

Once the Registry Editor opens up, copy the below string, paste it into address bar and press Enter key.Ĭomputer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\OneDriveĤ. Click Yes on the UAC confirmation pop-up.ģ. Select Enabled from the Policay Setting window.ĥ. Double-click Prevent the usage of OneDrive for file storage from the right pane.Ĥ. When the Group Policy Editor appears, navigate to Computer configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > OneDrive.ģ. Type gpedit in the Search box on your Windows 11 and press Enter key.Ģ. When the confirmation dialog shows, simply select Unlink account to turn off OneDrive from syncing. Click Unlink this PC when the new window pops up.ĥ. Click OneDrive Cloud icon from the taskbar.Ĥ. To turn off OneDrive to avoid its automatic pop-ups or file syncing once you are using your Windows 11 PC, you have 4 ways.

How to Disable/Turn off OneDrive on Windows 11?

So, if you're one of them, you can follow below guides to disable or uninstall OneDrive from Windows 11 computer. Also, some of them use other online storage services like Google Drive or Dropbox, so OneDrive on Windows 11 is useless for them. Because, most of time, people don’t want their private data to be uploaded. Based on experiences from Windows 10 users, people turn off or uninstall OneDrive as OneDrive automatically backs up photos and upload files to OneDrive cloud once launching the PC.
