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David Nield

Microsoft is finally going to stop nagging you to back up your files to OneDrive in Windows 11

Windows 11 on a laptop.
  • Microsoft has made a welcome change to OneDrive in Windows 11
  • Prompts to use the backup service can now be permanently dismissed
  • The change has been positively received by most users online

There have been complaints about this going back years, but Microsoft has finally caved in and decided to stop nagging users to back up their files to OneDrive: these alerts can now be permanently dismissed with an Opt out of backup button.

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