OneDrive is an essential part of Microsoft's Office suite, but there are a lot of reasons why you might want to disable the cloud storage service on your PC – not the least of which is that keeping your files in sync with OneDrive can slow down your computer.

What happens if I don't use OneDrive?

If you don't want to use OneDrive, the easiest solution is to unlink it. If you want to stop syncing for a while, you can temporarily pause OneDrive and then resume syncing later. Learn how to pause and resume sync in OneDrive.

What happens if I uninstall OneDrive?

You won't lose files or data by uninstalling OneDrive from your computer. You can always access your files by signing in to OneDrive.com. Select the Start button, type Programs in the search box, and then select Add or remove programs in the list of results.