{"id":80438,"date":"2026-03-10T16:35:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T11:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/?p=80438"},"modified":"2026-03-10T16:36:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T11:06:35","slug":"duplicate-onedrive-icon-file-explorer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/duplicate-onedrive-icon-file-explorer\/","title":{"rendered":"[Fix] Duplicate OneDrive Icon in File Explorer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you open File Explorer, you may notice two instances of the OneDrive icon in the navigation pane. The first one may appear as &#8220;OneDrive&#8221; and the other one as &#8220;OneDrive &#8211; Personal&#8221;, both containing the same set of files and folders. You wonder how to remove the duplicate OneDrive entry.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/onedrive_duplicate_icons.png\" alt=\"duplicate onedrive icons in File Explorer left pane\" width=\"750\" height=\"635\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Resolution<\/h2>\n<div class=\"qt\"><em>Before proceeding, please create a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/create-restore-protection-point-rollback-windows\/\">System Restore Point<\/a> or take a complete <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/automatically-backup-registry-hives-windows-10\/\">registry backup<\/a>.<\/em><\/div>\n<ol>\n<li>Launch the Registry Editor by running <strong>regedit.exe<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Go to the following branches one by one and <strong>delete<\/strong> them:\n<pre class=\"registry\">HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\CLSID\\{04271989-C4D2-33C6-D508-7EACF9214B8E}\r\n\r\nHKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\CLSID\\{04271989-BBB7-D70C-7DFA-2EBCEEB89D3D}\r\n\r\nHKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Desktop\\NameSpace\\{04271989-C4D2-33C6-D508-7EACF9214B8E}\r\n\r\nHKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Desktop\\NameSpace\\{04271989-BBB7-D70C-7DFA-2EBCEEB89D3D}\r\n<\/pre>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> If one of the above branches doesn&#8217;t exist, ignore and proceed to the next branch. Under the &#8220;NameSpace&#8221; registry key, you&#8217;ll see the <code>{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}<\/code> subkey. It&#8217;s the default &#8220;OneDrive &#8211; Personal&#8221; GUID. It should <strong>not<\/strong> be deleted.<\/li>\n<hr>\n<li>After deleting each of the above keys, close File Explorer and reopen it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"qt\">\n<h4>Using a REG file to automate the above steps<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Download <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/onedrive_duplicates_fix.zip\">onedrive_duplicates_fix.reg<\/a> (zipped).<\/li>\n<li>Unzip and extract the enclosed registry file to the desktop.<\/li>\n<li>Double-click the file to run it. Click Yes to confirm.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>That should remove the duplicate OneDrive entry in the File Explorer navigation pane.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you open File Explorer, you may notice two instances of the OneDrive icon in the navigation pane. The first one may appear as &#8220;OneDrive&#8221; and the other one as &#8220;OneDrive &#8211; Personal&#8221;, both containing the same set of files and folders. You wonder how to remove the duplicate OneDrive entry.<\/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":[352,441],"class_list":["post-80438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-10","category-windows-11","tag-onedrive","tag-registry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":74563,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/remove-onedrive-from-explorer\/","url_meta":{"origin":80438,"position":0},"title":"How to Remove OneDrive from Explorer Left Pane in Windows 10\/11","author":"Ramesh","date":"March 25, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"In File Explorer's upper left navigation pane, there are links to Home, Gallery, and OneDrive. 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