Remove "Start back up" option in file explorer

Anonymous

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)

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Anonymous

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

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

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Anonymous

2024-01-03T07:55:41+00:00

I only performed these two operations: disabling their "Full Control" permission.

EDIT: Moreover, after disabling these permissions, there is no longer a need to modify key values.
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Anonymous

2024-01-08T13:08:51+00:00

I don't show the path given in Step 2. It gives me hkey folders instead. What do I do? (Please dumb it down real hard for me, I'm really bad with computers.)
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Anonymous

2024-01-08T13:13:51+00:00

I don't get a HKCU, but HKEY folders. Can you list how to do it with that?
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Anonymous

2024-01-08T13:17:02+00:00

HKCU means HKEY_CURRENT_USER.
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