Open the OneDrive icon in the system tray
Select Help & Settings
Click Pause syncing to temporarily stop sync
Click Settings
Go to the Account tab
Click Unlink this PC
Confirm Unlink account
To stop OneDrive from starting automatically, open Task Manager
Go to the Startup tab
Disable Microsoft OneDrive
To turn off OneDrive sync for specific folders, open OneDrive Settings
Go to the Backup tab
Click Manage backup
Turn off backup for Desktop, Documents, or Pictures
To stop syncing a specific folder, right-click the folder in OneDrive
Select Choose OneDrive folders
Uncheck the folders you do not want to sync
To disable OneDrive completely, open Windows Settings
Go to Apps
Select Installed apps or Apps & features
Find Microsoft OneDrive
Click Uninstall
Confirm the uninstall
