Jul 14, 2023
how do i switch off sync permanently in google drive
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Jul 15, 2023
Thanks for taking the time to help.
I decided today that the best approach was to delete the Google drive desktop product on
My laptop completely and to use the Google drive software from the browser to upload folders from my laptop. I copy circa 400gb to my laptop from my external driv into a folder on my laptop and then upload this from the browser for a few hours. After a few hours when the upload had completed I then delete the folder from my laptop and copy the next tranche to the laptop before doing the next tranche. It’s a bit tedious and slow but works fine. In short I think Google should just call their desktop product Google Drive Sync so it is clear to everyone it’s limitations
Regards
Alan
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That's the way it works.
I can think of a way round it, but need to do some testing first to confirm it will work as expected. In the meantime, can you confirm the status of the drives. You mention plural drives, what capacity is available in them.
Regards,
Peter
I'm near packing in for the day, but I'll leave you with a couple of thoughts.
The simplest way to continue would be to go in Drive for desktop Preferences; Settings; and disconnect your account.
This would delete the cache for the first batch of files you synchronised. The problem with the method you chose is that the first batch gets uploaded then deleted locally and the files kept in cache. Google haven't provided a 'clear cache' command. Disconnecting the account then signing in a gain would reclaim that cache.
The potential problem now is the My Drive local is dimensioned with reference to the space left on the hard disk and may show as full. How this is handled with Stream would be a step into the unknown as copying the second batch might trigger a response because you are now trying to sync 1TB to a hard drive with no headroom, which logically shouldn't matter with Stream, but that isn't Google's way.
There are ways round the dimensioning problem, but 2TB is not somewhere I have been before.
So, the choice is to step forward to see what happens or for you to reach out to specialist support, which would be fine for a 15GB user, but for Google One users or Workspace users you would be redirected to non-specialist Google One support, or the Workspace Admin support.
Best,
Peter
Thanks for taking the time to help.
I decided today that the best approach was to delete the Google drive desktop product on
My laptop completely and to use the Google drive software from the browser to upload folders from my laptop. I copy circa 400gb to my laptop from my external driv into a folder on my laptop and then upload this from the browser for a few hours. After a few hours when the upload had completed I then delete the folder from my laptop and copy the next tranche to the laptop before doing the next tranche. It’s a bit tedious and slow but works fine. In short I think Google should just call their desktop product Google Drive Sync so it is clear to everyone it’s limitations
Regards
Alan
Diamond Product Expert PeteranDi recommended this