How to Turn Off File Collaboration in OneDrive ?

Question

After turn on " File Collaboration " this option is disapear in setting on OneDrive.

I want to turn it off .

Answer 1

We have the same problem. I cannot follow all the talk of Group Policy. I discovered there is a file called "global.ini" in "%localappdata%\Microsoft\OneDrive\settings\Business1". It is a text file which you edit thru Notepad. Quit OneDrive, edit that file and look out for

CoAuthEnabledUserSetting = true

Set the flag to "false". Restart OneDrive. You should now see the missing File Collaboration toggle under Settings/Advanced.

Answer 2

I posted the resolution on this post and linked back to it to help others out.

This resolution worked for me.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1295430/how-to-turn-off-file-collaboration-in-onedrive

Open Run (either search or Windows button + R) and navigate to "%localappdata%\Microsoft\OneDrive\settings\Business1".

Look for the file "global.ini". It is a text file which you edit thru a text editor (Notepad, Notepad++, Textpad, etc).

Open the file via the text editor.

Look for CoAuthEnabledUserSetting = true and set the flag to "false".

Restart OneDrive. You should now see the missing File Collaboration toggle under Settings/Advanced.

Note: You may need to set the file "global.ini" to read only after changing the parameter, otherwise it may change it back to “true” once OneDrive is launched.

Answer 3

Kindly Reset OneDrive

Answer 4

I found a solution, that was unlink the onedrive on Office 365. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKQBfMZsv5U

Answer 5

With the last few versions of OneDrive, the cloud version of files get opened,
not the local version. “New” files and “Save As” files are also saved straight to
the cloud.

A- As suggested on many forum posts:

	1.	Turn off the "AutoSave ..." feature in Setting/Save in all Office 365
		applications.

	2.	For OneDrive Personal account, change the CoAuthEnabledUserSetting
		
		

	3.	For OneDrive Business account, change the CoAuthEnabledUserSetting
		parameter to “false” in the “%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\OneDrive
		\settings\Business1\Global.ini” file.

	4.	Stop/close OneDrive

	5.	Close all Office applications. Pay attention to WinWord that runs in the
		background; use TaskManager to terminate WinWord.

	6.	Restart OneDrive.

	7.	From within the OneDrive folder, open an Office file, check which file
		version has opened (see footnote €)  
		•	The file Cloud version opens, AGAIN ?!  
		•	Check the CoAuthEnabledUserSetting parameter, it has flipped
			back to "True"?!

	8.	To preserve CoAuthEnabledUserSetting=false, you must set Global.ini
		as ReadOnly.  
		•	Setting Global.ini as ReadOnly also prevents other updates in
			Global.ini. Update like Timestamps, Application versions,
			


I believe the ReadOnly attribute MUST NOT be used.


B-	To preserve CoAuthEnabledUserSetting=false, I found that one or many of   
	the following executables are responsible for the flip of
	CoAuthEnabledUserSetting.

	9.	In the “%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft OneDrive\25.020.0202.0001” folder
		(see footnote €€), change the file extension from EXE to XXX of the
		
			•	FileCoAuth.exe  
			•	FileSyncConfig.exe  
			•	FileSyncHelper.exe  
			•	Microsoft.SharePoint.NativeMessagingClient.exe  
			•	Microsoft.SharePoint.exe.  
		•	For some, I may be using an elephant gun to shoot a mouse. You are
			right; I do not use the other executables, they just consume CPU time
			
			but keep FileCoAuth as FileCoAuth.XXX.

	10.	Remove the ReadOnly attribute from Global.ini.

	11.	Redo the above steps: 1, 2, 3, reboot your computer, and redo step 7.  
	•	The file Local version (see footnote €) opens, AT LAST !!!  
	•	Check the CoAuthEnabledUserSetting parameter, it should still   
		be “false” !!!

C-	As Window Update takes place, the last part of the path
	%ProgramFiles%\MicrosoftOneDrive\25.020.0202.0001\” may change,
	find the new path and redo above steps 9 and 11. 

Alain

Footnotes   
€ To test which file version was open, make a Save As (F12 key in Excel or Word),   
in the dialog box notice the save to destination.

€€ Based on your OneDrive version the file path may be different, see paragraph C.