Windows 10 OneDrive – How to Remove Icon Overlay Checkmarks

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I was wondering if there is an updated process known for removing the green check marks that overlay the OneDrive file icons? I searched high and low for a Windows 10 fix for this, but none are available.

This Windows 7 process does not work for Windows 10:
How to remove green check marks from OneDrive Windows 7

I tried the same steps and even went as far as trying to remove the similar reg entries in Windows 10, but they repopulate when explorer.exe is restarted.

This is a screenshot of my Autoruns OneDrive entries.

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Download NirSoft ShellExView from here

You're searching for the entries highlighted in this screenshot:

Then restart Windows Explorer with Task Manager. Overlay icons should not appear from now on.

Disabling this overlay also fixes Documents folder being duplicated in Windows Explorer navigation sidebar.

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How to remove green check marks from OneDrive Windows 7

In Windows 7, you want to remove the green checkmarks for folders inside OneDrive. In the Registry, it is called a ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers.

Green Checkmark

Exit out of OneDrive so the cloud icon disappears from your system tray.

The easiest way to do this is to use SysInternals Autoruns.

Look for the entries that say SkyDrive1, SkyDrive2, and SkyDrive3 in HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers
Uncheck all three boxes.
If you are asked to Run As Administrator (UAC), agree and continue

ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers for OneDrive disabled

Start OneDrive again
Your folders will no longer show the green checkmark

No Green Checkmarks

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You could disable Wi-Fi Sense by Using registry

1.Press win+r ,type regedit and open registry editor

2.Navigate to following path

 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WcmSvc\wifinetworkmanager\config\

3.Right-click in the right pane and select DWORD (32-bit).

Name it AutoConnectAllowedOEM and give it a value of 0.

It will disable the Wi-fi sense ,

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