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Copper Contributor

Jan 15, 2021

Remove "Add shortcut to OneDrive" from Sharepoint Sites

We have our users want to use the 'Sync' and not the 'shortcut to OneDrive' for file on the Sharepoint sites. I was able to run from powershell: PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Set-SPOTenant -DisableAddS...

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MavDovlat

Copper Contributor

Sep 29, 2021

Hello
Go to your OneDrive online and delete the SharePoint shortcut folder , done
Best To all

KaRocks

Copper Contributor

Oct 06, 2021

But it looks like the files are deleted that were synced and I'm afraid that the files will be deleted. Do we know if that is the case?

BishopstonIT
Brass Contributor
Feb 23, 2022
this didn't work for me the first few times either. tried a week later and it worked....?
use the following:
Connect-SPOService "https://domain-admin.sharepoint.com"
Set-SPOTenant -DisableAddShortCutsToOneDrive $True

you can use "Get-SPOTenant" to see if it has worked - the parameter is actually listed as "DisableAddToOneDrive", but using this parameter doesn't work (you have to use the one listed above)

I wanted this disabled, as over the last year a couple of users have "somehow" deleted the whole sharepoint document library, and I'm pretty sure it's something to do with this shortcut (as discussed in below article)

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/deleting-a-sharepoint-shortcut-to-onedrive/c5cfc06b-a87b-48a8-bc83-cba045f93720