Remove OneDrive from File Explorer navigation pane

Question

I had two versions of OneDrive, one personal and one professional each with different log in identities. I need to remove the professional one, which had at some point duplicated itself in the File Explorer navigation pane.

I followed all the instructions found online related to going to Registry Editor and finding HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6} and HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Wow6432Node\CLSID{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6} but had trouble so I ended up moving my files out of the personal OneDrive and deleting the app entirely. I rebooted and this succeeded in removing the personal OneDrive and one of the duplicated professional ones from the File Explorer navigation pane.

Now one version of the professional OneDrive remains, but when I click on it I get the error message "Location is not available", understandably so because I deleted the app entirely.

If I search in the Registry Editor for {018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}, I find only the following instance: Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderDescriptions{A52BBA46-E9E1-435f-B3D9-28DAA648C0F6}

The name of the file that is found is "ParsingName" and under the heading "Data" is "shell:::{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}" which is why it came up with the Ctrl+F search

What should I do next to remove OneDrive entirely from the File Explorer before reinstalling it?

Answer 1

Hi Lani~~~~~,

Good day! I'm John Dev a Windows user like you and I'll be happy to assist you today. I know this has been difficult for you, Rest assured, I'm going to do my best to help you.

Please try the method below

Press Start then search Registry Editor

Navigate to this path:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace

Expand NameSpace folder

You will see folders like this. {57620229-1115-412B-8DAC-BBBF60352EEA}

Select each one of them then look on the right, under "Data" = OneDrive

Delete this folder. Note: Make sure not to delete other folder in NameSpace, except for OneDrive.

Close File Explorer and open it again.

Kindly let me know if this helps or if you have any concerns.

Kind regards,

John DeV

Independent Advisor

Answer 2

Thank you so much, this did exactly what I needed to to do.

Answer 3

Dude - thank you so much. I figured i was going to have to live with defunct OneDrive links in my navigation pane forever. I also would never have been able to figure that out on my own. You have skills man, mad skills.

Answer 4

Mahn, this method worked. I have going in circles in the web just to also find a solution to my problem. Thanks man, keep up doing good. Bless you

Answer 5

That worked perfectly. Many thanks for your prompt and clear instructions!