How to Remove Synced Files From OneDrive

Summary

Unsyncing and deleting OneDrive files.

Body

  • To remove synced files from OneDrive without deleting them for everyone who has access to them, click the OneDrive icon in the bottom right, click the gear icon, and then click settings. Click the "Account" tab in the window that opens up, then "Stop sync" twice on the files you would like to stop the sync on.

Stopping the sync to OneDrive

 

  • Now that the files are no longer synced, you can simply navigate to the files in File Explorer and delete them. If the blue OneDrive cloud symbol is missing under the status section, that confirms it is no longer syncing.

Removing the unsynced files