Microsoft and ONEDRIVE are holding all my shit hostage!

[Great_Ape]

I am unable to play anything because ONEDRIVE says it is at 100% capacity, and won't let me do shit until I pony money up to Microsoft. Since when did this become a thing? I didn't ask for ONEDRIVE, but there it is, every time! Is there any way to get rid of it, and still keep my stuff? Or do I have to dump it, lose all my stuff, and restart everything?
Any assistance would be appreciated.

 

[OldGunney]

Go into Onedrive and uncheck some files you dont need stored in cloud. Then reboot computer.

 

[TuKanChew]

Uninstall OneDrive and save to your HD.

 

[OldGunney]

Uninstall OneDrive and save to your HD.

I had found that the OneDrive also saves files to the cloud while playing due to Origen ads. That would cause lag and FPS drop.

 

[TuKanChew]

I don't use clouds whenever possible; I save everything to my hard drives. I won't even buy a security camera that won't let me use them strictly by SD card and no cloud or subscription.
I don't even use MS Office anymore because it's all cloud based (all you own is a link to the object). Guard and secure your own data, don't rely on these clouds to protect it.
Both my gaming machines have OneDrive uninstalled and I don't have any lag issues.

 

[Darkbolt_Asta_90]

I don't use clouds whenever possible; I save everything to my hard drives. I won't even buy a security camera that won't let me use them strictly by SD card and no cloud or subscription.
I don't even use MS Office anymore because it's all cloud based (all you own is a link to the object). Guard and secure your own data, don't rely on these clouds to protect it.
Both my gaming machines have OneDrive uninstalled and I don't have any lag issues.

I hate the fact that everything is being pushed to the cloud.

 

[repeat0ffender]

After reading Gunneys post I am hopeful my bf4 run and gun suckage can be blamed on OneDrive

 

[Jmonty]

I hate the fact that everything is being pushed to the cloud.

Old man shakes fist at cloud

 

[Dan_]

 

[jsimpson32]

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well played

 

[TuKanChew]

 

[repeat0ffender]

 

[Great_Ape]

Thanks for the assistance, I may have it figured out.

 

[Jmonty]

 

[Dan_]

 

[Animalllllll]

Late to the party but maybe this will help someone.

Probably the fastest way to remove Onedrive from windows 11 and maybe 10 is to click on
SETTINGS - APPS - INSTALLED APPS -
scroll down to WINDOWS ONEDRIVE and click the 3 dots on the right then choose UNINSTALL then in the small popup windows choose UNINSTALL again. It will take a few seconds to remove then you're done.

If you want it back you can just go to Microsoft Store and download it again.

If you don't want to uninstall it you can just remove it from startup.
Press CTRL+Shift+ESC goto Startup Apps find OneDrive, right click on it and choose Disable. Restart and you're done.

For any reason it's still running in the background type Services in the taskbar search box and find Microsoft OneDrive, highlight it, right click and choose Stop if it's running and then right click again and in the Startup type: select Disabled, press Apply and you're done.

 

[Jmonty]