Using the Drive Apps

On a Workstation

2.1.9. Pausing the synchronization

You can pause and resume the synchronization for all accounts or for one single account.

How to stop the synchronization for all accounts:

  1. Open the Drive icon's context menu.

  2. Select Pause synchronization.

    To continue the synchronization, select Resume synchronization.

How to stop the synchronization for a single account:

  1. Open the Drive icon's context menu.

  2. Select Settings in the context menu.

  3. On the Settings page, select Sync Option. The settings are displayed separately for each account. Complete the following actions:

    • On a MS Windows system:

      To stop the synchronization for an account, click the Sync on icon in the account settings. The synchronization stops. The icon's label changes to Sync off.

      To resume the synchronization, click on Sync off. The icon's label changes to Sync on.

    • On a Mac OS system:

      Open an account's settings.

      Disable the checkbox Allow syncing files in this account.

Parent topic: On a Workstation