Instead, you may use the Local Group Policy Editor in Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise to stop OD synchronization With the Group Policy Editor, you may undo the OneDrive sync There are a couple of methods to un-sync OneDrive without having to delete the program. With such an extreme consequence and a real possibility of this happening, it may be worth considering following through with the unsyncing of OneDrive with a group policy editor. Files and folders are delivered to the user’s Recycle Bin without any warning notifications. So, in most cases, users sync document libraries before deciding to “free up space” on their computer by simply removing files and folders by hitting the delete button. As a result, if a user deletes a file or folder in one location, it is also removed in another. With the Group Policy Editor, un-sync OneDriveĪny changes now imply any modifications. Follow through to see what you can do in this situation and unlink folders from SharePoint. This is one of the only solutions you can actually unlink just one folder, the rest will involve some form or unlink from the computer itself.
Click on me to view the blog post about how to Remotely wipe OneDrive/SharePoint files from a computer. You can remotely remove OneDrive and SharePoint files if necessary. For instance, a delete command on the desktop will only delete the unsynced file on the desktop. The file will be removed from the desktop however will still remain on the cloud, when the sync is broken they become 2 separate entities and operate functions based on the location of the file. This will not allow for the sync to accrue and you will be displayed with this error message. Ensure there aren’t any files open that are situated within the folder. You can reverse the process and check the folder if you want to start the sync again. That’s it, you have now effectively stopped syncing a folder from OneDrive, Any changes made to that folder will no longer reflect on your desktop.
It also works the other way around: if a user edits a document on their PC, the update is immediately reflected in SharePoint. So, if the user or someone else makes a modification in SharePoint, it is immediately reproduced in the user’s synced files. Any changes in one location are immediately reflected in the other.
Between the user’s PC and SharePoint, a two-way relationship is formed. When a user uses the OneDrive sync client to synchronize a SharePoint Document library, the whole library of files and folders is transferred to the user’s PC.