April 07, 2017

Uninstalling OneDrive from Windows 10 just got.... easier?

Was it just last month that Microsoft was pushing OneDrive at users via carpet-bombing-style ads in Windows 10's File Explorer?

From Bleeping Computer:
Users no longer have to walk on nails and sacrifice lambs to the Microsoft deity in order to uninstall OneDrive from their PCs.
Starting with the Windows 10 Creators Update, you can now click on a button and rid yourself of OneDrive, Microsoft's in-house version of Dropbox and Google Drive.
Step 1: Press the start button, type and select: "Apps & features"
Step 2: In the Apps & features window, in the "Search this list" box type in "OneDrive"
Step 3: Select OneDrive and hit the "Uninstall" button
 
That's it! You've now got rid yourself of an app you never asked for, never wanted, but which Microsoft still shoved down your throat.
Since the launch of Windows 10 in the summer of 2015, Microsoft has made it a pain to remove OneDrive from Windows 10 computers, never providing a one-click uninstall procedure.
Users had to use all sorts of registry hacks, batch scripts, or specialized apps to uninstall OneDrive [1, 2, 3, 4, 5].
Starting with Windows 10 Creators Update, Microsoft appears to have listened to its many critics and is now providing a simple method to uninstall OneDrive.
OK. I'll admit it. This... surprises me. But it's good. It's finally an actual pro-consumer move from Microsoft that doesn't appear to have happened under threat of regulatory action from the EU, or because of looming class action lawsuit troubles. Microsoft have finally, actually, really, done something good, apparently just for its own sake, and because users have been asking for it.
Well done, Microsoft. More like this, please.