{"id":74563,"date":"2024-03-25T15:51:32","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T10:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=74563"},"modified":"2024-03-25T16:02:22","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T10:32:22","slug":"remove-onedrive-from-explorer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/remove-onedrive-from-explorer\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Remove OneDrive from Explorer Left Pane in Windows 10\/11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In File Explorer&#8217;s upper left navigation pane, there are links to Home, Gallery, and OneDrive. You may wonder how to remove the OneDrive link from the navigation pane.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s see how to remove OneDrive link from Explorer. Information in this article applies to Windows 10 and Windows 11.<!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_74567\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74567\" style=\"width: 421px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/onedrive-remove-0.png\" alt=\"Remove OneDrive from explorer - Windows 10 and 11\" width=\"431\" height=\"399\" class=\"size-full wp-image-74567\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-74567\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot from Windows 11<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_74568\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74568\" style=\"width: 423px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/onedrive-remove-3.png\" alt=\"Remove OneDrive from explorer - Windows 10 and 11\" width=\"433\" height=\"397\" class=\"size-full wp-image-74568\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-74568\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot from Windows 10<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Remove OneDrive from the left pane of Explorer<\/h2>\n<h3>Option 1: Uninstall OneDrive<\/h3>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t use OneDrive and none of the folders are configured to sync with OneDrive, you may uninstall the OneDrive app. Please see the following article to learn how to uninstall the OneDrive app.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/reset-onedrive-windows-10\/\">How to Reset OneDrive, or Uninstall and Reinstall it<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Option 2: Remove OneDrive from Explorer using the registry<\/h3>\n<p>You can remove the OneDrive link from Explorer using a registry edit, without uninstalling the OneDrive app.<\/p>\n<div class=\"qt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6419 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/hand.png\" alt=\"hand point icon\" width=\"49\" height=\"27\" \/>To automate the following steps, please download <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/onedrive_remove_from_explorer.zip\">onedrive_remove_from_explorer.reg<\/a> (zipped) and run the enclosed registry file.<\/div>\n<ol>\n<li>Open <strong>regedit.exe<\/strong> and go to the following branch:\n<pre class=\"registry\">HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\CLSID\\{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>Double-click <strong>System.IsPinnedToNameSpaceTree<\/strong>\u00a0and set its data to <strong>0<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74565\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/onedrive-remove-1.png\" alt=\"remove onedrive from navigation pane\" width=\"862\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/onedrive-remove-1.png 862w, https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/onedrive-remove-1-768x362.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 862px) 100vw, 862px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Next, go to:\n<pre class=\"registry\">HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Desktop\\NameSpace\\<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>Under <strong>Namespace<\/strong>, delete the subkey named <strong>{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74564\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/onedrive-remove-2.png\" alt=\"remove onedrive from navigation pane\" width=\"855\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/onedrive-remove-2.png 855w, https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/onedrive-remove-2-768x319.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 855px) 100vw, 855px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Exit Regedit.exe.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>That should remove OneDrive from the Explorer navigation pane in Windows 10 and 11. You can <strong>still<\/strong> use the OneDrive app if you use Method 2 above.<\/p>\n<h3>Related<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/onedrive-prevent-gpo-still-show-up-in-file-explorer\/\">OneDrive Appears in Explorer Even If &#8220;Prevent the Usage of OneDrive&#8221; Policy is Enabled<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/remove-quick-access-other-shell-folders-file-explorer\/\">Remove Quick access and User Folders from File Explorer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In File Explorer&#8217;s upper left navigation pane, there are links to Home, Gallery, and OneDrive. You may wonder how to remove the OneDrive link from the navigation pane. Let&#8217;s see how to remove OneDrive link from Explorer. Information in this article applies to Windows 10 and Windows 11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,869],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-10","category-windows-11"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3022,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/onedrive-prevent-gpo-still-show-up-in-file-explorer\/","url_meta":{"origin":74563,"position":0},"title":"OneDrive Appears in Explorer Even If &#8220;Prevent the Usage of OneDrive&#8221; Policy is Enabled","author":"Ramesh","date":"April 25, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Even after enabling the Prevent the Usage of OneDrive for file storage Group Policy to disable OneDrive, the OneDrive shell folder may still show up in File Explorer navigation pane and File Open and Save As dialogs in every program, including Office.According to the Group Policy Editor, this policy setting\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Windows&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Windows","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/category\/microsoft\/windows\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":80438,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/duplicate-onedrive-icon-file-explorer\/","url_meta":{"origin":74563,"position":1},"title":"[Fix] Duplicate OneDrive Icon in File Explorer","author":"Ramesh","date":"March 10, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"When you open File Explorer, you may notice two instances of the OneDrive icon in the navigation pane. 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