Onedrive opening files in background

Hayden, Jacob 0 Reputation points
2025-02-04T22:00:41.28+00:00

Whenever I look at the homepage of my file explorer, there are always files from my onedrive that are at the top which im pretty sure means they've been opend or there's been some kind of activity on them. These are files that I havent touched in months yet every few minutes or so another couple microsoft files from my onedrive appear at the top. this makes it difficult trying to keep track of other files that im actually trying to work with since they keep getting buried underneath other unused files on the homepage. is there any way to stop this from happening?

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  1. Jiajing Hua-MFST 14,575 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2025-02-05T07:57:44.0033333+00:00

    Hi @Hayden, Jacob

    Are the files displayed under the Recent list in File Explorer always the same specific ones?

    Do you mean that the date of these files that appear in the Recent list is not the date you last opened them?

    Additionally, have you shared these files with others?

    Which version of OneDrive are you using? OneDrive for Business or personal OneDrive?

    I understand that this situation may cause trouble for you to quickly locate the files that were truly recently used. I suggest you reset OneDrive to see if it helps.

    In addition, OneDrive activity in the background cannot be avoided. You can try to temporarily stop OneDrive synchronization for a check.


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