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First use of One Drive. Needed to upload 67.1 GB folders and files. Started uploading but my internet is too slow. After a full day, only 4.2 GB uploaded. Took a laptop to a faster internet location and uploaded all files. Now home computer is still trying to sync the same files and is slowing my online work to a crawl. How do I cancel the sync One Drive is still trying to finish from my computer? (Pausing the sync is not the answer because i need to be able to sync new and changed files to OneDrive).
Hello
Pause your OneDrive sync so that you can run an internet speed test - what's the upload speed you have at home?
Then click on the OneDrive cloud icon on taskbar > Settings > Sync and Backup tab > Advanced Settings, any chance the toggle is turned on for upload limit?
Thanks Emily. I live in a rural, mountain area. My upload speed is 1.5 mbs. I checked the settings and the upload limit is not turned on.
Ok, so 1.5mbs is miserally slow. To get all 67GB data uploaded, that can take a looong time. I am not sure what else you can do to be honest since it is a limitation of speed limit. It is probably best to pause sync and resume it before bed time, and let it run over night, so that it will not eat up your day time bandth and slow down other things you need the internet for.
