You can temporarily stop OneDrive from syncing in the "Help & Settings" menu of the OneDrive notification area icon.

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As a Windows user, OneDrive is your default cloud storage option. It is synced with your desktop; most of us have configured it for daily backups. However, as cloud storage services have storage ...

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