Like previous versions of Windows, File Explorer has a space-wasting OneDrive icon in the left sidebar. If you don’t use OneDrive, you can remove this icon with a simple registry tweak.
We’ve detailed how to do this in Windows 8, but the registry key has changed in 10, so here are the new instructions. Remember: this won’t remove OneDrive from the system, it will just hide it from your File Explorer sidebar.
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Press Win+R and type
regedit
to open up the Registry Editor -
Navigate to the
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}
registry key. -
Double-click on
System.IsPinnedToNameSpaceTree
change its value from1
to0
. - Log off or restart your computer. When you open File Explorer, the OneDrive entry should be gone from the list.
As we’ve mentioned before, you can also remove Quick Access via the registry and Homegroup via Services if you don’t want those, either. Enjoy your cleaner, easier-to-navigate sidebar!
Remove OneDrive from the Explorer Side Panel in Windows 10 [Microsoft TechNet]
Comments
4 responses to “How To Get Rid Of The OneDrive Icon In Windows 10’s File Explorer”
Can I just move it below C, or stick it in quick access?
I just want to be able to open things from onedrive directly, like windows 8, without locally syncing them.
This is helpful, as my upgrade has left me with two OneDrive icons in that list
Thanks for the tip, I removed both the OneDrive icon and the Quick Access folders as I found them useless.