If syncing is slowing down your computer or internet connection, or it's just at a bad time for you, you can pause OneDrive and schedule the sync to resume later.

If you want to stop syncing a file, read How to stop or cancel sync in OneDrive. If you want to remove a OneDrive folder from your computer, follow the steps in Choose which OneDrive folders to sync to …

When you stop backing up a folder, you can move files from OneDrive to your computer manually by opening the shortcut to OneDrive, selecting the files, and dragging them to the location on your …

If you want to stop syncing OneDrive on your computer because you are on a metered or slow internet connection, you can Pause and Resume your sync. Pausing and Resuming can also help if …

OneDrive allows you to save space on your device by making files online only. However, for key files, turn on Files On-Demand to keep files on your hard drive and use offline (it will sync when you are …

To change the synchronization of folders to OneDrive, select Manage sync settings under OneDrive folder synching, and toggle the folders that you want to back up

The camera roll on your device only uploads to OneDrive - it does not sync photos both ways. That means you can delete uploaded photos and videos from your device, and the copies in OneDrive …

Windows Backup and Sync settings allow you to sync the settings you choose across all your Windows devices that you've signed in to with your Microsoft account. This article describes in detail what's …

To help preserve your device battery while downloading, select the Backup only when charging checkbox in Settings. The OneDrive cloud icon may briefly appear in your Android notifications as …

If you want to stop the Samsung Gallery app from syncing photos to OneDrive and remove the Samsung data sharing permissions to your Microsoft Account, you'll need to edit how you sign-in to Microsoft: