Using the Drive Apps

On your Workstation

2.1.6. Pausing the synchronisation

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

How to stop the synchronisation for all accounts:

  1. Open the Drive icon's context menu.

  2. Select Pause synchronisation.

    To continue the synchronisation, select Resume synchronisation.

How to stop the synchronisation 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 an MS Windows system:

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

      To resume the synchronisation, 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.