I’ve had multiple negative experiences with Microsoft OneDrive, so I suggest that you disable and uninstall it on a fresh Windows 11 installation and use an alternative file-syncing solution if you need that functionality. You can use Proton Drive, which is a pretty solid option with free and paid plans, or a free and open-source alternative such as Syncthing.

If you haven’t used Microsoft OneDrive before, you should be fine because there won’t be any synced files to worry about, and you can go ahead and disable it. If you do have synced files, log in to your OneDrive account in a browser before disabling it, open the My files tab, select everything aside from the Personal Vault, and download the files. Files stored online should still be available even after you unlink your account from OneDrive, but it’s better to download them beforehand just in case.

Once you’ve downloaded your files, click the OneDrive icon on the taskbar and open the OneDrive dashboard. From there, click the gear icon and then Settings. Next, open the Account tab and click Unlink this PC. Once the confirmation dialog window opens, click Unlink account.

Now you can uninstall OneDrive, which is fairly simple. All you need to do is open Settings, go to Apps > Installed apps, locate OneDrive (or search for it), click the three-dot menu, and select Uninstall.