How to uninstall OneDrive Win10 closes OneDrive method

OneDrive is a network storage tool launched by Microsoft, which is equivalent to our familiar cloud disk or network hard disk, supporting mobile phones and PC platforms. In the latest Win10 system, the OneDrive service is built in. It can be seen in the boot manager of the task manager that the service is enabled by default. For ordinary Win10 users, the OneDrive service is rarely used, we can uninstall it or disable it. The following is the specific operation method.

In general, if you don't need to use OneDrive, we can disable it and turn it off. So first introduce how Win10 shuts down the OneDrive service. The specific steps are as follows.

How does Win10 turn off OneDrive? The method steps are as follows

The easiest way is to open the task manager every time the computer is turned on, then find the OneDrive.exe process as shown above, and then end the process.

This method is more troublesome because it needs to be operated every time the computer is turned on, so it is not recommended. Let's talk about the method of closing once and for all.

1. Open the Win10 Run dialog box, you can use the Win + R combination shortcut to open it quickly, then enter gpedit.msc after opening and click OK to enter the Group Policy settings.

2. After opening the Win10 Local Group Policy Editor, click to expand [Computer Configuration] - [Administrative Templates] - [Windows Components] - [onedrive], then double-click "No Use" on the right. OneDrive performs file storage as shown below.

3, then in the pop-up prohibition to use OneDrive configuration interface, select "Enabled", and then click "OK" at the bottom to save, as shown below.

The above steps can be successfully configured to shut down the OneDrive service.

How to uninstall OneDrive

If you want to completely uninstall and remove the OneDrive program, how to operate it? The following small series is also accompanied by detailed method steps.

Uninstall Method 1:

1, run the input %localappdata%\\Microsoft\\OneDrive\\ and check the version number, which is usually a string of values.

2, run the CMD command, enter %localappdata%\\Microsoft\\OneDrive\\XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (the version number you just viewed)\\OneDriveSetup /uninstall, this command can uninstall most of the onedrive programs, the rest can be Delete (may require permission settings or run cmd in administrator mode)

Uninstall method 2:

directly delete the %localappdata%\\Microsoft \\onedrive folder by obtaining permission ( After obtaining the permission, you may need to close the corresponding onedrive process in the process before you can delete the folder.

Onedrive is Microsoft's cloud storage service for devices such as PCs and mobile phones. It is designed to help users better store data, synchronize backup data, etc., and prevent data loss. Generally, if you do not need this service, Just turn off the disable of this service, no need to uninstall it.