How To Sync Google Drive

There are two types of Google Drive client: Personal and Business. If just want to sync your Google Drive account, you can select the Personal one. Once the binary file of Google Drive client is downloaded, simply double-click the file to install it on your computer. Once installed, Windows 10 will run the Google Drive client right away. Prevent Google Backup and Sync to Start with Windows. Click at 'Google Backup and Sync' icon on the taskbar and click Preferences from the menu. At Settings section, uncheck the Open Backup and Sync on system startup checkbox and click OK. Start Google Backup Sync using Task Scheduler. Open task scheduler and create a new task. Read on to learn how to sync shared folders with Google's Backup and Sync in two easy steps. 1) Select the shared folder you want to sync. First, find your shared folder in the web client, so go to (and log in if you're not already). Open Google Drive app on your computer, log in your Google drive. There are two parts on this app: My Computer and Google Drive. At My Computer section, choose the folders to continuously sync files from computer to Google Drive. And set up other settings if need be, press OK button. Why use Google Drive? Accessibility: If Google Drive sync is enabled, all files will be stored in Google Drive so they're accessible through the Pipedrive interface.; Efficiency: The same file can be linked multiple times in Pipedrive, ensuring that the latest version of a document is always attached.; Easy Inline Editing: Uploaded files can be converted to Google Docs, viewed, and edited.

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Google's Backup and Sync tool allows you to sync specific Folder on computer with Google Drive. You may want to use this option, in case you only want to back up specific Folders to Google Drive and not the entire desktop.

Sync Specific Folder On Computer With Google Drive

By default, Google's Backup and Sync tool syncs your entire Desktop, Documents and Pictures Folders to Google Drive.

However, in case you do not like your entire Desktop syncing to Google Drive, it is possible to setup Google's Backup and Sync tool to sync only a specific folder on your computer with Google Drive.

Once any Folder on your computer is synced with Google Drive, any files that you add to the Synced Folder will be copied to your Google Drive account as a backup.

Any changes that you make to Synced Folder (Add, Delete or Modify Files) will get automatically synced with the back of the Folder on Google Drive.

How to Sync Specific Folder on Computer With Google Drive

The first step is to download Backup and Sync tool as available on Google Drive for both Mac and Windows PC.

Once 'Backup and Sync' is downloaded to your computer, launch the tool by clicking on it and it will take you to an information screen. Click on Get Started to start the process of setting up a specific folder on your computer to backup and sync to Google Drive.

On the next screen, Login to your Gmail Account by entering your Gmail User Name and Password. Once you are logged in, you will see an information screen, click on Got it to move to the next step.

On the next screen, you can uncheck Desktop and also uncheck Documents and Pictures, in case you do not want Pictures and Documents on your computer to be syncing with Google Drive.

After unchecking Desktop and other Folders, click on Choose Folder Link and on the next screen click on the Specific Folder on your computer that you want to Sync with Google Drive.

Once the Folder is selected, you can select Photo and Video upload size to Google Drive (see explanation below) and click on the Next button.

If you choose High Quality, Google will convert uploaded Photos to 16 MP size and in-turn provide you with unlimited Free storage for these photos on Google Drive.

If you choose Original Quality, Photos will be uploaded to Google Drive in the same format as shot by your Camera, but the uploads will count towards your allowed Google Drive storage limit.

On the next screen, uncheck Sync My Drive to this computer option and click on the Start button.

Now, only the Specific Folder that you had selected in above steps will get Synced with your Google Drive Account.

As mentioned above, all the Files that you Add to this specific Folder on your computer will also be available on Google Drive as a backup copy.

Any changes made to the Synced Folder (Add, Delete or Modify Files) will get automatically synced to the backup on Google Drive.

You can take a look at the Google Drive backup of the specific Folder at any time by clicking on the Cloud Icon located in the taskbar and then clicking on the Google Drive icon.

To see the backup, expand the Computer section and click on your computer name.

In case you have more than one computer, you can provide a unique name to each of your computers by renaming them (See image above).

Google Drive Never Stop Syncing

Google Drive, as one of the most popular online cloud storgae, owns countless users worldwide. Howerver, a lot of users complain about that Google Drive app never stops syncing either stuck on 'Backing up 1 of XXX' or take days to only backup few items. Under such situations, some of them seek for solutions in online forums, some of them just leave as it is to hope it will finally finish itself, while some of them just want to stop Google Drive sync at once.

I can't say which one is right and which is wrong because each one has his or her own choice to treat the problem. To leave it alone is also permitted but what if it seems will never complete even after days of working? If so, I am afraid that you would better to cancel it even for trying once again. Yet, sometimes, a direct solution is based on turning off the working process and doing some fixes.

Still, there are many other errors and unexpected problems which need to stop Google Drive from uploading. Or, you just made a mistake and want to reset the settings. So there comes a problem: How to stop Google Drive from syncing? In the following parts, we will offer you 7 methods to resolve this problem.

How to Stop Google Drive Automatic Sync?

7 free and safe ways to disable Google Drive sync will be presented in the following parts.

Solution 1. Stop Google Drive Upload When an Error Exists

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If a problem occurs, it will usually give a related error message to explain why this error occurs and give some suggestions. At this moment, an option to cancel Google Drive sync should be given. Then, you can just click this button to cease Google Drive service.

Solution 2. Quit Backup and Sync

Backup and Sync is the very latest Google Drive app to replace former Desktop Uploader or Google Photos Backup which can backup local items including photos/videos and other files to Google Drive.

If you want to stop Google Drive sync task, you can just close Backup and Sync app. Click on its icon on taskbar/system tray on bottom right. Then, a window will pop up.

Click on the three dots on the top right of the pop-up window and then select 'Quit Backup and Sync'.

Therefore, Backup and Sync will be closed and Google Drive sync will be stopped.

Solution 3. Pause to Suspend Google Drive Backup

If you just want to halt Google Drive sync temporarily, you can choose to just pause its work by clicking 'Pause' after clicking the three dots above. When you want to get it works again, you can just click 'Resume'.

Solution 4. Disconnect Account to Do Google Drive Disable Sync

Sign out of your account can also terminate current backup and sync service. Just pick 'Preferences..' after clicking three dots above, then a window pops up. Choose 'Settings' tab on the left menu.

Click on 'DISCONNECT ACCOUNT' to log out your Google account to stop Google Drive sync.

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Solution 5. Uncheck All Folders

Choosing no source folder makes Backup and Sync has no file to operate and this will actually stop Google sync task.

Select 'Preferences' in above settings options. In 'My Computer' tab, and uncheck all local folders. And, not choose all cloud items in Google Drive tab or just uncheck 'Sync My Drive to this computer'. Finally, click 'OK'.

Solution 6. Uninstall Backup and Sync

No matter which type of computer you are using, desktop, laptop, notebook or ipad; no matter which kind of operating system Backup and Sync is running on, Windows systems or Mac OS, you can stop Google sync by uninstalling Backup and Sync.

Note: Even if you uninstall Backup and Sync, your files are still in drive.google.com.

Uninstall Backup and Sync through Windows Settings (Windows 10)

1. Click on Start (Windows 10 logo in the bottom left) and choose Settings (the gear icon above Power icon).
2. Select Apps part.
3. Find Backup and Sync from Google in the right app list, click on it and click 'Uninstall'.

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Uninstall Backup and Sync through Control Panel (Windows 10)

1. Open Control Panel.
2. Choose Programs.
3. Click Programs and Features.
4. Click on Backup and Sync from Google and choose 'Uninstall'.

Uninstall Google Backup and Sync on Mac

The sims 2 how to play. 1. Choose 'Applications' in Finder.
2. On the dock, drag B & S to Trash.
3. Move to upper left of computer screen, click 'Finder - Empty Trash'.

Solution 7. Disable Google Drive Offline Sync

Go to https://drive.google.com/, click on 'Settings' (the gear icon on top right of the screen). In the pop-up window, in default General tab, move to Offline column, and uncheck 'Sync Google Docs, Sheets, Slides & Drawings files to this computer so that you can edit offline' option.

Google Drive Sync Alternative

If you have to stop Google Drive service due to some unsettled matters, you can rely on some other service provided by third party apps, such as MultCloud, to continue your task with Google Drive.

MultCloud is a web-based software which enables you to upload files from local devices to Google Drive and download files from cloud to local storage. It can be regarded as a platform which gather and manage cloud drives you added into it. Within this platform, you do operations like what you are doing in the cloud drive itself, like share, copy, rename, delete, upload, download, etc.

To make use of MultCloud to assist Google Drive, first of all, you should create an account of its service. Then, add Google Drive to its platform through 'Cloud Explorer - Add Cloud Drives - Google Drive'. It's recommended to perform the operations through Chrome, because there is an extension to conntect Google Drive and MultCloud easily.

After successfully adding Google Drive to MultCloud, you can manage it like the picture shows above.

In addition to exchanging files between cloud and local, MultCloud also enables you to exchange files between different cloud drives or different accounts of same cloud by its 'Cloud Transfer' or 'Cloud Sync' feature. For example, you can transfer Google Drive to MEGA by using 'Cloud Transfer' feature.

Compare Google Drive App & MultCloud

In the first place, you should make use of Google self-contained Backup and Sync app. In case Google Drive cannot sync and you have to stop Google Drive sync, you can seek help for MultCloud. Of course you can use MultCloud even when Backup and Sync working smoothly since MultCloud have much more functions and advantages that Backup and Sync does not have.