{"id":9150,"date":"2019-09-23T08:44:09","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T08:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/?p=9150"},"modified":"2019-09-24T00:48:41","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T00:48:41","slug":"stop-google-drive-from-syncing-files-to-computer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/stop-google-drive-from-syncing-files-to-computer\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Stop Google Drive from Syncing Files to Computer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are times when you are using a public or shared computer, <strong>Google Drive Backup and Sync<\/strong> will automatically sync your files to computer, which make you worried about others who might have access to your private files. To fix it, this article will show you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/stop-google-drive-from-syncing-files-to-computer\"><strong>how to stop Google Drive from syncing to computer<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#way1\">Way 1: Stop syncing via Google Drive on browser.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#way2\">Way 2: Stop syncing by Preferences of Google Drive Backup and Sync.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/how-to-stop-Google-Drive-from-syncing-files-to-computer.png\" alt=\"how-to-stop-Google-Drive-from-syncing-files-to-computer\" width=\"680\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"way1\">Way 1: Stop syncing via Google Drive on browser.<\/h2>\n<p>Step 1: Open <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/my-drive\">Google Drive<\/a> in your browser and sign in with your Google account.<\/p>\n<p>Step 2: Click the setting icon at the top-right of the window and then click <strong>Settings<\/strong> in the context menu. A new window will be popped up.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/open-settings-google-drive-on-browser.png\" alt=\"open-settings-google-drive-on-browser\" \/><br \/>\nStep 3: In the new window, click <strong>General<\/strong>\u00a0in the left panel and uncheck the box to the right of <strong>Offline<\/strong>. Once you check this option, Google Drive will automatically sync all the files to your computer for offline access.<\/p>\n<p>Step 4: Wait for a while and click <strong>DONE<\/strong> to save changes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/uncheck-the-box-to-remove-file-on-computer-for-offline-access.png\" alt=\"uncheck-the-box-to-remove-file-on-computer-for-offline-access\" \/><br \/>\nAttentions: It might take a time to remove the existing offline files from your computer when you uncheck the box.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"way2\">Way 2: Stop syncing by Preferences of Google Drive Backup and Sync.<\/h2>\n<p>Step 1: Click the Google Drive icon in the right bottom of the toolbar and then click \u201c<strong>\u22ee<\/strong>\u201d in the top right corner of the window. Then click <strong>Preferences<\/strong> in the context menu.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Open-Google-Drive-prefrence-1.png\" alt=\"Open-Google-Drive-prefrence\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Step 2: In the <strong>Preferences<\/strong> window, click <strong>Google Drive<\/strong> in the left menu.<\/p>\n<p>Step 3: Uncheck the box to the left of <strong>Sync My Drive to this computer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Step 4: Click <strong>OK<\/strong> to save changes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/uncheck-box-to-stop-syncing-google-drive-to-computer.png\" alt=\"uncheck-the-box-to-stop-syncing-google-drive-to-computer\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Step 5: Then a window will be popped up. Click <strong>CONTINUE<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/continue-stopping-syncing.png\" alt=\"continue-stopping--syncing\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Attentions: After accomplishing that, the files still remain in the computer and Google Drive, but any changes won\u2019t sync between them. What\u2019s more, you can choose to check the box to set the specified folder synced on the Google Drive option.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/uncheck-the-box-to-stop-syncing-drive-to-computer.png\" alt=\"uncheck-the-box-to-stop-syncing-drive-to-computer\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Related Articles:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/share-file-folder-on-onedrive-windows-10\/\">How to Share A File or Folder on OneDrive in Windows 10?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/how-to-stop-dropbox-from-opening-on-system-startup\/\">How to Stop Dropbox from Opening on System Startup? | Two methods<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/comparison-dropbox-vs-google-drive-vs-onedrive\/\">Comparison: Dropbox VS Google Drive VS OneDrive<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/4-methods-to-find-and-view-saved-wi-fi-passwords-in-windows-10\/\">4 Methods to Find\/View Saved Wi-Fi Passwords on Windows 10<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are times when you are using a public or shared computer, Google Drive Backup and Sync will&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[331,214],"tags":[332],"class_list":["post-9150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cloud-drive","category-computer","tag-google-drive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9150"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9162,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9150\/revisions\/9162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}