From time to time, OneDrive may pop up asking you to back up your data, slowing down your network and computer.It helps you keep your photos, documents, and other data backed up, synchronized, and accessible on all devices connected to your OneDrive account.įor some reason, you may want to turn off OneDrive syncing in Windows 11: It is a built-in file hosting and synchronization service that you get when you set up your Windows 11 operating system. OneDrive is a cloud storage service developed and managed by Microsoft. “When I got my laptop last year (3rd Sep, 2021), it came with a 1-year trial for Office 365, due to the 1TB storage capacity my files kept syncing and I had 32GB used out 1TB, after the 1st of September 2022 my trial ended and when I deleted all my files, I didn't want my current files to sync back into OneDrive so I paused sync in the taskbar of Windows 11, however it continued syncing back later and I don't know how to permanently stop sync without switching to a local account.”

User Case: Disable OneDrive Sync on Windows 11

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