Unable to delete Onedrive (system) folder after uninstalling Onedrive

Question

Hi all,

In the past I connected to two onedrive accounts and folders.
Now I want to delete one of these accounts.
It was not possible to simply delete the folder so I decided to uninstall Onedrive completely and then restore the only account/folders that I still need.
Even after uninstalling onedrive the folder that I would like to delete remains there.
I tried other options like reïnstalling onedrive with the account that I would like to delete and then uninstalling it again.

How can I delete this folder even after OneDrive is uninstalled?

Answer 1

Hi @Pascalvv ,
I suggest you refer to this support about hide OneDrive and turn off OneDrive folder from File Explorer:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/turn-off-disable-or-uninstall-onedrive-f32a17ce-3336-40fe-9c38-6efb09f944b0
As the article said, OneDrive is built in to some versions of Windows and can't be uninstalled. But you can hide it and stop the sync process, so it stays hidden. You can follow the article steps about Hide OneDrive, to do this, turn off all the OneDrive settings and remove the OneDrive folder from File Explorer.

Hope the information is helpful.

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