One Drive-Cloud

Question

I have 2 laptops. 1 is used for my personal/business and the 2nd is attached to my industrial printer. I added 365 to it for word. After about a year the 2 synced...not sure how. Now my work only one has all of my personal, etc info. I deleted all of the info and went into Microsoft and took it off of my profile. But I cannot remove the Cloud /Desktop ( there are 2 on my Home list) How do I remove? I cannot delete, it wont allow it...Help Please!!

Answer 1

Hi, I'm Rodrigo and I will help you.
To Remove the OneDrive account, right-click the OneDrive icon in the right side of the taskbar > Settings > Account (it is possible to have two OneDrive icons; make sure you selected the right one by checking the mail shown on "Account").

Select "Unlink this PC" > "Unlink account" to remove the account from OneDrive and the File Explorer entry.

Answer 2

The “Cloud/Desktop” entries are coming from OneDrive syncing the Desktop (and possibly Documents/Pictures) between both laptops. To stop this and remove the extra Desktop from File Explorer, unlink OneDrive on the printer laptop and turn off the folder backup there.

On the printer laptop (Windows 10/11):

1. Unlink OneDrive from the PC
   1. Select the OneDrive cloud icon in the notification area (system tray). You may need to click the “Show hidden icons” arrow.
   2. Select the OneDrive Help and Settings icon, then choose Settings.
   3. Go to the Account tab.
   4. Select Unlink this PC, then Unlink account.
      • This stops syncing and disconnects that laptop from the OneDrive account. Files already on the PC stay there; all files remain in OneDrive on the web.
2. (Optional) Hide OneDrive so it no longer appears in File Explorer
   1. Open File Explorer.
   2. Right‑click OneDrive in the left pane and select Properties.
   3. On the General tab, under Attributes, check Hidden and apply.
   4. In the notification area, select the OneDrive icon again and choose Quit OneDrive to remove the icon from the tray.

If the personal/business laptop is also syncing Desktop and you do not want that, unlink it in the same way (steps above) or go into OneDrive settings on that laptop and turn off backup/sync for Desktop only, leaving other folders as needed.

You will not lose data by unlinking; everything remains available at OneDrive.com and locally where it has already been downloaded.

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References:

• How to remove an account in OneDrive
• Turn off, disable, or uninstall OneDrive
• Unlink and re-link OneDrive