifications.
edit: (Setting NoAutoUpdate to 0 re-enables them.)
@@roncaruso931😂😂😂
@@roncaruso931
This means you are only moving the location where a large corporation reads your data.
With a NAS and e.g. Owncloud, your data stays with you and no one else.
(You have posted it many times, so I answer you many times 😊)
That is just stubbornes and makes no sense. Just because someone advertises something does not mean they were in any way taking your free will away. Most likely you gave your email address to your phone, which registered it either to google or apple. It is funny how people give all their data, location, money apps, password, wifi, nfc, phone numbers, voice samples, fingerprints or face identifiers happily to their smart gadgets full of code from unknown companies in china, russia and where else, but fear it is their computer that spies them 🙄
Great video. You got me as a subscriber now for sure! Microsoft doesn't explain it anywhere near as well as you do. What really irks me about OneDrive is what it did to my wife. She started getting wierd messages indication she had no space left in Documents, Pictures etc. so she had me look at it. Her laptop came with Windows 10 and we really hadn't messed around with it. What Microsoft did is totally hijack her Windows Libraries and put them on OneDrive. Of course the available space there is extremely limited unless you pay for more so here we are looking like we've run out of space, while her HDD has tons of space and isn't being used. To me this is nothing short of CRIMINAL. It is an underhanded method for Microsoft to get subscribers to pay for more space. I ended up downloading everything from OneDrive to her computer in the right libraries and then stopped the linking of OneDrive. I find it incredible that the US Government allows companies to hijack peoples' data the way Microsoft does.
Agreed! Just more corporate greed. I can't stand them.
You need to know that Microsoft deliberately fails to give you good explanations or guidance as policy. This is because they provide consultancy to big businesses and their policy generates need for these services.
So it is easier for the US Government to check your files. Even it is from a user outside USA.
This is actually an extremely helpful video. Many people complain that when they go to save a word document they are directed to save it in the One Drive folder despite One Drive having been uninstalled. This explains why. Thanks
Leo, You are so great ! I wish I had found you sooner. Bought a new laptop and went through hell with one drive. I think in the process I lost some files when it deleted them from my hard drive. Thanks again .
Thanks Leo. A friend was asking the very question you've answered. Since I only use Fedora Linux on all of my systems at work and the family, I was not able to answer my friend's question. So thank you again!
One suggestion: renaming the one drive folder when it is no longer connected is probably a good idea. That way, there is no confusion.
I have two one drives...
You see, I use Windows at home and in the office.
Confusing? You bet.
Here is a thought... could software developers respect our right to organize our data ourselves? It feels so very invasive.
Thank you for outlining this topic.
Nooooo they dont' want that. If Google organized your life... you'd be lost for ever. Every time you opened your closer, sock drawer, or any cabinet in your house, everything inside would be rearanged every time you opened it, leaving you so confused.... which is why they don't want to teach critical thinking in the classroom. Then it would be easy to figure out whey they design things this way.... to guide your thinking.
All they have done so far (MS) is to increase the number of rows in Excel. Chucked out NTFS and force you to click on "pretty pictures" instead of drop-down logical organization of private data.
So many tools could give us way more control over how they work. It always seemed to be the whole point of computers that we could program stuff to work the way we wanted. Apps kinda took that away from us. Now tools seem to minimise setting controls and hide away options/commands to give us 'clean white uncluttered' looks to make things harder to use.
Just what i was looking for. Thsnk you! I like the clear video the the text that you don't talk so fast like many TH-camrs!
Very well explained with clear and concise directions! Followed your directions and am now a happy OneDrive free person. Thank you!
Brilliant explanation and instructions. I'm guessing that you are retired and therefore able to spend the time it takes to produce great content. Either way, keep up the charitable work, the world needs you!
Leo, your timing and delivery at the start is blooming genius!
I only use my PC for media and games. The constant memory hogging the microsoft stuff manages does my head in.
I really appreciate this video Leo! Saving me much grief and explaining alternatives! Keep up the great work and God Bless You!
I unsynced it because it was so confusing at first. Now about a year later I think I could probably get some good use out of it so I'll be checking out your other OneDrive videos to learn what it's actually all about before syncing back up. Thanks for the content!
Always a great pleasure, Leo. Thanks!!!
Subscribed- Thank you Leo - updated to windows 11 and then no longer knew where my files were going because of too many drives
Clear and complete. Thanks, just in time I did my yearly "Reset this PC" and OneDrive got turned on again (I think!).
I want to take the time to THANK YOU for being the only video I have watched that answered the biggest questions (that you would think would be important in ALL videos) that I have had and I am leaving here finally confident because of your straight to the point, very informative NOT CONFUSING teachings. lol. thank you.
Excellent step by step instructions. Easy to understand. Thank you very much.
Leo, thank you for this short and comprehensive instruction video!
Thank you so very much for this fantastic information, my laptop has been totally messed up with Onedrive since I bought it, this is exactly what I needed to reinstall it and then get rid of it.
Thanks Leo for me i just exit one drive from the task bar and save files in any folder but documents and just use save icon good for me glad I found your Channel Happy New Year
Excellent video, Leo. Organized, reasonably paced, well spoken, good use of screens.
Bruce, former IT Trainer
Thanks for posting this video! I gave up on trying to get OneDrive to STOP grabbing the files because I unlinked OneDrive from the PC and it would automatically RECONNECT when I saved a file to the Pictures folder or the Documents folder. I literally unlinked the same PC 2 or 3 times from OneDrive. By switching to a local account, I was able to get OneDrive to stop grabbing files.
Something like that happened to me when I first set up this PC-- soon to be my former PC, because of a broken keyboard. I was the equivalent of screaming at MS that I just wanted to get RID of this program, because it had already put a sensitive piece of info on the Cloud that I didn't want on there; every time I'd reboot, it'd run again, and the file would go back on the Cloud; MS had me alter my registry. Worked like a charm. I hope my new PC doesn't do the same thing and run whilst I'm first setting it up, or I will have a nervous breakdown.
@@LS-ei7xk That's good to know about the registry setting. Since posting my comment above (maybe about a week ago or so), I learned of some OneDrive settings you can use to better control what gets stored in OneDrive. I can't tell you where those settings are, right now, but you can prevent the "Documents" folder, for example, from being stored in OneDrive. Something to consider for those still dealing with OneDrive.
@@TheCocoaDaddy That's nice to know. A shame we can't post the info here. I just got a new PC with Win 11; strangely enough, it didn't immediately grab my documents, that I could tell. Now MS just keeps annoying ppl with an interface about why one should use one of its programs instead of automatically running them. But I am needing to return that PC anyway, because of other defects, so I'm back to my old PC running Win 10, with a broken keyboard.
Thank you!!! Onedrive full message was driving me nuts and I don't want to pay for a subscription!
Good video Leo but I think you missed two important things. Before you unlink you should go in and manage the backup feature and turn it off. I don't remember clearly how I did this but it is under settings. This will put your documents, pictures, etc. back to the correct place. The other issue is it may store some things only in the cloud like it did with a clients pictures. OneDrive caused all kinds of issues since we use a different syncing program. Luckily we just created a new profile and the other syncing program put everything back (of course after uninstalling OneDrive).
Sadly my experience is that turning off backup does NOT put things back the way they were. Very frustrating.
@@askleonotenboom Thanks for video. Subbed and liked. MS forced me to use OneDrive. Little did I know It was installed and syncing with new Win 11, Corsair 4090. I was using Documents folder with all my private info as I usually do. I had no idea it was really a OneDrive folder. I did not turn on OneDrive. It had backed up all my private Docs, passwords etc. and family pictures and was keeping NOTHING local. I had no idea how to recover. Took me 6 hours to learn software and recover. Where do I send the bill?
Shame on you MS bully!
Anyways, if you "move" files from OneDrive to local folder (other than 1D folder) they will be deleted on cloud, As opposed to just unlink or "Always keep Local Copy" function of 1D.
The OneDrive folder is full of shortcut redirects and corrupted several of my prefs and all desktop icons etc. Basically it wreaks havoc on left panel of File Explorer as well. Last time I looked I had 3 desktops folders and 2 Documents, 2 Pictures etc Win 11 File Explorer, Oh man, another embarrassment. Later with that.
Keep up good work! You have job security.
50 years IT, never been this angry.!
Sorry to hear that you had this problem but now I know that I am not the only one with a computer science degree that is struggling with one drive. Started when updating to windows 11 and my computer froze. My files have been disorganized for 2 months. Am thinking about going back to Linux
It's called One Drive, but handles two drives.... by the way, thank you Leo for this very welcomed video. My C-drive space was used up almost completely by all the files I collected in One Drive, before I used Windows 11. I completely did not comprehend the sense of this. If you choose to store your files in the cloud, why would one store them on the PC as well. For back-up, I store important files on DVD and archive them.
Hi Leo, I find your how to videos one of the best.
I like to keep my files on my pcs and backthem up myself.
What I Really Really want to do is to remove Onedrive from my File Explorer.
And to remove it as the default option when I create a few document in say Microsoft Word.
I'll keep watching
Thanks Leo ,one drive was getting in the way of when I was settling up folders
Perfect! Exactly the sort of tutorial I was looking for! Thank you!
One drive is the first thing to go when I start getting rid of all the junk on an install.
I'll hang on to my own stuff just fine. Nothing keeps THEM from searching your files, or anyone who hacks it. You don't know how many copies are made or if anything you delete is deleted.
While I don't have any top secret guvmint material or sensitive company contracts (that you know of) it just seemed like a bad idea from the first time I saw it.
If you use the "Snipping Tool" in Windows 11, one of its default settings is to "Automatically save screenshots". Guess where those images are saved? In a "Screenshots" folder-which is a subfolder within the "Pictures" folder-that is located in... wait for it... OneDrive (i.e., in Microsoft's cloud). If you use Win11, any time you've used the Print Screen key (whose functionality is now linked to the Snipping Tool), you've probably-unwittingly-saved that screenshot to Microsoft's cloud.
Pictures is only in OneDrive if you've enabled the (confusing and destructive) OneDrive "backup" feature.
You are such an articulate teacher. I wish you could be the instruction manual for my life 🤣
Leo, the lion! Thank you, sir. I just averted a disaster of mistakenly deleting necessary data. 🙏
Thank you Sir! A brilliantly simple explanation.
Excellent video: clear, well-done, to-the-point! Thank you.
Thank you Leo. You have a talent as a good clear and concise educator, I’m upgrading to a Panasonic Tough Book soon, have you or can you do a video on what to do with a New machine to get rid of all the (big brother) app and tricky that the tech companies sneak into machines (I don’t want or need “cloud” computing) or anything similar, I run a back up onto my own free standing hard drive once a week. Thank you again.
One drive is a pain. This is a clear, professional video about removing it. There's one problem - I have NO on drive icon on my taskbar. This is not uncommon with such videos - 'go here, do this' but there's usually not a 'here.' Still, for those who have the icon, this is a good how-to video.
Latest update of W 11 is installed.
Right click on an empty area in the taskbar, click on Taskbar Settings, click on Other system tray icons, scroll down to Microsoft OneDrive, and make sure it's turned on.
One thing you missed, Leo. If you right-click the OneDrive folder, select 'Properties', and check the 'Hidden' box then the OneDrive folder will no longer clutter up your file explorer. And it's easy to unhide the folder if necessary.
I did as you suggested, however, OneDrive still shows in file explorer.
@@N7TWL Under the 'View' tab in file explorer, have you checked the box for 'Hidden items'? That's what I meant by "it's easy to unhide the folder if necessary".
Thank you so much for your helpful information! Subscribed to your channel.
For me, OneDrive was a PITA. Thanks for a very helpful and well explained video. Thanks!
Excellent video!! VERY USEFUL! THANK YOU VERY MUCH, Cecilia from Uruguay 🇺🇾
Leo, thank you so much for your clear explanation! I have a 256GB flash drive for programs and OS and a 1T hard drive for data. OneDrive is living on C and sucking up all the room. It was duplicating all my data in the folder on C PLUS storing in the cloud. I don't know why it is set up like this and it's just a very bad system. Thanks for your help.
Very clear and informative video. I wish I had Ask Leo! back a few months ago when I was struggling to get free from OneDrive. Thanks Leo!
Bravo. Your explanations are very clear. You communicate well.
Great tutorial. Thanks, Leo.
simple, concise. thank you
Excellent explanation, thanks Leo.
Very well explained, it was even satisfying to watch and listen
Props for using Ctrl + Shift + Esc to launch Task Manager. Best and fastest way to launch it, one handed.
Most windows users only know 3 Hotkeys: ctrl+c , ctrl+v, ctrl-x
Some of them know alt-f4. That's all. It is so sad.
@@Thomas_P_aus_M I'm not some hotkey snob, but there's a few that are really good to know for every user. In particular with launching Task Manager, the graphical unresponsiveness means using your mouse and right clicking the Taskbar is a poor method, and using Ctrl + Alt + Del brings the whole computer to a screeching halt, which can cause everything, including Windows, to crash. Ctrl + Shift + Esc lets you try to rescue the situation without upsetting everything.
R-click Start -> L-click Task Manager.
@@bonner92220 have fun with that when your mouse is unresponsive because it's a whole layer further up than keyboard input.
Thank you. I've wanted to do this for a long time.
I think it is a very strange business strategy to FORCE your customer to use a tool they DO NOT WANT.
Same for the default browser setting. You can set it to whatever you want but upon opening a hyperlink, Microsoft's own Edge program fired up while I'm using Firefox for over 20 years and have set that as my default browser. Microsoft just ignores that setting. Also, they include Microsoft Defender to get rid of spyware but they build in their own spyware software (which gathers data and displays popups and suggestions) but it doesn't get rid of that either, as if Microsoft's spyware isn't spyware.
You are very good at explaining things. I just have disabled mine in the startup settings.
The problem is that OneDrive pretends to be both a backup tool and a file synching tool. But it's only a synching tool (not a real backup tool). And they way they implemented their pseudo-backup is horrible.
Showing us how to reach the OneDrive folder, very interesting and potentially very useful. Approx. 5 colon 15 on the video's timeline.
Great video, thank you. I did manage to get this all figured out on my own about a week ago when I purchased a new PC, and took all the steps you outlined here. The very last thing I noticed was the remaining Onedrive folder. I store a lot of things on my desktop folder, which is normally located in the User folder and was a bit shocked to find that Onedrive had moved it from my User folder and into my Onedrive folder. I managed to change the location of my Desktop folder back to its original location. I then deleted the Onedrive folder. Adios! Now, to deal with Microsoft Edge Uggh!
Thx Leo . Liked and subscribed
Thank you Leo...I find that 'One Drive' is far too intrusive, whatever I wish to do, Microsoft HIJACKS my projects! I attempted to delete my pictures today from 'photos', (I'm unsure where they were, probably Microsoft ?), and they VANISHED! I was lucky that they were in the recycle bin so I was able to retrieve them. I am SO happy that you covered this subject! I will give it a go. 'One Drive for me, is a nuisance! Also, I am waiting for Google to abandon gmail in Basic HTML. The 'Standard' version is AWFUL! Why do they change things for the detriment of their users? If it 'ain't broken, then leave well ALONE, AND they call it progress! I digress..Thank you once more...
Screw Microsoft. I use Google Drive.
@@roncaruso931
This means you are only moving the location where a large corporation reads your data.
With a NAS and e.g. Owncloud, your data stays with you and no one else.
(You have posted it many times, so I answer you many times 😊)
@@Thomas_P_aus_M Whatever.
MS doesn't care about your missing picture if it already has a copy of them. Sorry, but the world is cruel and full of thieves.
I never use OneDrive. I couldn't figure it out when I first got my computer so I just walked away from it -- and my opinion of Microsoft dropped even lower than it already was.
Very nice presentation!
Great channel thanks for all your advice
Great useful information ! Thank you. :)
After uninstall Onedrive as a storage folder. In future whatever programme or etc is being downloaded or saved, where do those items being saved directly? Thanks
Thanks for adding actual captions for the Deaf and clear explaination
Finally! Thank you so much!
Excellent presentation. I have a little trouble following your cursor on my pixel 4a. It might help if you could put a yellow circle around your cursor as i have seen many TH-camrs do this. Just a suggestion. Thanks
I would suggest before uninstalling OneDrive if it has been set to Backup Your Folders (default is: desktop, Pictures & Documents) that you first turn untick those folders otherwise trying to say restore the documents folder now located in OneDrive from it's right click Properties, Location Tab will likely result in an error message that's easiest fixed by reinstalling OneDrive, signing in then untick those folders in "Backup Your Folders".
Great video Leo. If you leave the disconnected onedrive folder in your PC, isn't there a possibility that the you might work on a file that is " stale" instead on a file that is current and stored in the cloud?
Yes you may work on a copy that is on your computer but this is usually the main reason you wanted to be rid of OneDrive. You want the computer you are using to have all the files local and continue to work even if the network fails.
@@kensmith5694 Actually, it's the opposite for me. I want no files stored locally. Every file I create or have created is saved in the cloud and only opened in the cloud. My objection is to have two different copies of a file, not synched in two different drives. Sorry if I am not clear. In any case, the video was great. Thanks.
Very well explained.
As a freelancer I have chosen to move all my customer files and most data files to a separate PRIVATE cloud account, but still leave OneDrive running for only a few files. By modifying the Choose Folders option in OneDrive account settings, you can limit what OneDrive syncs, all the way down to a single folder and file if you want. Just make sure you keep current backups of any files that aren't synced to the cloud, either through a backup service, NAS, attached hard drive, or portable drive.
Good choice. I made the same decision. They simply don't want to make all their RnD documents, drawings be stored in a "secure" cloud, because some day, they will realize that the competition made...the same product, using their draft :) Sad too few people are aware of that "possibility".
You think a private cloud account is saver from access of people who run that cloud ?
Why the urge to store things in places you don't know about.
You keep your Jewelry in a locker in a house you don't even know where it is, and the owner "promised" you to have no 2nd key ?
How many terrabytes of data people have ? Maybe clean out your kitty-image-folder.
Companies might have that amount, but they also have their own servers, so why insist on cloud-storage ?
File-sharing could and still can be done without a "cloud".
@@guruware8612 Well said. Some time ago there was "we want your money" and now "we want your money and data". Soon we might expect adding "...and your private/sensitive data" (health, webcams, cam in a car).
Tech people are notoriously inept at explaining things at the level of understanding of those they are seeking to assist. How often have you watched an instructional video and not really learned anything? But Leo's videos don't assume that others have his own background knowledge and experience. I for one always learn something when Leo is giving the explanation.
I generally find that learning most things in life is a lot easier if you have two or more sources of knowledge. I think Leo has felt our pain with some things and knows all our questions in advance
hey leo i didnt unlink onedrive and i deleted it from settings but when i go to c: drive in file explorer and type onedrive on the search then i see files related to onedrive like onedrive.png, onedrive setup and other things like that. And if i try to delete them my desktop shortcuts go away and the only thing i see in my desktop is the recycle bin
Thanks Leo. Does diconecting Onedrive also disconect desktop, documents and photos from the system, but leave it stand alone on the computer?
Another issue that I have noticed with W11, is that Edge coppies all my browsing data from Google Chrome, something I have been unable to detect and block within Edge;s settings.
Disconnecting OneDrive then stops it from interactin gwith Documents, etc. HOWEVER if you had the OneDrive backup featured turned on, then the Documents folder may still be left inside the OneDrive folder... but that's location only, OneDrive isn't operating on it when disconnected. Edge offers the option to import Chrome data when you set it up or begin using it. It's a one-time thing, though.
@@askleonotenboom Thanks again but, Edge copies on a continuous basis. Pity I can't attach a screen shot that I have just done.
Hey Leo - Thanks a LOT, this video helped me to be free of yet another Microsoft tyranny. OneDrive nearly hammered a critical DB I'm developing. The worst part is what Microsoft doesn't tell you the extent to which it manipulates your system. And I'd point out that although it's disconnection leaves it 'benign', the alteration of the file structure can be a pitfall for the simple reason that was unexpected and not implicitly stated at the outset. Thanks again.
I watch every video you make and I refresh my knowledge about computing. Keep up with big Thanks. this is because you are not real TH-camr.
I uninstalled OneDrive using Revo, an excellent uninstaller that gets all the leftover stuff a generic uninstall leaves behind. One drive was confusing and intrusive- It keeps popping up. I also fear loss of privacy, not knowing what is getting uploaded. I really hate the way MS pushes their products into your workflow. . What should be neutral administrative settings actually pushes ads for their “360” products. Really annoying. I’m wondering about getting rid of Bing and Edge and using Firefox or other browser. Anyone done that?
Its done because most don't backup at all so the app it set to MS defaults rather than users with no understanding being expected to manually set it up. "I’m wondering about getting rid of Bing and Edge " come approx April 2024 on a clean install if you select EU as the country/region you will get the option to be able to uninstall both and set your search in Win11 to somebody other than bing.
Screw Microsoft. I use Google Drive.
I use Firefox and sometimes Chrome. Never used Bing, Edge or OneDrive.
@@roncaruso931 Like that's any better.
@@roncaruso931
This means you are only moving the location where a large corporation reads your data.
With a NAS and e.g. Owncloud, your data stays with you and no one else.
Hi Leo,
What’s the easiest way to Do a full Onedrive back up to a physical flash drive or disc drive? TIA
Easiest? Just manually copy the contents of the entire folder to the other drive.
@@askleonotenboom OK so I need to have a single main folder and all my others as a sub-folder....cool thx!
That was interesting Leo, thanks. To my surprise, I've already deleted One Drive. Now how to remove Bixby from my Samsung.
Hi Leo, If I want to transfer files from OneDrive to another Cloud based storage facility, how would I do that? Thank you for an excellent, easy to understand video.
Install the other app (say Dropbox), and then just copy the files on your PC from the OneDrive folder to the DropBox folder.
@@askleonotenboom Dropbox is a terrible solution. It runs at ring 0 of the OS as a driver. If someone manages to get your Dropbox credentials or exploit a vulnerability in Dropbox, then they could access not only every file you've stored in Dropbox but every file on your computer. Not only could they steal the files, but they could delete everything in your Dropbox account or on your computer.
Thanks needed this video.
So glad i Asked Leo
I have been able to move most of the system folders out of one drive and to the root of drive D: where I prefer them. I have NOT been able to move the Documents and Pictures folders out of One Drive to D: and have them remain as system folders. What am I missing? Thanks for a great video.
Ah, I feel much better now! Thank you.
thankyou! well done.
Actually there is a very valid reason to get rid of the folder. Some program installs, SketchUp 2017 stores stuff there that is required for the program to run, and that SUCKS. C:\Users\longy\OneDrive\Documents\ and trying to force this to my D drive is darn near impossible. As of this moment in time it has proven to be so.
Several Microsoft products do not run properly when installed on any driver other than C. That's a really poor design.
@@gaiustacitus4242 SU is not one of them, fortunately. It can run on a thumbdrive
One thing i tend to do when i don't completly uninstall it is to disable it from starting with windows
as even when it has no account linked, it will still trigger notifications to enable "windows backup"
Thanks Leo.
Thank you!
Hi Leo! New Windows 11 Desktop and upon setting it up I find OneDrive backing up my data. I find it intrusive and wish Microsoft would ask before sending my data anywhere. I use a external hard drive to back up all my PCs. I've watched a couple of your videos and they are very infromative. So thanks! I don't want to use OneDrive so I've unlinked my account with OneDrive. I'd actually like to remove everything my PC sent to the cloud. But if I'm understanding your videos correctly I cannot delete data in the cloud without the data on my PC being deleted. Tow questions if you don;t mind. How do I delete all the information in the cloud without deleting the data on my PC? And just in case my external backup file fails is there any information you would recommend sending to the cloud? Thanks in advance!!
When i got my new laptop 5 months ago i decided not to carry on with the one drive app. I declined it so i guess it is not activated still. I dont use cloud stuff so i dont think it applies to me or am i wrong ? Thanx
Agreed OneDrive UI/UX interaction doesn't do a good job of making it clear your data is going into OneDrive and not just your PC.
Thank you for this valuable information I needed it. I'm now a subscriber...
Thanks Leo. Can OneDrive be installed on Windows 10 if you have a Microsoft account?
OneDrive already comes with Windows 10.
I was puzzled to see the space in C drive dwindling. Soon I searched for Large files and noticed a replica of OneDrive folder in C drive. I discontinued synchronization and deleted all replicated files. The space in my C drive is within safe limits since then.
Thanks for the information on additional step of Uninstalling.
Thanks again. It seems managing a computer is overwhelming. QUESTION: Is it possible to have some files in OneDrive and others NOT in OneDrive?
Absolutely. Anything anywhere within the OneDrive folder is in OneDrive, anything in folders that are NOT within OneDrive, are not in OneDrive.
Wonderful review and commentary. I HATE OneDrive would NEVER, ever use it.
I've been using onedrive for 6 years for my small business and never had any issues with it. So I'll keep using it for now.
some have no problem with facebook, they keep using it :)
others have no problems with drugs, and keep using it.
so its save to use ?
Great job
So Leo,
1. if you have a terabyte of space taken up (which I have), and you unlink onedrive, the files will remain in the cloud forever? Just no longer backup?
2. I use the feature "Free up space" - which somehow removes the file space on my computer. What happens to that (I don't want to test for fear of it wanting to download 1TB of files.
1: yes.
2: I'm not sure what you're asking. The space taken by those files is freed up. They become "on demand", and the next time you try to use one, its data is downloaded at that time.
Hi Leo, Your videos are very helpful. However, I have run into a problem due to my upgrade to windows 11. As have mentioned in other videos, I somehow initiated auto back ups (but wasn't even aware of it). That is ok as I have a 365 account with 1 TB of storage, but funny things are happening. One of my programs (Cubase) stores java scripts for automation in a sub folder of documents. For some unknown reason every time i make a script or try to save one, it gets deleted automatically during the sync process. When I go on line, the folder and .js file are in the recycle bin! So I restore it and go back to my application but by this time it has been deleted again!!! I am flummoxed buy this behavior. I rather like having the back ups of my projects, but this is a serious blow to my work flow. Any idea why this is happening? If I stop backing up documents will the documents folder (and pathways) be restored to my local documents on my C drive? I underrstand that I will have to save the files and manage my One drive differently. Help please.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
As soon as I get a New PC I go online and download an uninstaller then delete all the stuff I don't want on the PC it might take me a couple of hours but it's worth it.
Nevertheless, it can happen that one day a Windows update will reinstall or reactivate the unwanted things. So you always have to be careful and waste valuable time keeping an eye on this crap.
Using Windows is like buying a big piece of cheese with holes and worms and then plugging all the holes for the rest of your life.
(translated with google, german/english)
@@Thomas_P_aus_M I haven't had anything I've deleted from the windows setup reinstall itself yet and that's in 10 years of using W10 I also delete the Xbox content as I don't need it on my PC.
i do the same thing. Revo uninstaller is the first thing I install to get rid of junk.