Note: Depending on your version of Windows, the folder is either called “My Documents” or “Documents”. You might be doing this unnoticed or (as a network administrator) might deploy Outlook with its default storage location pointing to a Network Share on a file server or NAS-system, or a Cloud Storage location such as OneDrive. While I’ve warned before about not to save pst-files to a network share or Cloud Storage, this issue requires some additional care and attention when using Outlook. You can also completely disable OneDrive, in case you are using another cloud storage service like Dropbox or Google Drive.Are you using Outlook and is your Documents folder redirected to a network share like a file server or a NAS-system or to Cloud Storage like OneDrive or Dropbox? On the next screen, uncheck Pictures, Documents and Desktop to prevent Photos, Videos and Files in any of these locations from being automatically uploaded to OneDrive On OneDrive Settings screen, select the Backup tab and click on Manage Backup option.ģ. You can prevent your computer from automatically saving files located on Desktop, Documents and Picture Folder to OneDrive Account by following the steps below.Ģ. Prevent Computer from Saving Desktop, Picture and Documents Folder to OneDrive

Click on OK to save this setting on your computerĪfter this, you will no longer find Word, Excel and other Microsoft Office files on your computer being automatically saved to OneDrive. On OneDrive Settings screen, switch to Office tab and uncheck Use Office applications to sync Office files that I open option.ģ. Open OneDrive Settings on your computer.Ģ. If you are not interested in Sharing files or collaborating with others, you can disable this feature and prevent Office Files from being automatically uploaded to OneDrive from your computer.ġ. OneDrive has a default tendency to automatically sync Word, Excel and other Office Files that you open on your computer to OneDrive. Prevent Microsoft Office from Saving Files to OneDrive Click OK to save this setting on your computer.Īfter this, you will no longer find Photos and Videos being automatically uploaded to OneDrive. On OneDrive Settings screen, switch to Backup tab and uncheck Automatically save photos and videos to OneDrive option.ģ.

Open OneDrive Settings on your computer.Ģ. This happens, when you connect Camera, Phone or USB storage device to your computer.ġ. Prevent Computer from Uploading Photos to OneDriveįollow the steps below to prevent Photos and Videos from being automatically uploaded to OneDrive. Click on OK to save this setting on your computer.įrom now on, screenshots that you take on your computer will not be automatically saved to OneDrive. On OneDrive Settings screen, switch to Backup tab and uncheck Automatically save screenshots I capture to OneDrive option.ģ. Note: If you do not see OneDrive Cloud Icon in the taskbar, you should find it in the System Tray.Ģ.

Click on OneDrive icon in the Taskbar and select Settings in the menu that appears. Prevent Screenshots from Saving to OneDriveįor most users, automatically saving Screenshots to OneDrive is not necessary and enabling this feature can result in cluttering of your OneDrive account with unwanted screenshots.ġ. However, you can always prevent your computer from automatically saving files to OneDrive by using steps as provided below.

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