How to delete multiple instances of onedrive

Question

OneDrive appears multiple times, I tried to Delete an instance and it does nothing. I shut it down and created a new OneDrive folder and now I have 3 instances.

Also, something else happened. OneDrive was moved from being on the top level to everything under "Desktop". I have removed all files OneDrive. I posted on another site and no response. The properties are all the same.

Originally

Now
SharePoint Files synced to OneDrive
Should look like this:

On my computer everything is under Desktop and OneDrive – Technology and every file is duplicated twice.

Answer 1

You will have 1 OneDrive instance per account. You can have any # of accounts using OneDrive on the same machine. So if you have your personal OneDrive account set up and a company account then you'll have 2 instances. You can configure this by going to the system tray. You should have a separate OneDrive icon for each account. Select the one you don't want and quit (temporarily) or disconnect the account to remove it permanently.

The "third" copy you are seeing under your user name is the same instance as under Desktop. They are just shortcuts. Honestly I'm not sure why you're seeing anything under Desktop but I don't know what version of Windows you're running. It looks like it might just be some shortcuts on your desktop that you can simply remove.