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Discus and support How do I stop OneDrive from uploading everything or just a certain folder without deleting... in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; Look, I'm gonna be straight up with you guys. I spent like an hour downloading porn onto my PC and when I was trying to get rid of the OneDrive sync... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/Onedrive_suxs, Dec 5, 2019.

  1. /U/ONEDRIVE_SUXS
    /u/Onedrive_suxs Win User

    How do I stop OneDrive from uploading everything or just a certain folder without deleting...


    Look, I'm gonna be straight up with you guys.



    I spent like an hour downloading porn onto my PC and when I was trying to get rid of the OneDrive sync for that folder, and my desktop, OneDrive decided to delete everything on my desktop. Now it's saying that to restore it all would go over my storage limits (5GB I guess)



    How the fuck do I fix this? I don't know understand OneDrive, it seems to think that if I don't want to sync it to OneDrive then I must not want any of the files on my computer? That doesn't make any sense? Like, at all?



    I'm seriously about to put my fist through my monitor, this is making me so fucking angry.

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    /u/Onedrive_suxs, Dec 5, 2019
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  2. OLI_RAMSAY
    oli_ramsay Win User

    Trouble deleting a folder

    Thanks for the suggestion but it says "delete folder failed for E:\....." for each folder I try.

    *Confused How do I stop OneDrive from uploading everything or just a certain folder without deleting... :confused:

    Will I be forever stuck with these unnecessary folders? *Oh Well How do I stop OneDrive from uploading everything or just a certain folder without deleting... :eek:hwell:
     
    oli_ramsay, Dec 5, 2019
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  3. LEROY PORT
    Leroy Port Win User
    Trying to stop uploading photos to OneDrive

    Thanks Craig, your suggestions were right on target. Easy to understand, and 100% correct.

    Appreciate that suggestion about moving files before deleting them..
     
    Leroy Port, Dec 5, 2019
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  4. MARKINKENT
    MarkInKent Win User

    How do I stop OneDrive from uploading everything or just a certain folder without deleting...

    How best to get 150 GB uploaded to OneDrive.

    I was in a similar situation. This method worked for me but the caveat is you need sufficient hard drive space.

    1. Setup the files/folders in a folder (not onedrive) lets call it temp for uploading. Break them into groups of files that make sense and you can work with easily. Setup a second folder, lets call that completed uploads
    2. Setup the onedrive client to sync the local onedrive folder to the cloud
    3. Copy a small group of the files from the temp folder into the onedrive folder
    4. Monitor onedrive it should upload over time in the background
    5. Once uploaded move the completed files from the temp folder into the completed folder
    6. Repeat these steps
    7. Once everything has gradually moved into onedrive delete the temp and completed folders that are local on your hard drive, leaving the migrated files in the onedrive folder (and synced).

    Depending on your network and internet connection speeds this can take a while but is a method you can just leave doing its thing.
     
    MarkInKent, Dec 5, 2019
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