How to Turn Off OneDrive’s Automatic Startup Feature on Windows 11

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The post provides instructions on how to stop OneDrive, a Microsoft cloud and backup storage, from automatically opening upon logging into Windows 11. Users can disable this feature by using Task Manager or from within the OneDrive app itself. Both methods involve finding the OneDrive settings and deactivating the auto-start feature.

This post shows students and new users steps to stop OneDrive from automatically starting up every time they log in to Windows 11.

OneDrive, a Microsoft cloud and backup storage that synchronizes your files across all devices, will automatically start every time a user signs into Windows. If you don’t always use OneDrive and want to turn off this behavior, the steps below will show you how.

When you install OneDrive on Windows 11, it automatically adds its icon on the taskbar. You can right-click the OneDrive app icon on the taskbar and close it. However, the next time you log back onto Windows 11, the OneDrive app will reoccur.

If you don’t want the OneDrive service to start up automatically every time, use the steps below to prevent the OneDrive app from starting up when you log in.

To disable OneDrive from automatically starting up on Windows 11, follow the steps below.

How to prevent OneDrive from starting up automatically on Windows 11

As mentioned, when you sign into Windows, the OneDrive service will automatically start up by default. You can turn this behavior off when using Windows, and the steps below show you how to do that.

With OneDrive installed, you can turn off auto-start via the Task Manager. To do that, click the Start button and search for Task Manager. Under Best Match, click the Task Manager app.

Click the Startup tab. If you don’t see any tabs, click More Details first.

Next, look for Microsoft OneDrive in the list, right-click it, and select Disable. Windows won’t open OneDrive automatically when you sign in anymore.

How to disable OneDrive auto start from the app

You can also disable OneDrive from automatically starting up on Windows from the app. On the taskbar, right-click on the OneDrive icon. If you don’t see the icon, click the upward-facing caret to show the hidden app icons.

Click the Settings gear at the top right on the fly-out window, then select Preferences.

On Settings, under Settings, uncheck the highlighted box that reads: Start OneDrive automatically when I sign in to Windows.

Click the OK button to save your settings and exit. That should do it!

Conclusion:

This post showed you how to disable OneDrive from automatically starting up every time you sign into Windows. Please use the comment form below if you find any errors above or have something to add.

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