OneDrive and Org Name Change

AdamTyler-3751 436

So I thought this would be easy, but apparently there is a detail I am missing. We recently setup OneDrive with an existing tenant and after a couple of installs we decided we didn't like the name format of the folder displayed in Windows Explorer that OneDrive automatically created.

It was using "Company Name, LLC" for example. Not only was the display name in Windows Explorer showing this, but also the user folder under "C:\users\username\OneDrive - Company Name, LLC"

The goal is to trim the ",LLC" from the end. So after some google'ing I found that you can change the Organization "Name" in the Microsoft 365 admin center. Under "Org settings > Organization profile"

Did that and now on new systems that have never had OneDrive setup, the Windows explorer name and related c:\users folder displays correctly. However, on systems where OneDrive was setup prior to the org name change, it still displays ",LLC".

Nothing I can do seems to change this. I have uninstalled/re-installed OneDrive client. I even went as far as to delete the user profile from one of the Windows systems entirely. Even with a fresh Windows profile and fresh connection of OneDrive, ",LLC" is still displayed.

Can someone shed some light on this please?

Regards,
Adam Tyler

Ricardo Garcia 1 Reputation point

2022-09-19T03:06:56.497+00:00
Hola, a mí me funciono cambiar en el registro los siguientes datos

PASOS:
1.
Nota: S-1-5-21-1912403541-9691325140-3198946145-1001 = les aparecerá uno diferente, ingresan en ese

*Equipo\HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1912403541-9691325140-3198946145-1001\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\OneDrive\Accounts\Business1\Tenants

UpdatedTenantValue = 910 = >CAMBIE POR ESTE VALOR

*Equipo\HKEY_USERS\
S-1-5-21-1912403541-9691325140-31989461451001\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\OneDrive\Accounts\Business1\Tenants\OneDrive - (EMPRESA)

C:\Users(usuario)\OneDrive - (EMPRESA) = 910 => CAMBIE POR ESTE VALOR

Desvinculan OneDrive de la cuenta

Reiniciar equipo

Agregar la cuenta de OneDrive de nuevo

este procedimiento permitió que actualizara el Tenant de la empresa el cual se cambió por tener un nombre largo.
Espero les sirva, como a mí.**

Himansukh Chauhan 240

Follow below steps to change the name of the Onedrive Folder in windows Explorer:

	• Quite OneDrive
	• Create a folder(give the name you want for your onedrive) at a location where you want your onedrive data to be synced
	• Go to "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\OneDrive\settings"
	• Open folder Business1 (it could be Business2 or 3 based on how many accounts you have syncing via OneDrive)
	• Find ".ini" file with the long somewhat random name similar to this: 31c26d83-4db2-4503-a8g0-a3e14e7bcchd.ini

Right click edit - Find the path of your onedrive then change it to the desired path and name
E.g. if it c:\user\onedrive - company name then change it to the same as path of what you have created in 2nd step

Save it and close it
Run OneDrive app - it will throw an error - click try again

Ahmed Shaaban Miry 35 Reputation points

2023-01-15T10:19:24.0466667+00:00

I had the same question and the solution mentioned by Himansukh Chauhan did the job perfectly for me.
Joseph Schmucker 81 Reputation points

2023-10-02T16:27:36.3+00:00

solution mentioned by Himansukh Chauhan WORKED FOR ME TOO! Thank God.
Logan 5 Reputation points

2025-11-03T04:06:11.09+00:00

@Himansukh Chauhan you are a lifesaver. I had a previous outdated OneDrive folder named "OneDrive" which contained 99% of my files. When I connected to my new organization, it changed that file to be "OneDrive - organization". This bricked every software or code which referenced anything in the original path. Thank you

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Joseph Schmucker 81 Reputation points

2025-11-03T12:50:27.37+00:00

Create a symbolic folder link (NOT A SYMBOLIC FILE LINK). Here is what I did. You don't have to hack any files. Super easy.

Open Windows Powershell NOT AS AN ADMINISTRATOR, or you link may not be visible.

Enter this command:

mklink /j "C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\THENAMEOFONEDRIVE" "C:\ROOTFOLDERNAME"

This works for me. I can now store my code in Onedrive and in Visual Studio, I save the files in C:\ODIA (that's the folder I used). This creates a "junction" folder which is just a link from one folder to the other.

Hope that works for you.
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Bouman, Taylor J 5 Reputation points

2023-02-02T21:59:52.0366667+00:00

We tried everything but only a Microsoft support ticket worked.

3 days after our tenant name change, new users would pick up the new name in OneDrive but existing users had no such luck. 6 days after our Tenant name change, still nothing. We even had a script to do the following but nothing worked.

We close out of all Office products, unlink OneDrive, close OneDrive, delete out "Business1" (and any other folders) under SOFTWARE-->SyncEnginges-->Proviers-->OneDrive. Then we go to SOFTWARE --> Microsoft --> OneDrive and 0 out the ClientEverSignedIn key and SilentBusinessConfigCompleted key.

Finally, we opened a ticket with Microsoft and within a day of them escalating to "senior engineers on the product team" it starts working. Will they admit they fixed anything? No. But, now any user with a simple unlink and relink gets the new tenant name. So frustrating. Don't waste your time trying to hack it. Just open up a support ticket right away and hope you get a good engineer who can escalate without jumping through too many hoops.
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Axoman 0 Reputation points

2023-02-21T03:11:38.71+00:00

What worked for me was signing out of all office products (word, excel, powerpoint) and unlinking Onedrive. Adding Onedrive first and the Onedrive business name reflected the change to business name in admin.
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Iain Hayward 0 Reputation points

2023-01-12T12:16:06.66+00:00

Like May said, she is not the only one who thinks this is wrong.

What folder I use is not for Microsoft to dictate particularly as it gives stupidly long files names.. If I want to store my one drive files in c:\Bloggs, that's for me to determine.

Why oh Why Microsoft do you do this and will you please allow me to control how I set up my machines!

Grrr, rant over.
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May Huang 1 Reputation point

2022-10-14T00:35:34.877+00:00

Having the same problem here. I wanted to have a short org folder name but it can't be changed on old machines that signed in OneDrive before. Hope Microsoft can help fix that.
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Kalyani, Kailash 46 Reputation points

2022-07-26T14:31:59.053+00:00
@Anonymous - no, that we did not get, but here are some thoughts on how you could manage that - possibly as a user initated app deployment using Intune or your app deployment tool
1. Script to logout of office - https://quicklaunch.ucworkspace.com/support/solutions/articles/3000097824-signout-microsoft-office-desktop-applications
2. Options to unlink OneDrive - https://forums.powershell.org/t/onedrive-for-business-unlink-pc-with-powershell/13024/3
3. Deleting a folder is relatively easy - but you will need to try it out with your scripts and permissions
4. Restart? That should trigger the sign-in process when the user logs back in
Alternately, you could always try another support case with Microsoft.

Sorry, haven't the capacity to develop or test this myself at present.
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Gottfried 7 Reputation points

2022-07-26T14:46:39.617+00:00

Thank you for your answer!
That could be a workaround, but there are several individual steps involved which could be potential sources of problems.
I'm preferably looking for any group policy solution, that could be used to get this org name change applied consistently across an entire organization.
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