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You can then type your search query in the search box and let Windows Explorer find them.

Limit your search to any folder by double-clicking that folder in Windows Explorer to open it.

The name of the folder that contains a picture file appears in the table's Folder column. Be careful when deleting unknown files, such as those that might reside in the Windows folder or a folder that an application uses. Focus on finding and reviewing large files if your goal is to free up as much disk space as possible.

Your computer may contain thousands of picture files that would take a long time to review.

If you do not see a table with headings and columns after Windows Explorer finishes finding pictures, click the “More Options” button at the top of Windows Explorer and select “Details” to make the table appear and show details.

You can then right-click any highlighted file and select “Delete.”

Select multiple files at once in Windows Explorer by holding down your “Ctrl” key while clicking them.

On your desktop, there is a shortcut to OneDrive->Desktop folder where your files were being synced. Now, if you go back to “Choose folders” again…Īfter you do this, you might panic because all your files that used to be on your Desktop are gone! Fear not!! They are still on your computer. As you can see, I’ve already done it on mine. Then you can stop any of these folders from being backed up on OneDrive by clicking on “Stop backup” link. The reason why OneDrive doesn’t let you stop syncing Desktop/Documents/Pictures folders is because they are being backed up, which is a separate setting.

So I went and dug around all the options within OneDrive. I didn’t want to follow the solution on the second link. It seems like there is a general frustration among users that you CANNOT stop desktop from syncing. I really didn’t want this so of course, I went to look for a solution online.

I noticed that icons on my desktop had little status icon that said it has been uploaded. I realized one day that OneDrive started syncing folders that I did not configure it to.