{"id":14858,"date":"2019-08-13T08:21:56","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T08:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=14858"},"modified":"2019-08-13T08:24:11","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T08:24:11","slug":"automatically-pause-onedrive-sync-on-metered-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/automatically-pause-onedrive-sync-on-metered-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Turn On \/ Off Automatically Pause OneDrive Sync on Metered Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By default, OneDrive will automatically pause file syncing if a metered connection is detected. But sometimes you may need to make OneDrive continue to sync files no matter if metered or not. In this tutorial we&#8217;ll show you 2 simple ways to turn on or off automatically pause OneDrive sync on metered network in Windows 10.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 1: Turn on \/ off Pause OneDrive Sync on Metered Network via OneDrive Settings<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\nClick on the <strong>OneDrive<\/strong> icon in your system tray, then click on the <strong>More<\/strong> button and choose <strong>Settings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/onedrive-settings.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"361\" height=\"588\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14863\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Under the Settings tab, just check or uncheck the option &#8220;<strong>Automatically pause sync when this device is on a metered connection<\/strong>&#8221; and click <strong>OK<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/onedrive-automatically-pause-sync.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"421\" height=\"470\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14864\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Relaunch your OneDrive app to apply your changes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Method 2: Turn on \/ off Pause OneDrive Sync on Metered Network via Registry Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/6-ways-to-open-registry-editor-in-windows-10\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Open Registry Editor<\/a> and navigate to: <code>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\OneDrive<\/code>. On the right panel, you have to create a 32-bit DWORD value <strong>UserSettingMeteredNetworkEnabled<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/UserSettingMeteredNetworkEnabled.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"239\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14865\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>In order to make OneDrive automatically pause sync on a metered connection, just double-click on <strong>UserSettingMeteredNetworkEnabled<\/strong> and set its value data to 1. Otherwise, change the value to 0 if you would like OneDrive to keep syncing regardless of the connection type.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/edit-dword.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"331\" height=\"199\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14866\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Close Registry Editor and reboot your system to apply.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By default, OneDrive will automatically pause file syncing if a metered connection is detected. But sometimes you may need to make OneDrive continue to sync files no matter if metered or not. 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