How can I turn off the sync function my Microsoft account from my windows 11 laptop?

One drive IS ALREADY OFF and not syncing but win 10 still has no "Turn off edge sync".

Hi I have the same issue, I just wanted a clean reinstall of Windows 11 as I have computers in every room

media centre, gaming pc, etc I need them to be separate .. And other than creating a new microsoft account for every pc.. "10 computers" there appears to be no way to clean reinstall windows..

And have edge clean with no favourites from pre factory reset..

A factory reset should be Just that.. a brand new machine.. clean reinstall regardless of the Email Address

used.. I can maybe understand how someone with only one computer might find such a setting useful

were their machine to fail at some point and just wanted to resume using their pc with the same settings.

Or someone transitioning from work to a home pc on a regular basis..

But for home users or enthusiasts this is a nightmare.. You can remove OneDrive but by the time you have done that all your bookmarks and files have synced . You can immediately proceed to sync settings

after reinstall but as soon as you log in to microsoft all your files sync before you can disable all the settings.. And once you remove One Drive in control panel you lose that ability to manage sync settings in One Drive..

What a total Mess...

I have read a article that you can drill down into the OS and are able to delete the Edge folder which will then allow a clean browser experience.. but what a nuisance

I am frankly quite annoyed at this experience.. I dont want to sync anything , i never have.. And i dont want to upload or store anything in the cloud.. I just want a clean fresh install of windows..

Why is that so hard to do..

Developers are out of touch with reality..

So I will create a new email address for every pc.. and reformat this pc for the third time today..

to get the result i require.. what a waste of valuable time...

regards Andrew

My computer does not have that option to slide the bar to off????????????

Hey everyone, I had the same problem with Windows 11 but I managed to get rid of it. So I found the best way was to simply uninstall it from your computer. To do this I did the following:

1. In the search bar on your start bar next to the windows icon, type in apps. This should bring up app settings. It should be the 1st thing that comes up.
2. Click on apps on the left side of the menu.
3. Installed apps
4. Scroll down until you see Microsoft OneDrive. its a bit hidden but keep a lookout for OneDrive.
5. Click on the 3 dots (...) and choose uninstall, that will take OneDrive off your computer.

I found that OneDrive was causing me a lot of issues and being a photographer, I need to work off my drive directly, not OneDrive. That was causing some issues with photoshop and lightroom and I didn't know why until I realized it was trying to do everything with OneDrive, simply because it kept syncing and saving everything to it instead of my actual hard drive.

I don't know why Microsoft made it harder to find where to remove apps, but because I work with computers a lot and even built one, I know where to find things.

I hope this helps.

Open the One Drive App and look for the Cloud icon on the top right.

Click on Settings (not Manage Storage)

You'll be presented with this... de-select Desktop (and whatever else you want)