✴️ OneDrive's backup feature can cause confusion and even chaos. I'll review its impact on your computer's desktop and what to do about it. ✴️ My Desktop in OneDrive OneDrive’s backup feature can sync your Desktop across multiple devices, causing unwanted clutter. Turning off the backup feature requires manual clean-up and copying or moving files to each device’s local Desktop. My advice: avoid using OneDrive’s backup feature in the first place. Updates, related links, and more discussion: 🔔 Subscribe to the Ask Leo! YouTube channel for more tech videos & answers: ✅ Watch next ▶ OneDrive is Not Backup ▶ Chapters 0:00 Why Is My Desktop in OneDrive? 1:25 OneDrive’s “backup” “feature” 3:05 The Desktop folder 4:30 OneDrive backup moves things around 10:00 Undoing the damage 12:00 The shortcut 13:50 Move your files back 16:30 Repeat on other machines ❤️ My best articles: ❤️ My Most Important Article: More Ask Leo! ☑️ to get your questions answered ☑️ to subscribe to the Confident Computing newsletter. ☑️ to help support Ask Leo! ☑️ for even more! #askleo #onedrive #backup