How to stop syncing photos in camera roll..?

Anonymous
2016-08-19T04:02:42+00:00

I had around 5000 pictures in my camera roll(Lumia 540) which were automatically uploaded in my onedrive folder. Recently due to low space, I have transferred all my pictures to my PC. But my phone is automatically downloading from onedrive and syncing.  Even though I stopped syncing, I tried deleting pictures from my phone also. 

How to stop my phone automatically download the pictures from one drive. ?

Windows for home | Other | Devices and drivers

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-08-23T13:10:02+00:00

    Where is this deliberately elusive(?) ondrive app...?  And why is this "default"?  Isn't this a violation or invasion of privacy?

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-08-21T19:03:46+00:00

    I don't know if this is the same problem, but I think I just figured out how to tell Windows 10 (or maybe it's the Photos app) to stop trying to upload photos every time I plug in my phone.

    In Windows, go to Settings.

    Find the AutoPlay settings.

    Find the one for your phone.

    Select Take No Action from the drop-down menu.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-08-13T01:31:21+00:00

    So annoying. I liked Onedrive more than dropbox!

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-08-03T05:13:38+00:00

    Same problem here. All settings set to "not upload", yet they still do and my onedrive account is now full due to photo uploads

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  5. Anonymous
    2019-02-04T18:44:31+00:00

    This issue is still occurring?  I have little hope my email support will be able to help.  I had it enabled and when my One Drive ran out of space I tried to delete from the One Drive App which proves to be a frustrating lack of options.  So I removed the directories from my synced folders on my pc which worked.  However, after turning off photo sync and camera access from my iphone it still uploads two versions of the photo to one drive.  One is actual resolution and a smaller lower res version.   I have rebooted the phone and still doesn't keep it from working.  I'd rather not delete the One drive app because I use it to store some reference files.  But I can always transfer that to icloud I guess.

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