Office 365 on another laptop

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Office 365 on another laptop

Louis/Joy Green 0

Need to install Office 365 on my daughter's laptop AND not giving her access to my information on my laptop. Every time I install the 365 on her laptop, it requires my personal password to install but than it loads my personal information on her laptop. I am trying avoid this. I only want to her use Office 365 application, NOT having access to my information.

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Hi, @Louis/Joy Green

Do you mean that when you sign in with your Microsoft account to install or activate Microsoft 365 on your daughter's laptop, your OneDrive files and other personal information also appear on her device?

If so, you can keep Office activated while preventing your personal OneDrive files from syncing to her laptop.

Method 1: Unlink OneDrive

Open OneDrive on her laptop.
Select the OneDrive cloud icon in the taskbar notification area.
Go to "Settings" > "Account".
Select "Unlink this PC" to stop syncing your personal OneDrive files.

Method 2: Choose which OneDrive folders to sync

Open OneDrive "Settings".
Select "Account" > "Choose folders".
Uncheck the folders you do not want synced to her laptop.
Select "OK" to apply the changes.

Alternatively, you can sign out of OneDrive entirely while keeping Microsoft 365 applications installed and activated.

Make sure your daughter uses her own Windows user profile and Microsoft account. This helps keep your personal files and information separate.

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Thanks!