Office 2013 "Sign in" and Cloud Capabilities - Turn On or Off

Office 2013 "Sign in" and Cloud Capabilities - Turn On or Off

How to Turn On or Off "Sign in" and Cloud File Open and Save in Office 2013


   Information
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off "Sign in" link and cloud capabilities (SkyDrive, Office 365 SharePoint) in Office 2013.

   Warning
Cloud capabilities will be completely turned off, you will be able to save and load files ONLY to/from your local computer.


EXAMPLE:
no_sign_in.png

Skydrive.png local.png





Here's How:

1. Do step 2 or 3 below for what you would like to do.

2. To Turn On "Sign in" and Cloud Capabilities in Office 2013
NOTE: This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Sign_in-OFFICE2013.reg

Download


3. To Turn Off "Sign in" and Cloud Capabilities in Office 2013
A) Click/tap on the download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
NO_Sign_in-OFFICE2013.reg

Download


4. Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6. When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC-Windows 7/8) or Continue (UAC-Vista), Yes, and OK to approve merging the .reg file.

7. You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.



 

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Will this really log me out even if I log into Windows with my MS account? I don't want to find out it simply stops showing the cloud capabilities...
 

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That works great!

I just installed Office 2013 for the first time (slacker and nothing was wrong with 2010...) but the MS Cloud is so oppressive i had to look for another door... I reviewed the contents of the .reg file first and it is very straightforward.

THANKS!
 

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Office 2016

I tried editing the registry key for Office 2016, unsuccessful. Is there something like this for 2016 that removes the Sign In and the Share buttons?
 

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