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How do I disable one drive? I do not want to ever use it again.

Mike Sarringar 0 Reputation points
2026-02-22T23:32:33.8+00:00

I do not use one drive, so when I paid my annual 365 fee, one drive was installed and activated. When I tried to delete the files on that drive, it deleted files on my PC and now I have programs that have been impacted and I do not know how to restore them. Some of the files/templates in Corel Video Studio took me years to create. So I am now painstakingly recreating them.

I'm really pissed.

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For home | Windows
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  1. Marcin Policht 82,685 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2026-02-22T23:51:11.38+00:00

    Follow https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/turn-off-disable-or-uninstall-onedrive-f32a17ce-3336-40fe-9c38-6efb09f944b0


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  2. Craig Long 17,715 Reputation points
    2026-02-23T00:03:20.16+00:00

    Go to the recycle bin at onedrive.com and restore all items before you uninstall OneDrive. That should put all the files back.

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