Why I have 2 Onedrives in File Explorer?

Anonymous
2024-07-25T14:50:54+00:00

i just noticed that i have 2 onedrives on my device. Both are exactly the same and contain the same files. They don't cause any errors but I wonder if there is any way to delete one of them.

There is also another onedrive folder in C:\Users\Hao\OneDrive which is similar to the two above. Sorry if I didn't explain clearly, I'm not a native speaker

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-01-12T12:40:02+00:00

    Thanks for your reply William

    As I mentioned I don’t edit the registry. I did at one time but not now

    It looks like our problems are different but still have to delete one of the OneDrives. I know which one but the data in each OneDrive is different.

    Someone local suggested I make a backup of the Personal OneDrive and then delete it

    I am using this in a business application and reluctant to try it.

    Struggle along.

    We might move to a non Microsoft product. Might. E less complicated and with better support.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-01-12T12:32:19+00:00

    I'm thinking that the one that should be deleted is the one that was inserted into the registry earliest in time since the problem occurred for me after I uninstalled and then reinstalled OneDrive. I assume the second installation installed a second entry in the registry. So, I need to delete the earliest entry in time. Then the question, how do tell which entry occurred earliest in time. Can I tell by the sorting of the CLSIDs?

    I am no expert in this and do not mess with the registry

    I have two One Drive accounts because I started with the “free” OneDrive and when I subscribed to MS365 OneDrive was part of the package.

    Very poof handling on the part of Microsoft. I expect suppliers to do some checks and balancing before installing new purchased software.

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-01-11T18:44:33+00:00

    I found that you can find the appropriate setting faster by searching for "OneDrive - Personal" (without the quotes). However, I did not find two of the same entries. All the "OneDrive - Personal" entries in my registry have the same CLSID and are at different paths in the registry. As far as I can tell, there are no duplicate entries. Also, when I tried the recommended change from 1 to 0 as Zenobia described, that change was reverted as soon as I restarted the computer (as I verified by checking the registry again).

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-01-11T18:22:13+00:00

    I'm thinking that the one that should be deleted is the one that was inserted into the registry earliest in time since the problem occurred for me after I uninstalled and then reinstalled OneDrive. I assume the second installation installed a second entry in the registry. So, I need to delete the earliest entry in time. Then the question, how do tell which entry occurred earliest in time. Can I tell by the sorting of the CLSIDs?

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-01-11T18:16:52+00:00

    How do I tell which one to delete?

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