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. ?

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-09-14T10:28:21+00:00

    If you want photos on either your PC or laptop and backed up to one drive you should be able to stop sub folders of Pictures from Synching on one device. If you put all your photos in a sub folder then select this folder in File Explorer then right click; select 'Choose One Drive folders to sync and unselect the folder with your photos in. This worked for me  

    If you want the photos on One Drive and not on any of your device use Files on Demand - this can be selected in the bottom box on the One Drive settings page. ((double click the One Drive Icon in the taskbar tray then select Settings)

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-09-14T10:27:57+00:00

    If you want photos on either your PC or laptop and backed up to one drive you should be able to stop sub folders of Pictures from Synching on one device. If you put all your photos in a sub folder then select this folder in File Explorer then right click; select 'Choose One Drive folders to sync and unselect the folder with your photos in. This worked for me  

    If you want the photos on One Drive and not on any of your device use Files on Demand - this can be selected in the bottom box on the One Drive settings page. ((double click the One Drive Icon in the taskbar tray then select Settings)

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-09-13T05:49:54+00:00

    Same problem here. All settings set to "not upload", yet they still do

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-08-28T02:52:41+00:00

    I have OneDrive on my PC, Laptop, iPad and iPhone - I have 7000+ photos and want to stop syncing the photos to my PC as it is slowing it down. How do I stop OneDrive syncing photos to my PC, and still keep the photos available in OneDrive when I delete the photos from my PC?

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