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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...
Try this to get rid of the "Start back up" button in Windows Explorer address bar:
- Open RegEdit
- Go to HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StorageProvider\OneDrive
- Remove or rename the key StorageProviderKnownFolderSyncInfoSourceFactory
- Restart Windows Explorer
Seems to have worked for me too. Thanks for that. Great detective work! 
(Just in case there are issues down the track, I saved the key value by 'exporting' it to a .reg file before deleting the key.)