Windows 11 - documents folder is linked to onedrive instead of the pc storage. can't unlink it.

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I recently got a new laptop and I'm not sure how windows 11 works. I noticed that my documents folder was just my OneDrive, which i don't want.

When i tried to redirect it to the main storage, i get:

I'm not sure how to get it to work.

I don't want to unlink my onedrive completely because i use it often to transfer files.

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Brian Tillman 27,030 Independent Advisor

Hi. I'm Brian and I will do my best to help you.

Go into the Settings on OneDrive, select the Backup tab and uncheck Documents (and Desktop and Pictures if you wish) and those folders should get moved back to their position under C:\Users<youraccount>, unless you've manually created folders of the same name, which is not the correct approach.

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Anonymous

2024-01-16T01:43:22+00:00

I can't find the settings and backup tab in one drive.
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Anonymous

2024-01-12T19:26:33+00:00

I followed these steps, but all of those, Pictures, Desktop, Documents etc are now gone. There is no Documents folder in my user profile. There is still a OneDrive Folder in my user profile, and inside it are the documents/pictures/etc. I cannot pin them to Quick Access, the only way I can access them is to go through (C/users/myname/OneDrive), which is ridiculous.
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Anonymous

2024-01-08T23:50:28+00:00

I need to find "settings"
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Anonymous

2024-01-08T23:49:22+00:00

Where do I find "settings" on One Drive
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