How to disable OneDrive "On this day" "Memories" whatever MS calls it now

Anonymous
2022-02-08T11:52:29+00:00

I can't find any options in the settings for OneDrive to get it to stop sending me reminders of the past "On this day" or "Memories". Is it even possible to turn this feature off?

Update: I found in the actual OneDrive website an option under settings called "On this day memories are available" that is already disabled. What I'm experiencing now is not emails, but popups in the bottom right corner of my screen, so no emails but now these popup notifications that seem to be coming from the operating system.

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-09-15T04:39:11+00:00

    Fully agree with Jo LynneLockley here.

    I use Onedrive to keep a backup of some folders. Onedrive is a working solution for me as well. I really don't need memories of random pictures to be shown.

    Microsoft : please disable this unwanted feature. Let people choose.

    Not syncing is not a solution for me.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-09-15T04:02:22+00:00

    Read the original post, please, before replying. I did not write that I do not want to be alerted. that was turned off a long time ago. I wrote that I did not want the memories, period. OneDrive is a working solution for me, not a picture romp, and Microsoft is out of place making the determination regarding my preferences.
    I Do not want to delete the photos from OneDrive. One reason I have OneDrive is to save disk space on my PC.
    As for organization, my files are painstakingly organized.Do not blame the user for a poor Microsoft decision. As I have learned, the feature cannot be turned off, but it can be moved to the bottom of the page. That has been done. Please read requests attentively before responding. Thank you

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-09-15T01:42:07+00:00

    So much frustration. But there is help, please read:

    1.) You can turn off "Your memories from this day." Go to OneDrive via your browser by going to https://onedrive.com and signing in. (This is just another way to see you OneDrive files, accessible from anywhere in the world with internet access and a computer.) In the upper right click the gear icon for Settings. Choose Options. Then choose Notifications. Uncheck the item for memories!

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    That will stop the emails. Yay!

    2.) You were getting memories of pictures which you don't want to see. Even if you turn them off, this is not a good organization!

    You can choose which folders are synced, which are only local and which are only in the cloud. Let's say you like getting the memories, but not the work or whatever pictures. You can segregate the pictures. Don't leave them all in one folder. This may take some time now because you didn't set up organization of folder previously. You can create a new folder (OtherPix in my example). It can be under Pictures, or as C:\OtherPix. Then TURN OFF SYNCING for that folder. Or folders. To do this:

    1. Right click the OneDrive cloud icon in your task bar at the lower right of your screen.
    2. Select the gear icon in the upper right for Settings.
    3. Choose Account tab.
    4. Click the Choose Folders button
    5. Expand the Documents folder and note the Pictures folder
    6. Expand the Pictures folder
    7. If you created the OtherPix folder under Pictures, UNCHECK it. Now that folder will not be synced. Make sure there are local copies of the pictures first.
    8. You can now go back to File Explorer and move any pictures you don't want to see in memories (if that was your preference) to the OtherPix folder. They won't be available for Memories to find.

    They may appear to be deleted, but they are not. You moved them to a non-sync'd folder. Deleted from OneDrive. You can also save a copy to OneDrive and delete from your computer local storage. You have options here. You can create a folder as the only one OneDrive uses for Memories. Stop syncing all the others.

    There are details to learn and I may not have given all you need. I hope I have given a hint. I do find it a problem that Microsoft has changed the way SkyDrive, OneDrive whatever works over the years. Maybe it will stay stable for a while.

    There is no Notifications choice on my page. In fact, there's nothing but Options, which leads to the Manage page, under which there are no Notifications settings.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-09-15T01:36:58+00:00

    I think I've found the "off" switch for "memories of this day" photo's emailed by OneDrive. I logged in to OneDrive itself, went into settings, notification options, and there is a box for "send email when "on this day memories are available"."

    Fingers crossed that this works.

    I can see this page, but I can't uncheck any of the 3 checkboxes. The Cancel button does seem to work,

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-08-04T17:57:44+00:00

    Yeah, in my experience it was/is a per client setting.

    I've disabled it on my work phone, check. Enabled on my personal phone, check. Works as expected.

    But the option is missing completely in the Windows (10) version of Onedrive.

    "When OneDrive suggests a new collection of my photos and videos" is already switched of, doesn't help.

    Just now I did an important presentation and jolly old me from 20 years ago just pops in... Yeah, it was funny and lightened the mood, but it's annoying and super unprofessional. There are some pictures in my onedrive I definitely wouldn't want to share in a work environment.

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