Windows 10: OneDrive sync'd EVERYTHING without permission?

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    OneDrive sync'd EVERYTHING without permission?


    Yesterday I got a message on my phone and laptop that my basic OneDrive storage is completely full. I thought that strange, because I haven't used it since my laptop ten years ago. I prefer to save things locally, I don't like Cloud storage and the like. But I didn't have time to look into it until this morning, and it turns out OneDrive on my laptop suddenly uploaded EVERY photo and document to it even tho I gave it no such permission or order. This feels like a huge invasion of my privacy. And now on top of annoying messages on my phone and laptop, I can no longer open attachments on my outl

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