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
    2023-11-02T02:10:41+00:00

    Btw button disappears if you sign out of Onedrive. 

    Signing out of OneDrive is a) not a solution, especially for those of us that still use it (though not for backup), and b) probably not something that Microsoft would want users to do (since they want us to use OneDrive for backup).

    So I would think in both cases, they would want this issue resolved with a fix, not a work-around.

    Chris

    That was a comment of a user on reddit. I don't see the "Start Backup" button in any of my systems. 😎🤷‍♂️

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

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-11-05T15:11:04+00:00

    I think we'd all be happy IF we could select which folders to backup. But MS doesn't give you that option. If I try to backup just one folder in the Documents folder, a popup asks permission and tells me I'll be over my limit (because it will back up the whole Documents folder).

    Why can't MS be more responsive?

    Surely the customer is always right. No?

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-11-05T15:33:35+00:00

    Given that this whole new OneDrive-driven feature set is probably meant to sell Cloud Storage to those that go past their free allotment, I wouldn't be surprised to learn that this 'lack of choice of folders' is very much by design.

    Chris

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-11-05T16:03:08+00:00

    I agree with you, but like many people seeing this prompt I already use and pay for Office 365 and OneDrive. The problem is that I choose to manage OneDrive in my own way - I put things I want in the cloud in the Onedrive folder, and those I don't want in the cloud in the local folders that MS now wants me to "back up". I'm sure lots of users do the same thing. MS can't or won't aim their marketing only at those people who aren't already paying them, so we all have to be prompted. That says something about MS's competence, or their attitude to their paying customers, or perhaps both.

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