Windows 10: How to sync a specific OneDrive on PC to OneDrive on Android

Discus and support How to sync a specific OneDrive on PC to OneDrive on Android in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; Right now OneDrive on my Samsung S10 syncs (at least it tries to) with the entire OneDrive folder on PC. Obviously that is way too much. With tens of... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by tfwul, May 4, 2021.

  1. tfwul Win User

    How to sync a specific OneDrive on PC to OneDrive on Android


    Right now OneDrive on my Samsung S10 syncs (at least it tries to) with the entire OneDrive folder on PC. Obviously that is way too much. With tens of thousands of mostly small files that obviously is wayyy too much. Within OneDrive on PC there is a folder named \Pictures with sub folder \Camera-Album. Photos and screenshots from my smartphone land there. Now, I would like to have stuff in that folder (Pictures) by synchronized, not all the other folders. Q: Is there a way to get this done and if so how? Thanks!

    :)
     
    tfwul, May 4, 2021
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  2. P4-630 Win User

    OneDrive Placeholders are coming back, now called On-Demand Sync

    How to sync a specific OneDrive on PC to OneDrive on Android [​IMG]


    "At Ignite 2016, Microsoft has just announced that it is bringing Placeholders back to OneDrive on Windows 10. Now, they are not called Placeholders anymore — Microsoft is renaming the feature to “On-Demand Sync” which makes a lot more sense than “Placeholders”.

    The company demoed this feature at Microsoft Ignite today, and it works just like it used to previously. As you can see in the screenshot above, the files stored in OneDrive weighed in around 9GB, but the actual size on disk was only around 3MB which is really neat. Of course, this feature isn’t anything new as it was available back in the Windows 8 days. However, Microsoft removed the feature with Windows 10, and after lots of waiting, they are finally coming back.

    In case you are not familiar with OneDrive Placeholders, it’s a pretty neat feature which lets you see all of your OneDrive files on your computer — but they are not actually downloaded on your PC. When you open them, OneDrive will download the files on-demand, saving your local space which is really useful, especially if you have a PC that doesn’t have a lot of storage.

    While Microsoft didn’t announce when exactly On-Demand Sync will be available to OneDrive users, we suspect it will be available with Windows 10 Redstone 2 — which is expected to arrive early next year.
    "

    OneDrive Placeholders are coming back, now called On-Demand Sync - MSPoweruser
     
    P4-630, May 5, 2021
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  3. Windows 10 - OneDrive

    Right click on the app and one of the properties has an option to not automatically start it. Uncheck, restart the computer, and it should stop. If you want to go another step further, find the OneDrive app in the start menu, right click on it and uninstall.

    If that is still insufficient, there is a batch uninstaller for OneDrive available online. I can copy the code here if you need it.
     
    FordGT90Concept, May 5, 2021
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  4. tfwul Win User

    How to sync a specific OneDrive on PC to OneDrive on Android

    How to sync a specific OneDrive on PC to OneDrive on Android

    Right now OneDrive on my Samsung S10 syncs (at least it tries to) with the entire OneDrive folder on PC.

    Obviously that is way too much. With tens of thousands of mostly small files that obviously is wayyy too much.

    Within OneDrive on PC there is a folder named \Pictures with sub folder \Camera-Album.
    Photos and screenshots from my smartphone land there.

    Now, I would like to have stuff in that folder (Pictures) by synchronized, not all the other folders.

    Q: Is there a way to get this done and if so how?

    Thanks!
     
    tfwul, May 5, 2021
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