Consider disabling OneDrive if you are having trouble using it in the following ways. OneDrive is one of the best options from a data security perspective, but sometimes it can cause some unexpected hassles and directly affect your computer usage experience. It's built into Windows 10 and Windows 11, so you don't need to download it to use it, and you can freely change the preset save location.

5GB of storage space is provided for free with OneDrive, and is built into Windows 10 and Windows 11. I will also be preventing this from the automatic launch at startup.Microsoft first introduced OneDrive, a web-based storage platform in 2007 that lets you save important files and data to the cloud and allows you to share and sync files across operating systems such as Windows, MacOS, Android, and iOS. In this guide, Norton Secure VPN has been uninstalled and without me knowing, some components were lying around. Unfortunately, it is a lot more complicated than that and this can result in partially uninstalled apps, leftover files, and startup items, and some of these uninstalled apps can also continue to run at startup. Note: Uninstalling apps on the Mac is very straightforward and thus requires little or no knowledge and all you need do is to drag the app to the Trash.

Here are some related guides: Microsoft OneDrive Setup On Windows 10 and 11, and Key Features Explained, how to move OneDrive Folder to a Different Location in Windows 10, and how to Share Files, Stop Sharing and Restore Previous Versions of Files on Microsoft OneDrive. In this article, I will be showing you how to prevent or hide applications such as Dropbox, and OneDrive from opening automatically upon login on Mac. This made the uninstalltion on OneDrive impossible because it was open at startup. This article is very similar to this guide “ Cannot uninstall the OneDrive App: The item “OneDrive” can’t be moved to the Bin because it’s open on Mac“. By default, some applications when installed on Mac automatically start when you log in, and thus can affect the speed of your device by slowing down startup and using memory and CPU power.

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