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Help needed! My PC has ground to a halt because of the files from Sharepoint at work is saved to my PC. How do I stop the files being saved locally and free up many many Gb of space again?? I kn...
mrbellybell Hello,
I believe that this is happening because of OneDrive sync, from SharePoint Online to your local machine.
If you are using Windows 10, please look at the bottom right corner of your taskbar and see if you can find the OneDrive logo. Right click on it and select settings. On the tab "Account", you should be able to see how much data you have synced and be able to disable the sync.
Yours sincerely,
Aref Halmstrand
Thanks so much for the quick response - much appreciated!
Will disabling the sync remove the already saved files?
Also, will I still be able to see which files I have and in which folder, even if they are not saved on my local drive? Ideally, I’d like a ‘ghost’ (not sure what to call it!) file of the actual file so when I want it, it will download it. I thought I had this function already setup, but with 125Gb of files saved, I assume not!
Thanks again
Will disabling the sync remove the already saved files?
Also, will I still be able to see which files I have and in which folder, even if they are not saved on my local drive? Ideally, I’d like a ‘ghost’ (not sure what to call it!) file of the actual file so when I want it, it will download it. I thought I had this function already setup, but with 125Gb of files saved, I assume not!
Thanks again
You are very welcome. Please mark it as best reply for the specific solution.
What is the reason for having the files available locally? Microsoft have updated with a new function in the document library to get a quick link to the specific library. Could that be possible to use ?
Yours sincerely,
Aref Halmstrand
What is the reason for having the files available locally? Microsoft have updated with a new function in the document library to get a quick link to the specific library. Could that be possible to use ?
Yours sincerely,
Aref Halmstrand
- I just want to be able to find files I want quickly, but without having al my storage space taken up.
The document library to specific library may be useful? Is there more information on setting this up?
Thankyou again