Remove "Start back up" option in file explorer

Oh, same here, Office and OneDrive user. I keep a fair amount of documents in my OneDrive folders that I want access to remotely / via mobile.

But it's all done manually and all within the normal free amount allotted all Windows users, I don't want to use it as backup because I have my own backup solutions. And I don't want to pay for cloud storage (I would stop using it were it suddenly no longer free even for the small amount).

The problem: we're not (yet) being forced to use the Start Backup button that's being foisted on us, but we're also not being allowed to turn it off.

It's annoying that we can't get rid of it, and the possible reasons for them doing this (sell cloud storage) are more than annoying (if true).

Chris

I appreciate all your replies here: it seems that I received this "feature" oddly earlier than others and it is just now starting to be widely rolled out. I'm sure that there is some registry setting to change, but the question is why? Like the above I am also a premium office user and I extensively use OneDrive, but I do not understand for what reason someone would want to back up their desktop and other personal folders to OneDrive, *especially* when you have explicitly chosen not to.

Unfortunately, the only way to get rid of this is to uninstall OneDrive, and with Microsoft's past record of trying to force it's software into unwilling consumers, I am sure that this option will remain indefinitely, with no option to remove it. :(

Honestly, the best option at this time is to get a third party File Explorer App (such as the Files App in the Microsoft Store, which recently got a whole host of nice improvements). Filing a report in the Feedback Hub is generally useless. If the press starts making noise about something it will sometimes convince MS to make a change, so that might be worth pursuing. But one of the most effective ways to get change is to simply stop using the feature until it is fixed. For many of us, uninstalling OneDrive isn't a viable option. However one can use an alternative to File Explorer.

Honestly, the best option at this time is to get a third party File Explorer App (such as the Files App in the Microsoft Store, which recently got a whole host of nice improvements). Filing a report in the Feedback Hub is generally useless. If the press starts making noise about something it will sometimes convince MS to make a change, so that might be worth pursuing. But one of the most effective ways to get change is to simply stop using the feature until it is fixed. For many of us, uninstalling OneDrive isn't a viable option. However one can use an alternative to File Explorer.

I agree about the third party choice. But when I look at "Files App" in the store there is an $8.99 charge for it for a 4.3 rating, 3,190 ratings, unknown number of downloads.

That is insufficient for me to bet $9 that it is what you say it is. However if you scroll down and select Files App website, you will find there is a free version supported by donations.

So if it does work as you say, I will send the entire $8.99 (+) to the publisher and avoid the middle man.