How can I turn off the sync function my Microsoft account from my windows 11 laptop?

I think I found the solution for Sync on Windows 11.

Open Edge browser and go to Settings > Profiles > Sign Out (button)

On the pop-up window confirm with Sign Out, which will also disable sync.

If (for some reason) you want to enable sync again, you just log back in.

I didn't find the way to turn off sync while being signed in on Edge, but as for me, I don't want to be signed in anyways.

I spent 24 years in the Navy so I look at things as a sailor.

I live in a rural area where internet is intermittent. I also travel with my husband and can spend the entire day without the internet.

It is bad enough fighting updates because of internet access and having spend months at sea you can't bring the internet up on your computer. Using a government computer to access the cloud and work on something personal can get you into serious trouble. If you are a junior rank you are looking at email only when at sea.

As a writer and having recently synced to ease the back up of my laptop that I need to send in for warranty repair. Now I am finding accessing my files difficult if not impossible off line.

Syncing should never mean that I can't have access to my work.

The inability to easily turn syncing off shouldn't result in loss of all work when you delete files from your laptop prior to sending it in for repair.

Syncing shouldn't require you to know computers to be able to tell the location of a file and ensuring the file is stored on your physical computer.

Syncing should be designed to allow you to keep certain personal files from EVER being synced because the only true way to protect data is to have it on a external hard drive that you only access when you are working off line.

I really wish Microsoft would remember that not everyone works in an office building, has internet access all the time. Maybe their programmers and developers need to take a little time off and go camping and while camping see what works and doesn't work. No cheating with mobile hotspots on some expensive phone.

I don't have that choice anymore. Did someone hack me?

There is no way to turn off sync.. the only solution i am aware of is

1 . uninstall onedrive

2. create a new microsoft email address everytime you reset or reinstall windows..

you could then use a local account if you wanted to..

And yes you can uncheck all the folders in sync .. but you cannot actually turn off sync..

And when you reset your pc with the same email address.. it installs all your favourites and extensions..

making resetting your pc a waste of time

My only solution is as above.. reset pc / create new microsoft email address / uninstall onedrive / turn off sync folders..

thats about the only workable solution

There is no way to turn off sync.. the only solution i am aware of is

1 . uninstall onedrive

2. create a new microsoft email address everytime you reset or reinstall windows..

you could then use a local account if you wanted to..

And yes you can uncheck all the folders in sync .. but you cannot actually turn off sync..

And when you reset your pc with the same email address.. it installs all your favourites and extensions..

making resetting your pc a waste of time

My only solution is as above.. reset pc / create new microsoft email address / uninstall onedrive / turn off sync folders..

thats about the only workable solution

Thanks I'll give it a go.