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Disable OneDrive in Microsoft Office

Remove OneDrive integration from Microsoft Office using a simple registry tweak.

Office save dialog with OneDrive visible Office save dialog with OneDrive removed
Before and after applying the change

If you want to remove OneDrive from appearing in Microsoft Office’s save dialogs and file locations, you can do so with a single registry entry.

Registry modification

Create or edit the following registry key:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\Internet]
"OnlineStorage"=dword:00000001

This applies to Office 2016 and later (all use version 16.0 in the registry path).

You can either:

  • Open Registry Editor and navigate to the key manually
  • Download and double-click the .reg file below to apply it
Microsoft Office - Disable OneDrive.reg Registry file for Office 2016 and later (version 16.0) · 140 Bytes

Note: The Microsoft documentation references Group Policy paths that include a Policies key. If you’re not using Group Policies, omit the Policies segment from the registry path. The key shown above is the correct one for individual user configuration.

After applying the change and restarting Office, OneDrive will no longer appear as a save location.

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