You can also completely disable OneDrive, in case you are using another cloud storage service like Dropbox or Google Drive. On the next screen, uncheck Pictures, Documents and Desktop to prevent Photos, Videos and Files in any of these locations from being automatically uploaded to OneDrive On OneDrive Settings screen, select the Backup tab and click on Manage Backup option.ģ. Prevent Desktop, Picture and Documents Auto Backup to OneDriveīy default, OneDrive is set to automatically backup files located on your Desktop, Documents Folder and Picture Folder to your OneDrive Account.ĭepending on your choice, you can disable OneDrive Auto Backups for all or any of these locations.Ģ. Click on OK to save this setting on your computerĪfter this, you will no longer find Word, Excel and other Microsoft Office files on your computer being automatically saved to OneDrive. On OneDrive Settings screen, click on the Office tab and uncheck Use Office applications to sync Office files that I open option.ģ. Open OneDrive Settings on your computer.Ģ. If you are not interested in Sharing files or collaborating with others, you can disable this feature and prevent Office Files from being automatically uploaded to OneDrive from your computer.ġ. OneDrive has a default tendency to automatically sync Word, Excel and other Office Files that you open on your computer to OneDrive. Prevent Office Documents Auto Sync to OneDrive Click OK to save this setting on your computer.Īfter this, you will no longer find Photos and Videos being automatically uploaded to OneDrive. On OneDrive Settings screen, click on the Backup tab and uncheck Automatically save photos and videos to OneDrive option.ģ. Open OneDrive Settings on your computer.Ģ. (Back to the root, highlight the JDOE hive in HKEYUSERS, File, Unload Hive) Hope this helps someone. Do NOT close registry editor without doing 'Unload Hive'. Prevent Photos From Auto Uploading to OneDriveįollow the steps below to prevent Photos and Videos from being automatically uploaded to OneDrive, whenever you connect Camera, Phone or USB storage device to your computer.ġ. in there, you will see the associated OneDrive account ID / Email address. Click on OK to save this setting on your computer.įrom now on, screenshots that you take on your computer will not be automatically saved to OneDrive. On OneDrive Settings screen, click on the Backup tab and uncheck Automatically save screenshots I capture to OneDrive option.ģ. Note: If you do not see OneDrive Cloud Icon in the taskbar, you should find it in the System Tray.Ģ. Click on OneDrive icon in the taskbar > click on More and select Settings option in the menu that appears. Prevent Screenshots From Auto Saving to OneDriveįor most users, automatically saving Screenshots to OneDrive is not necessary and enabling this feature can result in cluttering of your OneDrive account with unwanted screenshots.ġ. However, you can always go back to OneDrive settings and Turn OFF Auto Save to OneDrive option for Screenshots, Photos, Documents and other files.