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
    2022-05-27T16:53:43+00:00

    Just as an update, I haven't noticed such popups since I made that change a couple months ago. YMMV, of course, given the lack of transparency/discoverability/control Microsoft has given us with this un-asked-for "feature".

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-05-27T16:14:54+00:00

    how exactly is onedrive "not a backup"? this reply makes no sense

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-05-23T18:08:04+00:00

    I've never been so motivated to post to a thread like this, but this really needs to be disabled. I was working and suddenly, a very traumatic photo popped up. I went to look to see how to disable this, and I was shocked to see that it cannot. Some people do not want to erase their past and want to keep this information saved, but they don't want to be assaulted by it randomly when they are working. This really should be fixed. It is really terrible.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-05-21T09:54:42+00:00

    How much effort can it be to simply add an option to turn this infuriating feature off? Why isn't Microsoft doing anything about this?!

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-04-10T18:08:09+00:00

    It doesn't. Mine is unchecked and I got one of those notifications this morning. 😠

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