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The thread discusses how enabling OneDrive during Windows 11 setup automatically syncs desktop, documents, and pictures folders, making them part of OneDrive. The original poster wonders how to separate their files from OneDrive and considers recreating their account, while others mention that this behavior also occurs in Windows 10 and suggest disabling or relocating OneDrive to resolve the issue. Overall, the consensus is that this automatic syncing is standard, but users can manage OneDrive settings to regain control over their folders.

mohsentux

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I Installed my win11 and enabled onedrive when windows was greeting me and now my desktop, documents and pictures is part of onedrive!
how did this happen? I want my onedrive folder independent of all other folders how do I fix this?
 

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it happens in Windows 10 as well (by default) but in 10 you can take control away from Microsoft and disable onedrive or just change its location so your documents don't get corrupted by failed syncs

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That's how Onedrive sync does seamless syncing of your personal data
 

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no I remember it wasn't like this with win10. maybe if I create an offline account then delete and recreate it, it will be fixed.
has anyone tried this?
 

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it happens in Windows 10 as well (by default) but in 10 you can take control away from Microsoft and disable onedrive or just change its location so your documents don't get corrupted by failed syncs
 

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