One Drive Issue

MrKnifey · 19 Feb 2022 at 19:32

I Cut and Pasted a folder from my PC to One Drive. I didnt check the size, which was 600gb! I want to cancel this, but OneDrive doesnt actually let me.. Anyone know how? Pausing Sync doesnt help as it stops all my other folders Syncing!

Thekwango · 19 Feb 2022 at 19:36

Can you not just go into settings and untick that folder?

MrKnifey · 20 Feb 2022 at 07:36

No, because it is currently syncing... What a stupid problem to have

ED209 · 20 Feb 2022 at 07:43

Not sure if this will work but

- Pause the sync\close down One Drive
- Move the folder you don't want backing up out
- Create an empty folder with the same name as the 1 you want to exclude
- Un tick it from One Drive
- Move the folder back over
- Load One Drive

a bit of a pain tho

MrKnifey · 22 Feb 2022 at 18:00

That doesn't work. Basically my files I cut and paste are in limbo, it's uploading so slow it's basically done 30gb of 700gb! But It seems I have no choice but to let it do its thing.. how stupid!

dlockers · 22 Feb 2022 at 18:03

Exit one drive and move it manually. Make sure to use the actual location not the symbolic OneDrive icon.