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️ My Desktop in OneDrive
OneDrive’s backup feature can sync your Desktop across multiple devices, causing unwanted clutter. Turning off the backup feature requires manual clean-up and copying or moving files to each device’s local Desktop. My advice: avoid using OneDrive’s backup feature in the first place.
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Watch next ▶ OneDrive is Not Backup ▶ https://youtu.be/PLzX1rfgzVI
Chapters
0:00 Why Is My Desktop in OneDrive?
1:25 OneDrive’s “backup” “feature”
3:05 The Desktop folder
4:30 OneDrive backup moves things around
10:00 Undoing the damage
12:00 The shortcut
13:50 Move your files back
16:30 Repeat on other machines
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