Remove "Start back up" option in file explorer

Anonymous
2023-06-20T16:39:54+00:00

Hello,

In the latest release of Windows Insider Home Preview (I have an option everywhere I go in file explorer to "Start Back Up", clicking on it leads me to the onedrive dialogue to back up folders. This is incredibly annoying and I cannot find out how to disable it, even though all my backup features are off.

How can I disable this?

(Preview build 23481)

Windows Insider program | Windows Insider preview | Files, folders, and storage

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Anonymous
2023-12-28T14:32:43+00:00

I was able to get rid of the button like this:

  1. Open RegEdit
  2. Go to HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StorageProvider\OneDrive
  3. Remove or rename the key StorageProviderKnownFolderSyncInfoSourceFactory
  4. Restart Windows Explorer

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-06-20T19:58:41+00:00

    How can I disable this?

    I don't see that in Explorer but I don't use OneDrive, it's disable at startup.

    I guess that'd be one way to avoid it.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-10-24T03:38:02+00:00

    How can I disable this?

    I don't see that in Explorer but I don't use OneDrive, it's disable at startup.

    I guess that'd be one way to avoid it.

    I don't use OneDrive, but the annoying, flashing button still is there.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-10-24T20:05:49+00:00

    I never see that button to Start Backup on any of my systems.

    I just searched for that and found one user comment on reddit:

    New Start Backup button on new File Explorer Adress Bar : r/Windows11 (reddit.com)

    Btw button disappears if you sign out of Onedrive.

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