Stop Onedrive from Auto-Syncing My Porn [Win 10]

dusty stu

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Jan 24, 2018
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So.

Windows 10 seems to think my documents MUST be synced to onedrive. No exceptions. Going into the deep for OD doesn't allow you to disable the sync.
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Therefore, my onedrive has a significant amount of porn on it from various games that install their save files in my_documents.

How do I stop this or get around it?

Any tips would be great.
 

Ifartedtoolong

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Feb 27, 2022
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A quick google search is all you need. All I did was search for your title using google.


Here are some methods for you to stop OneDrive sync:

You can stop OneDrive sync by unlinking your user account in OneDrive application:

1. Right-click on the OneDrive icon on the taskbar, click on the Help&Settings button and select Settings option. If there is no OneDrive icon, launch the application by searching for it in the start menu.

2. In the Settings window, go to the Account tab. Here, click on the Unlink this PC link under the OneDrive section.

3. You will immediately see a confirmation window. Click on the Unlink Account button to continue.

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If you want to fully stop OneDrive sync in Windows 10, then you can choose to use Group Policy:

1. Open the Run dialog box (Win + R), type gpedit.msc and click on the Ok button. This action will open the Group Policy Editor.

2. You will see a bunch of folders on the left panel. Go to the following folder.

Computer Configurations -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> OneDrive

3. In the OneDrive folder, you will see all specific policies related to OneDrive management. Here, find and double-click on the “Prevent the usage of OneDrive for file storage“ policy.

4. In the policy properties window, select the Enabled radio option.

5. Click on the Apply and Ok buttons to save the policy changes.

6. To apply the changes, restart Windows.



There is also this one here where you can turn off disable uninstall or stop a file being synced.

 

rayminator

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Sep 26, 2018
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yeah there is away by putting your porn into a different folder or by uninstalling one drive