OneDrive is built-in cloud-based storage that Windows 10 offers to its users. The PCs can be linked to OneDrive and automatically sync the image, files, videos, etc to the drive. Usually, they can store up to 5GB of data for free, and for more storage, we must opt for a premium account. In such cases, to utilize the space efficiently we might want to stop syncing of data for some time. In this article, let us see how to do that in different ways.
Method 1: Unlink OneDrive
1. Right-click on the cloud icon in the bottom right corner of the taskbar
2. Choose Settings
Sometimes the One Drive icon is hidden so click on the Show hidden icons arrow as shown below and find the icon there.
3. In the Settings Window, Go to the Account tab and Choose Unlink this PC
4. A prompt appears, click on Unlink account
Method 2: Hide OneDrive
In order to stop the files from syncing, we can opt to Hide OneDrive in our system.
1. Right-click on the cloud icon in the bottom right corner of the taskbar
2. Choose Settings
Sometimes the One Drive icon is hidden so click on the Show hidden icons arrow as shown below and find the icon there.
3. In the Settings Window, Under the General category Untick all the options
4. In the same window, go to the Account tab , and click on Choose folders
5. In the appearing window,
- Untick all the files
- Click on OK
6. In the Settings Window, Go to the Account tab and Choose Unlink this PC
7. A prompt appears, click on Unlink account
8. Press Windows+E buttons together to open File Explorer
- Locate OneDrive and right-click on it
- Click on Properties
9. In the appearing window , go to the General tab,
- Choose Hidden under the attribute section
- Press OK
We can now see that One Drive is hidden from the File Explorer.
10.Locate the One Drive icon in the taskbar again,
- Right-click
- Click on Close One Drive
That’s it and One Drive is hidden from the system, hence stopping the sync of files.
Method 3: Uninstall OneDrive
It is important to note that not all the versions of Windows 10 support uninstalling the OneDrive.
1. Hold Windows+r , in the Run window, type appwiz.cpl and hit enter
2. In the Program and Features window that opens,
- Locate the Microsoft OneDrive and Right-Click on it.
- Click on Uninstall
This will Uninstall OneDrive from the PC.
Hope this has been informative. Thank you for reading. Please comment and let us know if this works for you.