Windows 10: How to stop One Drive from synching specific folder on my desktop?

It's as the title says. I have a bunch of folders on my desktop, and I don't want some of them to sync across all my devices. Which is I don't want to upload specific folders to the cloud, I just want to leave these folders on that specific device.How would I achieve that?I read through 3 similar questions and found no solution.Please help.

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Stop synching files

OneDrive is synching files that I do not want synched. I cannot stop the process. When I choose to eliminate a folder (e.g., "Desktop") from synching, I get an an error message says that the synching can't be stopped because the files are not done synching.
The only thing that stops the synching is OneDrive filling up and it says I have no space. I delete the unwanted files from OneDrive, making space. Then when I start the computer it starts synching the files again. What do I have to do to stop this unwanted
synching?

 

Creating new non-synching storage folder for documents on C: drive

Thank you. However I had read those tutorials last week when I was trying to get OneDrive to synch with my Documents. The Documents folder is one of 3 folders backed up by default by OneDrive. I had found out what was blocking the synching of Documents, and finally got it to synch as a protected Windows folder. Now my question pertains to un-synching a few specific folders in my Documents, while keeping most of them protected by OneDrive backup.

The goal is to have those available only locally and not online. Unticking a given folder in Documents via Settings merely makes it invisible--and unavailable-- on the local drive. Only way to get it back then is to re-synch by ticking it back in.

So my initial question above--and possible modes I put forth there to achieve that --still remains

Thanks

 

Windows 10 search for a specific folder name and file name

Carlos: Thanks for your reply. What you suggest is what I have been doing. I search for folders with a specific name and get a list. Then I have to search each folder for a specific file. So it's a two step search and that's what I was trying to avoid.

I assume there are applications out there that allow for an "AND" search in Windows. I'll try that approach.

Thanks, again.