How to cancel or stop sync in OneDrive

1. On the top toolbar, select  Uploading to show the Progress of each file.

2. To cancel the entire upload, select at the top of the list.

   Tip: You can also cancel individual files from the upload.

1. Go to the download area of your browser (at the bottom of the browser window).

2. Select the downloading file options and choose Cancel.
   
   

If the sync is just at a bad time for you, you can schedule the sync to resume later.

Right-click (or CTRL-click in Mac) the OneDrive icon on the taskbar and select Pause syncing > 2 / 8 / 24 hours.

If you don't want to sync all of your folders in OneDrive to your computer, you can specify which folders you'd like to sync.

Learn how to Choose which OneDrive folders to sync to your computer.

1. Pause OneDrive.

2. Delete it or move it out of your OneDrive folders.

   Tip: Files deleted from OneDrive.com go to your OneDrive recycle bin. Files deleted from your computer's OneDrive go to your computers Recycle Bin or Trash. 

3. Select the OneDrive icon on the taskbar or menu bar and select Resume

1. Close OneDrive by right-clicking the OneDrive taskbar or menu bar icon.

2. Restart OneDrive from the Windows Start menu or Mac Finder.

3. Mark the file or folder as Free up space.

4. If you made a mistake adding or uploading the file to OneDrive, you can delete it or move it out of your OneDrive folders.

When you use File Explorer to open a file marked as Available when online, OneDrive will download it first. To stop this download follow these steps:

1. Open OneDrive from the icon on the taskbar.

2. Select the X next to the file currently downloading.
   
   

1. Tap the X underneath the thumbnail of the file that's being uploaded.

1. Open your Download Manager notifications.

2. Tap Cancel by the file download you want to stop.