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

Anonymous
2022-08-26T22:34:31+00:00

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 Reputation points Independent Advisor
2022-08-26T23:08:01+00:00

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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  1. Anonymous
    2023-03-13T00:49:22+00:00

    The settings they refer to are in the onedrive app itself. So in order to change the settings you need to have the onedrive app running.

    Hope that helps.

    Going through these steps, then uninstalling and then using the registry editor finally fixed the issue for me.

    Good luck!

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-03-12T17:02:06+00:00

    which settings? One drive is available about a dozen ways on a PC. Please be more explicit - this is useless

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-01-29T17:19:58+00:00

    I concur that uninstalling AND editing the registry is the only thing that seemed to work for me. Here's the info on the registry settings for those still in need https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/documents-folder-stuck-in-onedrive-and-duplicate/286f11c1-f74e-4808-b306-fd1f25abbe85 

    Thanks Ren, this worked for me!

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-01-02T17:41:40+00:00

    I concur that uninstalling AND editing the registry is the only thing that seemed to work for me. Here's the info on the registry settings for those still in need https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/documents-folder-stuck-in-onedrive-and-duplicate/286f11c1-f74e-4808-b306-fd1f25abbe85

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