Microsoft Now Requires User Explanation to Close OneDrive App on Windows 11

In a move that's frustrating users, Microsoft now prompts a survey to understand why users are choosing to close the OneDrive app; to proceed, users must select from a list of potential reasons.

• Microsoft now requires users to provide a reason for closing OneDrive through a dropdown in a popup survey. The 'Quit OneDrive' option is inaccessible until a user chooses a reason.
• This move is seen as an annoyance by many users, following similarly irritating tactics such as ads and pushy notifications encouraging the use of other Microsoft services.
• The possible reasons users can select from include: 'I don’t want OneDrive running all the time', 'I don’t know what OneDrive is', 'I don’t use OneDrive', 'I’m trying to fix a problem with OneDrive', 'I’m trying to speed up my computer', 'I get too many notifications' and 'Other'.
• This decision by Microsoft has been met with negative feedback, particularly due to the already inconvenient process for closing OneDrive, which was previously hidden under a ‘pause syncing’ option.
• To avoid this new interruption, users can close OneDrive via the Task Manager - a method shared by tech enthusiasts as an alternative to giving into the Microsoft inquisition.

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