Sync Certain OneDrive Folders to your Computer
UConn Faculty, staff, and students can restrict their OneDrive desktop application to synchronizing certain folders to their computer. This folders/files will remain in your OneDrive, they simply will not be visible in your File Explorer (Windows) or Finder (MacOS) window.
Windows
Click on the OneDrive cloud icon in the Windows taskbar notification area at the bottom right corner.
If the cloud icon is not here, click on the caret to view hidden icons, this opens your System Tray. If the icon is still not here, OneDrive is likely not running; please open OneDrive on your computer.
Click on the settings gear at the top of the popup window. Click on Settings.
Continue below the MacOS instructions.
MacOS
Click on the OneDrive cloud icon in the top menu bar.
Click on the settings gear at the top of the popup window. Click on Settings.
Continue Below.
Choosing the folders you wish to sync
In the popup window, click on Account.
The first item in the list is your OneDrive. It is then followed by your SharePoint sites.
In the picture below, you can see a OneDrive (private files) followed a SharePoint site: “SP Road Show”.
Click Choose folders in the “OneDrive” row.
Choose the “OneDrive - University of Connecticut” option to edit your OneDrive sync, click on Choose folders.
Click on a folder to check/uncheck it.
Unchecking an item means you will need to navigate to https://s.uconn.edu/onedrive in order to see it. The files/folders remain intact yet untouchable from File Explorer (Windows) and Finder (MacOS).
You may expand a list item in order to stop a child folder from syncing. A child folder is a folder within another folder.
The “Files not in a folder” are files that are in your OneDrive but not inside a folder. Consider these to be top-level files no in a folder (you don’t have to open a folder to view them).
To sync all of your files and folders, check the Make all files available box.
Click OK to save your changes.
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