

First, input taskkill /f /im OneDrive.exe and press Enter to ensure that OneDrive isn’t running.Press the Win + X hotkey and select Command Prompt (Admin) from the menu to open it. Windows 10 users can uninstall OneDrive with the Command Prompt.Close the Registry Editor window and restart Windows.Now double-click DisableFileSyncNGSC to open the Edit DWORD (32-bit) Value window and enter 1 in the Value data box.Enter DisableFileSyncNGSC as the title for the new DWORD.Next, you should right-click the new OneDrive registry key and select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value.Enter OneDrive as the title of the new key.You can skip this step if there’s already an OneDrive key there. Next, you should right-click Windows and select New > Key from the context menu shown in the snapshot below.Now open this key in the Registry Editor: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPoliciesMicrosoftWindows.

Then press the OK button to open the Registry Editor window below.

If OneDrive isn’t listed on the Start-up or Services tabs, you can remove it from Windows directly. Uninstall OneDrive in Windows 8 and earlier (but not 10) Next, click OK and press the Restart button to reboot Windows.ģ.If it’s listed there, deselect OneDrive’s checkbox and press the Apply button.Browse through the services to find Microsoft OneDrive. Click the Services tab, which includes a list of services.Open Run by pressing the Win key + R hotkeys, and then you can type msconfig in the text box to open the window in the snapshot directly below. If you can’t find OneDrive listed in Task Manager, it might be listed on MSConfig’s Services tab.Select Microsoft OneDrive and press the Disable button to remove it from the startup programs.That might include Microsoft OneDrive, which will have an Enabled status. Select the Start-up tab on that window to open a list of startup entries.Home › OneDrive › How to get OneDrive to stop popping up
