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How to turn off or disable OneDrive in windows 11?
How to disable OneDrive in Windows 11?
Force Uninstall via Command Prompt - This method completely removes the OneDrive application from your system using built-in Windows commands. It's more thorough than using the Settings app because it forcefully terminates any running processes before deletion.
Step-by-step guide of disable OneDrive in Windows 11:
1. Right-click the Start button and select Terminal (Admin) or Windows PowerShell (Admin) .
2. Click Yes when prompted by User Account Control.
3. In the terminal window, type the following command and press Enter to stop OneDrive if it's currently running:
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taskkill /f /im OneDrive .exe
4. Next, type the appropriate uninstall command for your system and press Enter:
For most modern PCs (64-bit Windows):
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%SystemRoot%\SysWOW64\OneDriveSetup.exe /uninstall
For older or 32-bit systems:
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%SystemRoot%\System32\OneDriveSetup.exe /uninstall
5. After the command runs, OneDrive will be uninstalled from your current user account. You can close the terminal window.