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

Locked Question. This question was migrated from the Microsoft Support Community. You can vote on whether it's helpful, but you can't add comments or replies or follow the question.

0 comments

56 answers

Sort by: Most helpful
Most helpful Newest Oldest
  1. Anonymous
    2021-12-17T11:59:20+00:00

    I have a Samsung Galaxy note. Been having the same issue, until now I have been periodically deleting the folder in my onedrive full of pictures. It automatically makes a new one and refills every few months.

    I have the upload option turned off in onedrive settings as is mentioned in this thread several times but it was still syncing photos and videos which filled up my onedrive space fast.

    Today I found theres also a setting in your phone gallery that syncs to onedrive. I've now turned that off and hopefully it will now stop.

    There's a 3 dot drop down menu when in gallery>settings>top option.

    Was this answer helpful?

    1 person found this answer helpful.
    0 comments
  2. Anonymous
    2020-12-23T00:20:13+00:00

    I do not care how old this thread is, this is the first result that pops up when you google this issue therefore it needs attending. This information is no longer correct as onedrives menu options have changed. You guys need to put down the new way of disabling this. Also probably remove that feature period.

    Was this answer helpful?

    1 person found this answer helpful.
    0 comments
  3. Anonymous
    2020-09-21T15:02:31+00:00

    Thanks Andy for your help and prompt reply I appreciate it!

    Was this answer helpful?

    1 person found this answer helpful.
    0 comments
  4. Anonymous
    2020-09-20T17:06:09+00:00

    not sure what phone you have. i have an iphone and in General iphone settings under one drive I turned of access to the camera and in settings from the home page in One Drive I turned of camera upload - this worked and stopped the upload.

    There is no turn off camera upload anymore it just shows my account so I turned that off is that how you did it?

    Was this answer helpful?

    1 person found this answer helpful.
    0 comments
  5. Deleted

    This answer has been deleted due to a violation of our Code of Conduct. The answer was manually reported or identified through automated detection before action was taken. Please refer to our Code of Conduct for more information.

    Comments have been turned off. Learn more