The fact that you don’t use it won’t stop OneDrive from working in the background or popping out from time to time. Even though the application offers 5GB of free storage space upon sign-up, there’s a large number of users that are more keen to use alternatives like Dropbox or GoogleDrive. On the other hand, there’s a group of users who are satisfied with the browser version and find the integrated desktop client unnecessary. For all of you having a hard time with OneDrive pop-ups and resource hogging, we’ve listed five workarounds that should help. What can I do to stop OneDrive pop-ups in Windows 10? The simplest solution is to stop the OneDrive process from starting with the OS. By default, OneDrive starts automatically when you sign in to Windows 10. If that doesn’t work, you can disable it or reset it. If you want to know how to do that, check the solutions below.

How to put a leash on your OneDrive

Solution 1 – Prevent OneDrive from starting with the system

If you’re not using OneDrive and have an issue with pop-ups, the first thing you could do is preventing its startup. Once stopped, the OneDrive process won’t start with the system so you can use Windows in an uninterrupted manner. To do so, follow these steps: That should prevent OneDrive from starting with your system. Hopefully, this will also speed up your startup a bit, as OneDrive will no longer have to try to sync with the server.

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Solution 2 – Hide OneDrive

That should completely hide OneDrive from your interface.

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Solution 3 – Disable OneDrive completely

Since OneDrive is an integrated piece of system software, Hero and Microsoft occasionally likes to do things the hard way, so disabling OneDrive isn’t exactly the simplest procedure. SPONSORED A non-tech-savvy user may have troubles sorting things out. However, we listed the detailed step-by-step, so you can do it in less than a minute: That will prevent OneDrive from syncing to the cloud and remove it from the File Explorer navigation panel. We have to mention that this solution applies to Windows 10 PRO/Enterprise versions, as Local Group Policy Editor is not present in Windows 10 Home. If you want to install Group Policy on Windows 10 Home, check the link below.

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Solution 4 – Reset OneDrive

If you are keen to use OneDrive but have issues with the desktop client, you can reset it and try again. After certain updates, users reported numerous OneDrive issues like bugs, faulty syncing and other, similar errors. In case you have any issues, you can resolve them this way by using Windows Power Shell: That should resolve any bugs, glitches or stalls with syncing processes.

Sign up for OneDrive

At the end, if you can’t beat them, join them. If your issue is solely related to annoying pop-ups, you may as well sign up and resolve it completely. Microsoft decided to present OneDrive as a built-in app in Windows 10 and there’s only so much you can do to get it out of your sight. The answer to ‘Why?’ is beyond our power. If it bothers you as well, hope that one of these solutions helped you get rid of it. It can be a little tricky to keep OneDrive in check, but if you follow the steps correctly, you shouldn’t have much of a problem. For any other questions or working solutions that you found, please post in the comments section below and we’ll be sure to take a look.

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