Removal of Microsoft OneDrive from iPhone & iPad

[pine man]

Historically I have used OneDrive to store Excel and Word files to be accessed by my iMac, iPhone, iPad and Windows PC . I have decided to use iCloud Drive instead.

All went well with the change. I disabled OneDrive after clearing out all of the files and enabled iCloud Drive where I placed all the new files that I wanted. I then removed the OneDrive apps from my iPhone and iPad. The files are now readily available on all devices.

My problem, and it really is quite minor, is that when I open either the Word or Excel app on either the iPad or iPhone I am given a list of 'places' to access my files - i.e. 'iPhone', 'Add a Place' and 'More'. At the very top of the list, however, is 'OneDrive - Personal', which is now not needed and I can't find anyway of getting rid of it.

It maybe that this is the default list for a Microsoft Office app but I cannot find out. Is anybody using such an app without ever having installed OneDrive who can check it out for me?

 

[ferrarr]

It also could be that "last" or "frequently" used is at the top, it may go away after awhile. I'm not an Office user, so it is only a guess.

 

[pine man]

I have a sneaky suspicion that as OneDrive is a Microsoft product it wants it shown prominently on it's other products whether you want to use it or not;-)

 

[ferrarr]

I have a sneaky suspicion that as OneDrive is a Microsoft product it wants it shown prominently on it's other products whether you want to use it or not;-)

Yup, just like Apple does with iCloud and Google does with Google Drive.

 

[chscag]

I have a sneaky suspicion that as OneDrive is a Microsoft product it wants it shown prominently on it's other products whether you want to use it or not;-)

Check your start up items and make sure that OneDrive is not loading automatically. Once you use OneDrive, it will load automatically. I use OneDrive over iCloud because I use the iOS version of Word in my work and it's actually more convenient than iCloud. However, if you're a Pages, Keynote, Numbers user, then iCloud drive usage is best.

 

[pine man]

'I use OneDrive over iCloud because I use the iOS version of Word in my work and it's actually more convenient than iCloud'

I have used OneDrive in the past because my old iPhone couldn't use iCloud Drive. Now I have a later version I can and it seems fine with Word and Excel files.

I have removed the OneDrive apps from my iPad and iPhone. On my Windows 10 PC I have disabled OneDrive (it cannot be removed) and prevented it from connecting with the internet and on my Mac all traces have been removed. This leads me to suspect that it is still appearing on the Word and Excel apps by default.

Maybe there is someone out there who is using the Excel or Word apps on either an iPhone or iPad that isn't using OneDrive and can tell me if OneDrive still appears as a place to access files.

Update - I don't know why I didn't think of it sooner. I removed all Microsoft Apps from my iPhone and all the Microsoft files. I then reinstalled the Microsoft apps and lo and behold there was OneDrive at the top of the list of 'Places' to access files. Suggests that it is a default list of places and seemingly not able to be changed. Thanks to the inputs guys I'll call it a day.

 

[chscag]

I have used OneDrive in the past because my old iPhone couldn't use iCloud Drive. Now I have a later version I can and it seems fine with Word and Excel files.

The problem with using iCloud with MS apps is that iCloud will convert the files as it stores them unless you tell it not to. I would wind up with two copies of my Word files: one in Pages format, the other in Word format. Which is why I use OneDrive instead. Also, OneDrive gives me more storage than iCloud.

 

[pine man]

Thanks for that info I'll watch out for any problems.