delete one onedrive folder from cloudstorage?

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delete one onedrive folder from cloudstorage?

in my ~/Library/CloudStorage folder, there are two OneDrive folders, which both have subltly different versions of the same 26GB set of files.

I've signed out of OneDrive and binned the app from the Applications folder.

The OneDrive folders remain in the CloudStorage folder.

How do I remove one or both of these? I can't drag them to the bin. I can't right-click and find any option to move/delete/get-rid-of them. I can't right click, services, open terminal at folder, and use rm -rf on the folder (gets a not permitted error).

MacBook Air 15″

Posted on Sep 2, 2025 07:27 AM

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Answer 1

Sep 2, 2025 11:24 AM in response to Tim St.Clair

Tim St.Clair wrote:

in my ~/Library/CloudStorage folder, there are two OneDrive folders, which both have subltly different versions of the same 26GB set of files.

I've signed out of OneDrive and binned the app from the Applications folder.

The OneDrive folders remain in the CloudStorage folder.

How do I remove one or both of these? I can't drag them to the bin. I can't right-click and find any option to move/delete/get-rid-of them. I can't right click, services, open terminal at folder, and use rm -rf on the folder (gets a not permitted error).

for your third party app—if in doubt search the developers website or contact their: Support/Help/FAQ/Known issues/compatibility/updates…

ref: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5054840/uninstall-onedrive-on-mac

ref: Turn off, disable, or uninstall OneDrive- MicroSoft Support

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Ask the Microsoft Community

https://answers.microsoft.com/

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Answer 2

Sep 2, 2025 11:33 AM in response to Tim St.Clair

Try booting in Safe Mode then deleting one (or both) of them.

Start up your Mac in safe mode - Apple Support

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Answer 3

Tim St.Clair Author

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Sep 2, 2025 07:03 PM in response to leroydouglas

The other response answered my actual question: How to delete a folder from the CloudStorage area. (do it in safe mode, with instructions on how to do that). I'm personally unable to ask questions on the microsoft support or answers systems because my account is not "a work or school account" and I can't log in, and I can't report that I can't log in because "I'm not in the right tenant". The microsoft ecosystem is a closed box to me. But mainly the reason for me asking is that CloudStorage seems to be a special folder in the macos architecture that doesn't work like other folders and I wanted to know how to fix that myself.

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