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OneDrive automatically backups folders in Windows 11 without users' permissions
(windowsreport.com)
this post was submitted on 25 Jun 2024
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It is shit but it’s easy to turn off.
Doesn’t really matter if it is easy to turn off. By that point it is already too late, all your files have been uploaded to their server.
Not how that should work. They don't get permission to all that unless I say so.
Completely agree!
How?
Right click Onedrive Icon, settings, sync and backup, Manage Backup, turn off what ever you don't want backed up. At that point all your desktop / document content will disappear (looks like Microsoft linked the normal and Onedrive folders, which is a useful trick occasionally) so move everything out of Onedrive back into your normal folders
It's telling how you get downvoted, but someone saying the same shit about Apple in this thread gets upvoted.
I hate shitty practices like everybody else, but please keep them to the same standard.