How to Disable Set Up OneDrive Popup In Windows 10

The Set up OneDrive pop-up dialog appears when you have not sign in to OneDrive. Many users who use other cloud storage services such as Google Drive, Dropbox, and others, don’t want to use OneDrive to store files and hence, don’t want to set up or sign in to OneDrive.

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If you don't plan on using OneDrive however, these set up OneDrive prompts may become annoying pretty fast.

Following are the ways to disable OneDrive and completely remove OneDrive from your Windows 10 PC.



Disable OneDrive in Group Policy

Group Policy is not part of Windows 10 Home edition. So, if you are Home edition, please refer to the directions in Method 2.

1. Open Group Policy Editor. To do so, type Gpedit.msc into Start Menu search box and then press Enter key.


2. In the Local Group Policy window, navigate to the following folder:

Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > OneDrive



3. On the right-side, double-click on Prevent the usage of OneDrive for file storage policy to open its properties.

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4. Choose Enabled option, and then click Apply button.

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Uninstall OneDrive

1. Use the keyboard shortcut Windows key + I to open the Settings app.

2. Navigate to Apps > Apps & Features.

3. Click on Microsoft OneDrive to expand its entry, and display the options that are supported.

4. The uninstall button is active, so click on that to start the uninstallation of the service on the Windows 10 machine.

5. Confirm the "This app and its related info will be uninstalled" prompt by selecting the uninstall option.

6. Confirm the UAC prompt that is displayed.

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OneDrive is uninstalled at this point, and you should not get the "Set up OneDrive" popup prompts anymore.