If you want to stop syncing OneDrive on your computer because you are on a metered or slow internet connection, you can pause and resume your sync.
Pausing and resuming can also help if OneDrive status displays "Processing changes" for a long time.
Pause OneDrive sync
Right-click (or CTRL-click in Mac) the OneDrive icon on the taskbar (or menubar).
Choose how long you wish to pause for: 2, 8, or 24 hours and check that the white or blue OneDrive cloud icons in the notification area shows Paused.
Note
- If you don't see the OneDrive cloud on your taskbar or menubar, read I can't see any OneDrive icons.
- OneDrive will automatically pause when your PC enters battery saver mode or you are connected to a metered network.
- If you have both OneDrive and OneDrive for Business, you can pause and resume them independently.
Resume OneDrive sync
Syncing will resume automatically after the pause time has finished, or you can manually resume syncing at any time.
- Select the paused OneDrive icon in the notification/menu area:
- In the activity center, select
or the yellow box to get going again:
Learn more
Turn off, disable, or uninstall OneDrive
How to cancel or stop sync in OneDrive
OneDrive is stuck on Processing changes
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