cancel sync of one file during the sync
untill onedrive syncs the files, I cannot stop the sync of one or more files. I have to sync before files and cancel files I don't interest later.
I think is no good and lose a lot of time.You must put a buttom (like cancel or x) to cancel the sync of singular files
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gusOneDriveProblems
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How can I stop syncing some folders? There are private info or too large.
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HotRod4321
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Please ADD ability to right click specific files and stop syncing this file. Thank you in advance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Anonymous
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Adobe InDesign files have temporary files that cannot be uploaded and thus they stop everything else being uploaded. I wish there was a way to exclude specific filetypes from uploading..
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Ty Eriksen
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This is necessary ASAP!!!
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Frank Dever
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I have a vm file that is 20gb. It was saved to a subdirectory of documents. It is in use by the vm. It can't be deleted or moved, but it has started to sync. I can't stop it from syncing - I don't need it to go to the cloud. I'd like to cancel sync and set the subdir not to sync, so that other files that use that directory because of the location of the vm won't sync either.
Not being able to select a file or a directory and cancel sync is causing my laptop to be sluggish while starving my network.
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Andre Bezerra
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Just add the option 'not sync' in the right button click.
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Harsh
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Amazing....the idea was raised 3 years ago, and not a single person from Microsoft has even bothered to respond. Way to go MSFT.
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Anonymous
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At least be able to pause sync on an individual file.
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Ticcoon
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Elementary feature : implementing a way for us to prevent specific files from syncing with OneDrive. Expensive non-user-friendly burden. I will not renew my subscription.
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Anonymous
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I don't like it and will not renew at the end of the year. I have spent more time fixing one drive than had I recreated the original document. It is NOT a time saver.
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Anonymous
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Please implement a way for us to prevent specific files from synching with one drive. I research my family tree and the data files are huge. These take up quite a lot of my storage on my One Drive to the extent that I receive almost constant notifications that my One Drive is nearly full. I personally would love the option to click a check box when saving the files to say that I do not want it to synch. Another options would be an option on the right click menu when you right click the file on your file directory.
I apologise if this is something which is being considered for future iterations of the software.
Thank you for your attention
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Anonymous
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I want to choose which files go to Onedrive - some I don't want online at all. To not be able to do this is a breach of privacy and a security risk.
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Anonymous
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Please implement that as soon as possible !!!
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Apoorv Ingle
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I wish there was something like a `.gitignore` equivalent that instructs onedrive to not sync certain kinds of files in the path.
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Anonymous
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We need an option to exclude files. This syncing makes using OneNote unusable because it becomes unresponsive trying to sync with every keystroke.
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Ilya K
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Please let us exclude files from OneDrive backup! Some apps have to keep files in my documents, but end up way too big (and / or unnecessary) for OneDrive to backup.
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Anonymous
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There are a couple of files within my Documents folder that I did not realize were in there and they are hundreds of MB's in size. As I monitor OneDrive's sync process, I often notice huge files that I would rather not upload to the cloud. I already tried pausing sync and deleting the file, but when I resume sync, the file is still shown as uploading. It would be great if we could Stop individual files from syncing to avoid bogging down the bandwidth. Thanks for your consideration :)
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Anonymous
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Yes PLEASE !! allow an option to exclude any or all folders from automatically syncing to one drive. I prefer to keep my files on the computer and only sync a few folders. Even then I want the files to be always available on the laptop and only synced on demand or during a specific time period. I perfer that syncing create backups vs being the place whre my files are stored.
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Randy
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I know it may seem impossible in this day and age, but some people are still locked into plans with data caps. Just the .pst file kills a HUGE percentage of my cap. For this reason, I have disabled onedrive. It's a cool concept, but poorly executed.
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Anonymous
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Just planning to move to Windows 365 for all my computers, but lacking the ability to selectively file on OneDrive is causing me to rethink. Just a ploy to get us to buy more cloud storage. Time to rethink this decision.
