

This removes the OneDrive icon from the Notifications area. One more time, back in the Notifications area, right-click the OneDrive icon and click Exit.


On the General tab, next to Attributes, check the Hidden box. Open File Explorer, right-click OneDrive, and then click Properties.Close the Welcome to OneDrive box that appears. On the Account tab, click Unlink OneDrive. Open the Settings box again: In the Notifications area, right-click the OneDrive icon, click Settings.Click OK to save your changes in the Settings box.This step removes all OneDrive files from your computer, but leaves them on. (The first check selects all the boxes, then the uncheck clears them all.) Click OK to close the box and return to settings. In the Sync your OneDrive files to this PC box, check and uncheck the box at Sync all files and folders in my OneDrive.At this point, the whole thing composts and all the subsequent instructions are useless as near as I can tell.
