How to disable auto-tagging for pictures in Microsoft OneDrive
If you don’t want OneDrive to look at your pictures to add tags, you can use these steps to disable the feature.
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Microsoft OneDrive can automatically scan your pictures using AI to create and apply tags based on their content to make them easy to find using specific keywords (such as dog, beach, mountain, etc.) when doing a search.
Although this is a convenient feature to find pictures quickly since nowadays we no longer pay attention to file names, it’s not a feature for everyone as many people may consider it a privacy concern even though Microsoft assures that there are many security measures in place to keep everything private.
If you are among those who do not need photo tagging, OneDrive offers an option to enable or disable the AI feature.
In thisWindows 10 guide, we will show you the steps to enable or disable photo tagging in OneDrive.
How to disable automatic picture tagging in OneDrive
To disable photo tagging in OneDrive, use these steps:
Once you complete the steps, OneDrive will no longer scan and tag your pictures automatically.
When you disable the feature, it will prevent the service from tagging the additional content, but it will not remove tags from existing content.
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Alternatively, you can also disable this automatic photo tagging fromOneDrive>Options>Office File Formats>Tagging, and selecting theNooption.
How to enable automatic picture tagging in OneDrive
To enable auto-tagging for pictures in OneDrive, use these steps:
After you complete the steps, OneDrive will use AI to tag pictures to make them easier to find using search.
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