Hide or Remove OneDrive icon from File Explorer in Windows 10 - that's what we gonna
see in this post - Works on Windows 10 Creators Update, Windows 10
Anniversary Update, and other editions of Windows like Windows 10 earlier builds like Aug 2015
and Nov 2015 builds.
In our last post we had seen how to stop OneDrive Sync in Windows 10 which explains the concept
of disabling OneDrive sync in Windows 10 without any software..
This post is a continuation of the last post, which means even though we had hided OneDrive from
Windows 10 but,it will still appear on File Explorer. So, this post shows how to hide OneDrive
from File Explorer in Windows 10.
Do you need any software ?
No, you don't need to download software to hide OneDrive in file explorer of Windows 10, just
follow the below steps..
How to hide OneDrive icon in File Explorer in Windows 10...
1) First Open Registry Editor
[ Helpful link :How to Open registry editor in Windows 10]
2) Navigate to the following...
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}
3) Now, on your right pane, you can find an item named
System.IsPinnedToNameSpaceTree
4) Double click on it
5) You will see 1 in the value data field.
6) Delete the value 1 on the box
7) Now, the box will be empty Type 0.
8) Click on OK.
That's it..
But, if you are using x64 Bit version of Windows 10
[ Helpful link : How to Find what version of Windows you are using]
then, do the following..
How to hide OneDrive icon from File Explorer in x64 version of Windows 10
1) First Open Registry Editor
[ Helpful link :How to Open registry editor in Windows 10]
2) Navigate to the following...
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Wow6432NODE\CLSID\{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-
224DE2ED1FE6}
3) Now, on your right pane, you can find an item named
System.IsPinnedToNameSpaceTree
4) Double click on it
5) You will see 1 in the value data field.
6) Delete the value 1 on the box
7) Now, the box will be empty Type 0.
8) Click on OK.
Like this you can hide OneDrive on any Windows 10 Laptop and Windows 10 desktop.
Hope it is helpful..
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see in this post - Works on Windows 10 Creators Update, Windows 10
Anniversary Update, and other editions of Windows like Windows 10 earlier builds like Aug 2015
and Nov 2015 builds.
In our last post we had seen how to stop OneDrive Sync in Windows 10 which explains the concept
of disabling OneDrive sync in Windows 10 without any software..
This post is a continuation of the last post, which means even though we had hided OneDrive from
Windows 10 but,it will still appear on File Explorer. So, this post shows how to hide OneDrive
from File Explorer in Windows 10.
Do you need any software ?
No, you don't need to download software to hide OneDrive in file explorer of Windows 10, just
follow the below steps..
How to hide OneDrive icon in File Explorer in Windows 10...
[Video Tutorial]
1) First Open Registry Editor
[ Helpful link :How to Open registry editor in Windows 10]
2) Navigate to the following...
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}
3) Now, on your right pane, you can find an item named
System.IsPinnedToNameSpaceTree
4) Double click on it
5) You will see 1 in the value data field.
6) Delete the value 1 on the box
7) Now, the box will be empty Type 0.
8) Click on OK.
That's it..
But, if you are using x64 Bit version of Windows 10
[ Helpful link : How to Find what version of Windows you are using]
then, do the following..
How to hide OneDrive icon from File Explorer in x64 version of Windows 10
1) First Open Registry Editor
[ Helpful link :How to Open registry editor in Windows 10]
2) Navigate to the following...
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Wow6432NODE\CLSID\{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-
224DE2ED1FE6}
3) Now, on your right pane, you can find an item named
System.IsPinnedToNameSpaceTree
4) Double click on it
5) You will see 1 in the value data field.
6) Delete the value 1 on the box
7) Now, the box will be empty Type 0.
8) Click on OK.
Close the Window.
That's it..
Like this you can hide OneDrive on any Windows 10 Laptop and Windows 10 desktop.
Hope it is helpful..
Are you a beginner to Windows 10 ?? then here is a chance to get free Windows 10 related posts
everyday, just follow us on social media.subscribe to our Email Posts or YouTube channel (Links are
on the right pane)and learn new things..
That's the end of this post..
Click to read all basic tutorials..
