Windows 10: Only Sync a Single folder to OneDrive

I'm just setting up a new computer after my old one broke, and I'm trying to get OneDrive setup the way I had it on my old computer.


I have a single folder inside my Documents folder that I want to have synced in OneDrive, such that if I needed to I could work on the files in that folder online on a different computer. I do not want ANYTHING ELSE backed up to OneDrive. Nothing at all.


Since I restored my new computer from a backup I noticed that that folder wasn't synced up to OneDrive and wanted to get it syncing again. I stumbled thru trying to figure out how to do this, looking online at stuff, and despite thinking being doubtful followed instructions for Settings > Backup > Manage Backup. This only gave me the option to choose between Photos, Desktop, and Documents, and knowing the folder I wanted to backup was inside Documents I selected that one, hoping against hope that it might give me a more fine-grained option if I went forward.


Nope.


So now OneDrive is trying to backup all my Documents, which I emphatically do not want, and I'm trying to find a solution to stop this and get rid of those extra backups. What I can find suggests Settings > Account > Choose Folders, but OneDrive implies doing this will hide all the other folders from me on my computer. It also doesn't work right now because the folders I'm trying to "hide" haven't finished uploading to OneDrive, and it refuses to change the settings for them until that has happened. I see that if I go to the OneDrive folder on my computer I can choose something like "Always keep on this computer".


For now I have turned OneDrive off in the middle of its uploading spree.

:)

 

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One Drive Sync Folders.

Please pardon me but is is possible you haven't set them up yet to sync to Onedrive. Maybe the the first two got grabbed as defaults?

• How to Choose Folders for OneDrive Selective Sync in Windows 10

 

Music Folder Behaving Badly in OneDrive

Hi Robert,

There is a possibility that the Music folder is synced to your OneDrive that is why any files deleted from either of the folders is synced to the other. For us to better assist you with the said folder, we'd like to ask for additional information:

• Can you please provide a screenshot of the Music folder from the OneDrive folder and home folder?
• What are the troubleshooting steps that you were advised to do?

We will wait for your quick response.