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Allow priority settings for files being uploaded

I'm currently uploading a high amount of data (I selected all the files I wanted and copied them to onedrive folder) and it's taking a lot of time. The problem is that some files are more important to me than others and I need them to be uploaded first. It would be great if I could make certain files/ folders that are being uploaded a priority so that those files with higher priority will be the first uploaded (for example, bittorent has this option when downloading files). It would take me a lot of time to cancel the upload and just copy/paste each file in the order I want them to be uploaded.

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  • Shaun commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Here is what it should look like either in the system tray pop up OR in File Explorer:

    Right-click
    Context Menu
    "Upload Priority"
    > "Critical" (receives 100% bandwidth)
    >"High" (receives 0-100% bandwidth)
    >"Medium" (receives 0-60% bandwidth)
    > "Low" (receives remaining bandwidth)
    >"Pause" (receives 0 bandwidth)
    >Clear All Priority Assignments (Default/Current mode)

    Having a file on Pause creates a notification on the OneDrive SysTray (but not annoying).

    Multiple files can share a designation and they then split the bandwidth symmetrically.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    also please add reupload and only corrupt files are reupload not whole files just see mega.nz its the best i think when my data corrupt because of any reason lie turn off my pc mistakenly so its no worries in mega when i reupload so its only reupload those data that are corrupt or not properly reupload and in onedrive i can't even reupload folder that sucks.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    When I have had OneDrive installed in the first place I tried to set it to only sync folders which I need to sync. However, it always pops "some of the items you tried to stop syncing aren't in OneDrive yet. Please wait for them to finish uploading and fix anay sync problems, and then try making changes again later".

    Please fix this issue asap!

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Since December 2014???
    Thinking about it... March 2016???
    October 2020... Thank God you guys are not surgeons, we'd all be dead by now.

  • Björn Johansson commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I, too, want this feature. Sometimes I upload many big files and I know when I need to use them I wont have one file done.

    But enough data has been transferred to have one of the files. I am new to onedrive but had this issue elsewhere and hope it can come here.

  • Bruce Wainwright commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I seem to have found a simple workaround and/or solution.

    I have a large amount of folders and files I have shared with a few coworkers that we work from collaboratively on a daily basis. My OneDrive has been having a hard time syncing all the files recently. It seems like this is because the number of new files and changes is very high (over 1500 changes). It appears it is stuck in a loop of trying to process all the changes and sync all the files.

    For files I need prioritized, however, if I view my OneDrive online and drag the local files I've made that show the "sync pending" symbol to the online folder, they quickly upload online and sync.

    So far that seems to work for files I need coworkers to access immediately.

  • Milan Scheenloop commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Maybe it's time to stop thinking about it and just doing it.
    There are companies where files need to be uploaded to OneDrive/Sharepoint on the fly and also retrieved from OneDrive/Sharepoint on the fly.
    Is there still a point in Uservoice when nothing ever happens to these suggestions? This suggestion is a critical one. And it's being 'thought about' since 2015. It's a no-brainer.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This is also linked to the slow upload. Automatic uses 348KB/s which is approximately 1% of my bandwidth. Setting to unlimited raises it to 20Mbps which is still a tiny fraction of what it could be.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Feedback from December 2014, responded and thinking since March 2016... still nothing in June 2020 >:(

  • Brian Griffiths commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This is critical to the way most people operate in a business environment these days. There is no need to 'Think about it'; it needs to be done... and quickly.

  • Eva commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This is an important feature for sure. I'm currently migrating all my data from Dropbox to OneDrive, and I need a few files but they're cued behind some 350Gb of data that was already uploading... I can't wait a few days to use them!

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