How to Pause or Limit OneDrive Uploads/Downloads Bandwidth in Windows 10
Have you noticed that uploading big files to OneDrive could be frustrating sometimes? OneDrive can upload data to the cloud and when things like this happen, browsing Internet or playing online game becomes a very painful thing to do.
Apparently, the recent update to OneDrive added a very important but long overdue features, that allows you to Shut it down until later, pause file syncing for a preset period, or slow down the sync speed to free up internet bandwidth resources.
Pause syncing on OneDrive is probably the easiest thing to do. Right-click OneDrive icon on the Taskbar and select Pause syncing. You’ll then see options to pause OneDrive for 2, 8, or 24 hours.
If you prefer to shutdown OneDrive, Right-click the OneDrive icon again and select Exit.
Just remember that OneDrive is now off and won’t turn on again until you either reboot your PC or manually activate it.
The recent update to OneDrive added a very important but long overdue feature that can limit internet traffic bandwidth for both download and upload.
You can right-click the OneDrive icon in the system tray and select Settings.
Then go to Network tab in Microsoft OneDrive Settings window to set up the upload and download rate to limit the internet traffic bandwidth. Click OK button to save the changes.
You can also choose to throttle download speeds, which might be helpful if you have a lot of shared documents on your PC that could be updated at the worst possible moment.
Apparently, the recent update to OneDrive added a very important but long overdue features, that allows you to Shut it down until later, pause file syncing for a preset period, or slow down the sync speed to free up internet bandwidth resources.
Pause syncing on OneDrive is probably the easiest thing to do. Right-click OneDrive icon on the Taskbar and select Pause syncing. You’ll then see options to pause OneDrive for 2, 8, or 24 hours.
If you prefer to shutdown OneDrive, Right-click the OneDrive icon again and select Exit.
Just remember that OneDrive is now off and won’t turn on again until you either reboot your PC or manually activate it.
The recent update to OneDrive added a very important but long overdue feature that can limit internet traffic bandwidth for both download and upload.
You can right-click the OneDrive icon in the system tray and select Settings.
Then go to Network tab in Microsoft OneDrive Settings window to set up the upload and download rate to limit the internet traffic bandwidth. Click OK button to save the changes.
You can also choose to throttle download speeds, which might be helpful if you have a lot of shared documents on your PC that could be updated at the worst possible moment.