Can I disable Offline files service?

What happens if I disable offline files?

Description of problem: When disabling offline files on an end-users machine, once rebooted the machine can see the locally saved profile (C:\Users\%username%\OneDrive), and all the files on OneDrive in there. The OneDrive service starts and appears to be working fine, no errors.

Is it safe to disable Offline files?

It won't wipe the data cached on the local disk, but nor will that data be visible anymore, which is still something of an issue, because if it hasn't sync'd more recent content from the cache up to the server, then you've still effectively "lost" it.

Should offline files be enabled?

Offline files feature is very useful for users who need to always work with network shared files, thus many of you may want to enable offline files in Windows 10 and sync network files locally. Of course, it will be ok if you want to diable offline files.

How do I turn off offline files?

If you need to disable Offline Files, use the same Control Panel applet. Navigate to Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Sync Center, click on the link Manage offline files on the left. In the next dialog, click on the button Disable Offline Files. Alternatively, you can use the provided Registry tweak to disable it.

How do I turn off offline files in Windows 10?

Click on Sync Center. Click the Manage offline files option from the left pane. Click the General tab. Click the Disable offline files button.

How do I turn off Always available offline?

In the Offline Files folder, navigate to the network file or folder you want to disable the always available offline feature for. Right-click on it, and uncheck (turn off) the Always available offline by clicking on it.