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

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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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Anonymous

2022-09-26T05:08:30+00:00

Thanks ! This indeed fixed it.

Took some time but happy
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2022-09-26T06:42:57+00:00

Hello - I am having similar problems. Until a few days ago, when I opened a document it was a local document. Now it opens in oneDrive even though I'm logged out. I never use oneDrive and just want to be able to use the software as I always have but it seems it is forcing me to oneDrive. I now have to open an old document on my local/computer drive, delete the contents andn re-save it as a new document. This is very frustrating.

I've just spent nearly two hours trying to fix my microsoft account via Microsoft Help. E The techie gave me instructions that you need an IT degree to figure out. I've reinstalled twice now but the same thing keeps happening - I am forced to oneDrive.
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Anonymous

2022-12-05T20:27:02+00:00

OneDrive is not a backup, it’s a cloud location of your data.

The default installation of Office 365 and its OneDrive component uploads all the contents of the PC \My Documents\ folders to OneDrive, (syncs) and there will be a OneDrive folder in File Explorer containing all the OneDrive content. And in Word etc the default Save location is set to OneDrive.

please educate yourself on the product you are providing advice for: https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/microsoft-365/onedrive/online-cloud-storage

literally front page.
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Anonymous

2022-12-05T20:32:04+00:00

i'm having this issue as well, the email notifications are the only options that can be disabled on the onedrive webpage.

there are no options anywhere else to disable the intrusive notifications.

the suggestions that i've read so far are useless and doesn't work.

people just need a simple boolean flag to turn off suggesting memories; you had to invest more time to code in those nonsense to begin with.

i would be reviewing again end of this year and if it's not fixed, i'm moving off onedrive.

one drive is not fit for purpose
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Anonymous

2022-12-31T21:48:54+00:00

Hi Don,

Yes I have verified that option is unchecked and has been saved. I think restarting my computer is what started this. It seems I received a recent update, and restarted my computer (and have restarted a few more times in the last day). This is when I started to have this issue. I also opened a support ticket with the OneDrive team (I pay a monthly fee for OneDrive so I figured I would use the support channel too). I am waiting for a response from them and can share anything I learn from them.

Thank you,

Jeff

Yeah I have the exact same issue - I disabled this months and months ago and now its the new year (2023) its started hounding me with lots of notifications - but if you go into the settings it is disabled already!
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