OneDrive provides 15 GB of free cloud space for you to store photos, music, documents, and other files. These files can be synced among multiple devices such as smart phones, tablets, and PCs. However, you may not want to download all your content to certain devices. If your PC has limited hard drive space, you may want to only sync certain folders from your OneDrive account. This is easily accomplished.
Open the notification tray by clicking the up arrow button on the right side of the task bar. Right-click on the OneDrive icon in the tray and select “Settings” from the popup menu. On “Microsoft OneDrive” dialog box, click the “Choose folders” tab. On the “Choose folders” tab, click the “Choose folders” button. The “Sync your OneDrive files to this PC” dialog box displays. To prevent a specific folder from syncing to your PC, select the check box to the left of the folder name so there is NO check mark in the box. The first time you deselect a folder for syncing, the following dialog box displays telling you that the files and folders will stay on OneDrive but not on your PC.
If they’re currently on your PC, they will be deleted. Click “OK” to close the dialog box. Once you’ve deselected the folders you don’t want to sync, click “OK” to close the dialog box. You are returned to the main “Settings” dialog box. Click “OK” to close the dialog box. To sync folders you previously chose not to sync, simply access the “Settings” for OneDrive and select the folders again. There should be a check mark in each check box you want to sync to your PC.
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Redirect and move Windows known folders to OneDrive. 12/4/2018. 3 minutes to read. Contributors. In this article This article is for IT admins managing the OneDrive sync client in a Windows Server enterprise environment that uses Active Directory Domain Services. There are two primary advantages of moving or redirecting Windows known folders (Desktop, Documents, Pictures, Screenshots, and Camera Roll) to OneDrive for Business for the users in your domain:. Your users can continue using the folders they're familiar with.
They don't have to change their daily work habits to save files to OneDrive. Saving files to OneDrive backs up your users' data in the cloud and gives them access to their files from any device. For these reasons, we recommend moving or redirecting known folders to OneDrive if you're an enterprise or large organization. Small or medium businesses may also find this useful, but keep in mind you'll need some experience with Group Policy. For info about the end-user experience, see.
About the Known Folder Move Group Policy objects To use the following Group Policy objects, you need the OneDrive sync build 18.111.0603.0004 or later. You can see your build number in the About tab in OneDrive settings. Known Folder Move does not work for users syncing OneDrive files in SharePoint Server. Important The OneDrive Known Folder Move Group Policy objects won't work if you previously used Windows Folder Redirection Group Policy objects to redirect the Documents, Pictures, or Desktop folders to a location other than OneDrive. Remove the Windows Group Policy objects for these folders before you enable the OneDrive Group Policy objects.
The OneDrive Group Policy objects won't affect the Music and Videos folders, so you can keep them redirected with the Windows Group Policy objects. For info about Windows Folder Redirection, see. If your organization is large and your users have a lot of files in their known folders, make sure you roll out the Group Policy objects slowly to minimize the network impact of uploading files.
If users have OneNote notebooks in their known folders, the known folders won't be moved. For guidance on moving OneNote notebooks to OneDrive, see. Use this policy to give the users on the device this policy is deployed to a call to action to move their Windows known folders.
If users dismiss the prompt, a reminder notification will appear in the activity center until they move all known folders. If a user has already redirected their known folders to a different OneDrive account, they'll be prompted to direct the folders to the account for your organization (leaving existing files behind). Use this policy to redirect known folders to OneDrive without any user interaction on the devices it is deployed to.
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Before sync client build 18.171.0823.0001, this policy redirected only empty known folders to OneDrive. Now, it redirects known folders that contain content and moves the content to OneDrive.
Note You can choose to display a notification to users after their folders have been redirected. We recommend using this policy together with 'Prompt users to move Windows known folders to OneDrive.' If moving the known folders silently does not succeed (for example, if a known folder contains a OneNote notebook, a file that's too big to upload, or a file with an invalid name), users will be prompted to correct the error and continue.
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Use this policy to force users to keep their known folders directed to OneDrive.