Removing OneDrive connections from MS Office on Mac

[Slartibartfast42]

At some point I was 'playing' and managed to connect my Mac to my work OneDrive/Sharepoint environment. At first it was cool - I could open Excel on my Mac and then immediately open an .xls from my recent docs which was on the work system. No password prompts or anything - the file just opens.

However - Now I want to sever this link and not see the files/be able to access them. But how do I do this?

I never installed the OneDrive App, but I did tonight, only to then remove it to see if that did it. No.
I searched for every OneDrive folder and file in the Library and deleted them. No luck.

I feel there's a file in Office which points to the work environment and contains the password etc to log me in.

Can any kind soul help me with this please?

 

[VineRider]

At some point I was 'playing' and managed to connect my Mac to my work OneDrive/Sharepoint environment. At first it was cool - I could open Excel on my Mac and then immediately open an .xls from my recent docs which was on the work system. No password prompts or anything - the file just opens.

However - Now I want to sever this link and not see the files/be able to access them. But how do I do this?

I never installed the OneDrive App, but I did tonight, only to then remove it to see if that did it. No.
I searched for every OneDrive folder and file in the Library and deleted them. No luck.

I feel there's a file in Office which points to the work environment and contains the password etc to log me in.

Can any kind soul help me with this please?

Try this -
Open Word or Excel on your Mac. At the screen where you can create a new document or open an existing one, click your name on the top left of the window. You should see your connected services there. Hover over the onedrive you want to remove and an x should appear. Click the x and remove the service. Also, this only will work for services that are not tied to the account that holds the activation license.

 

[velocityg4]

Try this -
Open Word or Excel on your Mac. At the screen where you can create a new document or open an existing one, click your name on the top left of the window. You should see your connected services there. Hover over the onedrive you want to remove and an x should appear. Click the x and remove the service. Also, this only will work for services that are not tied to the account that holds the activation license.

Also check the e-mail of the user logged in. Make sure it's yours, not your works.

 

[Slartibartfast42]

Thank you both - but I'm not logged in...! In the top L corner there's the icon and it says 'Sign in'. And yet - all my files from my work OneDrive are visible and accessible.

 

[velocityg4]

Try signing in to your personal account and see if that resets the list.

 

[VineRider]

Also, ensure you are not logged in via some other Microsoft app. Check things like Teams, Outlook, Edge etc.

Also, are you seeing the documents only in the recent files list? If so, then you can remove them from the list by hovering over the document, click on the ... and select remove.

This may be helpful as well:

Redirecting

 

[Slartibartfast42]

Tried all your suggestions but to no avail. I have a Microsoft account (for when I bought the software) but I don't use any other service on this Mac - Teams/S'point/OneDrive etc.

I've turned to my work IT department for advice to see if they can see anything at their end. - or if they just know from their knowledge

Thanks anyway......

 

[StralyanPithecus]

Tried all your suggestions but to no avail. I have a Microsoft account (for when I bought the software) but I don't use any other service on this Mac - Teams/S'point/OneDrive etc.

I've turned to my work IT department for advice to see if they can see anything at their end. - or if they just know from their knowledge

Thanks anyway......

It's a issue with you mac keychain. You need to find the appropriate entries and delete them. It happened to me, with my work account and my personal. Nothing todo from your IT Department, except maybe revise their apps policy.

 

[Slartibartfast42]

Thanks for the pointer. I've never touched keychain, but I've had a look at the entries and there's nothing that shouts my company name which I'd expect - but I wonder if I change my work password on my work laptop then when I open Excel on my Mac it will prompt for a password - which if I don't enter it should sever the link.....

 

[StralyanPithecus]

Thanks for the pointer. I've never touched keychain, but I've had a look at the entries and there's nothing that shouts my company name which I'd expect - but I wonder if I change my work password on my work laptop then when I open Excel on my Mac it will prompt for a password - which if I don't enter it should sever the link.....

It’s there in the keychain or some hidden preferences file, but if you change your Microsoft 365 or Azure work password may work, but sometimes the app just keeps a token and you will be able to access the work files again. Best is to ask your admin to close your mac Microsoft 365 or Azure session, and be done with that.

 

[Slartibartfast42]

Changing my work password has done the job. Thanks to all.