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remove-onedrive.ps1
if (-Not([Environment]::Is64BitProcess))
{
Write-Output "Run this script in an x64 process. You are running this script from an x86 (32-bit) context."
Exit
}
if (-Not([bool](([System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).groups -match "S-1-5-32-544")))
{
Write-Output "Run this script with admin rights."
Exit
}
function New-FolderForced {
[CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess = $true)]
param (
[Parameter(Position = 0, Mandatory, ValueFromPipeline, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName)]
[string]
$Path
)
process {
if (-not (Test-Path $Path)) {
Write-Verbose "-- Creating full path to: $Path"
New-Item -Path $Path -ItemType Directory -Force
}
}
}
# Description:
# This script will remove and disable OneDrive integration.
Write-Output "Kill OneDrive process"
taskkill.exe /F /IM "OneDrive.exe"
taskkill.exe /F /IM "explorer.exe"
Write-Output "Remove OneDrive"
if (Test-Path "$env:systemroot\System32\OneDriveSetup.exe") {
& "$env:systemroot\System32\OneDriveSetup.exe" /uninstall
}
if (Test-Path "$env:systemroot\SysWOW64\OneDriveSetup.exe") {
& "$env:systemroot\SysWOW64\OneDriveSetup.exe" /uninstall
}
Write-Output "Removing OneDrive leftovers"
Remove-Item -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue "$env:localappdata\Microsoft\OneDrive"
Remove-Item -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue "$env:programdata\Microsoft OneDrive"
Remove-Item -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue "$env:systemdrive\OneDriveTemp"
# check if directory is empty before removing:
If ((Get-ChildItem "$env:userprofile\OneDrive" -Recurse | Measure-Object).Count -eq 0) {
Remove-Item -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue "$env:userprofile\OneDrive"
}
Write-Output "Disable OneDrive via Group Policies"
New-FolderForced -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\OneDrive"
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\OneDrive" "DisableFileSyncNGSC" 1
Write-Output "Remove Onedrive from explorer sidebar"
New-PSDrive -PSProvider "Registry" -Root "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT" -Name "HKCR"
mkdir -Force "HKCR:\CLSID\{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}"
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKCR:\CLSID\{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}" "System.IsPinnedToNameSpaceTree" 0
mkdir -Force "HKCR:\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}"
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKCR:\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}" "System.IsPinnedToNameSpaceTree" 0
Remove-PSDrive "HKCR"
# Thank you Matthew Israelsson
Write-Output "Removing run hook for new users"
reg load "hku\Default" "C:\Users\Default\NTUSER.DAT"
reg delete "HKEY_USERS\Default\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /v "OneDriveSetup" /f
reg unload "hku\Default"
Write-Output "Removing startmenu entry"
Remove-Item -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue "$env:userprofile\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\OneDrive.lnk"
Write-Output "Removing scheduled task"
Get-ScheduledTask -TaskPath '\' -TaskName 'OneDrive*' -ea SilentlyContinue | Unregister-ScheduledTask -Confirm:$false
Write-Output "Restarting explorer"
Start-Process "explorer.exe"
Write-Output "Waiting for explorer to complete loading (sleep 10 sec)"
Start-Sleep 10
# This can break Windows Update and some system utilities, see #297.
#Write-Output "Removing additional OneDrive leftovers"
#foreach ($item in (Get-ChildItem "$env:WinDir\WinSxS\*onedrive*")) {
# Takeown-Folder $item.FullName
# Remove-Item -Recurse -Force $item.FullName
#}
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