Windows 10: OneDrive woes

Hi,

New to Windows 10 from mac.


I'm trying to figure out how to back up only my Documents folder to OneDrive. It is doing a sync right now and backing up my entire computer - this is excessive and I don't need that.


I went to OneDrive Settings > Back up > Manage Backup. And I deselected Desktop and Pictures because I don't need those backed up. But each time I went back into the same dialog, they were selected automatically again.


I then clicked 'Stop Back Up' for Documents and my entire Documents disappeared from my PC. It's terrible that OneDrive has the power to do this, because the original location of those documents is on my PC.


So my questions are


1) how can I recover my Documents on my PC? They are in the OneDrive > Documents folder in their entirety, but I need them on my PC as well.

and

2) How can I tell Onedrive only to back up my Documents folder?



Thank you.

:)

 

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.

 

Onedrive

Hi Hiatt,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I suggest you to refer the article Find
lost or missing files in OneDrive for more information regarding the missing files.



If the issue still persists please follow the steps to contact
OneDrive support for further assistance on this issue.

1. Login to OneDrive.com.
2. Click the ? Help icon on the top banner of the page.
3. Select Email OneDrive support for the further assistance.

Muralidhar

Microsoft Community Moderator

 

OneDrive folder icon changed to plain

Hi,

Thank you for replying.

I understand your concern and suggest you to Unlink OneDrive and run OneDrive setup
again and check. Here is the steps:

• 
  Right-click the white OneDrive cloud icon in the notification area, at the far right of the taskbar.
  
  
  
  (You might need to click the Show hidden icons arrow next to the notification area to see the
  OneDrive icon.)
  
• 
  Click Settings, and then click Unlink.
  
• 
  Follow the steps in the Welcome to OneDrive wizard to set up OneDrive.
  

Do notify us if the issue still persists and we'll be glad to help.