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Brass Contributor

Oct 06, 2023

Remove "Start backup" from File Explorer

Latest Windows 11 update shows this very annoying button, and can't find a way to remove it (I don't want to use this backup feature): Any PS script to disable this? Hope MS is working o...

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hhudo

Brass Contributor

Oct 10, 2023

Some of them using onedrive private, some business version, some both.
I can't remove Onedrive, I just want that button to go away.
Or do i have to migrate everything to Google Storage so I can disable (sign out) Onedrive completely? If MS doesn't remove that spam button, I'll have to move to Google or Dropbox.

Btw, on one machine I didn't sign in to OD, and Star Backup is not in the File Explorer. But hoping I don't have to go that far and migrated files from OD to some other cloud storage.

Reza_Ameri

Silver Contributor

Oct 10, 2023

You don't need to remove it, just for test try disable it from startup or sign out and see if that solves the issue?
This is just to test.

hhudo
Brass Contributor
Oct 10, 2023
Sign out off Onedrive (or disable) removes it. But i need Onedrive for my regular cloud files storage, so don't want to disable it, just want to remove that button from the File Explorer.
- Reza_Ameri
  Silver Contributor
  Oct 11, 2023
  This is just to test and verify if that is causing this behavior.
  I advise you to file a report in the Feedback Hub app and report this concern.
- Deleted
  Oct 11, 2023
  hhudo
  When you click on this application - you can uncheck it after successively disable the backup of settings and other folders, have you tried to do that?
  - davidhbrown
    Copper Contributor
    Oct 31, 2023
    That "Backup" application seems merely to be an (weak) alternative front-end/dashboard for the Account "Sync your settings" and OneDrive's folder backup (very weak). Any real configuration seems to still be done through those.