The time it takes to upload or download a large amount of data to or from OneDrive depends on your internet connection speed, how close you are geographically to our servers, how much your internet service provider ISP lets you upload in a day, the speed of your computer, and other factors. Here are some tips for maximizing the transfer speed:. Avoid running other apps on your computer when you're uploading or downloading a large amount of data.
Avoid using your internet connection for other activities while you're transferring a large amount of data. Before you begin transferring a large amount of data, make sure your computer isn't set to go to sleep. If it goes to sleep, all uploading and downloading will stop. To test your connection speed, search the web for "bandwidth test.
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Slow OneDrive download can be caused by certain glitches in OneDrive, and the simplest way to fix those glitches is to unlink your OneDrive account. After doing that, you need to sign in back to OneDrive and resync all your files. In some instances, slow OneDrive download speed can occur due to bugs on your system. However, these bugs are usually temporary, and you can fix the problem simply by restarting File Explorer.
After a couple of moments File Explorer will restart and your issue should be resolved. Keep in mind that this is just a workaround, so you might have to repeat it if the issue reappears. According to users, issues occurred after they tried to sync all of their files at once.
Although that should work, sometimes issues can occur, and you might experience reduced download speed. To avoid this problem, users are suggesting to download your files in batches. If not, keep downloading files in batches until you download all your files. This is a quite useful feature since it allows you to download only files that you want to edit. This is great if you want to save space on your PC, but sometimes there might be issues with this feature. This feature can lead to slow download speed, and many users are suggesting to disable this feature.
After disabling this feature, the problem with OneDrive should be completely resolved. OneDrive has a useful feature that allows you to work on Microsoft Office files with other users.
Change the OneDrive sync app upload or download rate. Tips: If you're on a slow network temporarily, you can pause syncing instead of setting limits on the upload and download rates. If you have large files to upload, try to do so when you're on a fast network. Need more help? Expand your skills.
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