How To Turn Off Google Drive Background Sync On Chromebook

On your computer click Backup and Sync.

How to turn off google drive background sync on chromebook. Turn off Google Drive Offline Sync. Sign in to your Google Account. Uncheck the box to the left of Sync My Drive to this computer.

Pause or resume Backup and Sync. To turn off sync on your computer open Chrome and select at the top right. Tap Accounts or select the Google account name if it appears directly.

Slide the Continue running background apps when Google Chrome is closed toggle to off. If you want to sync your info across all your devices click Turn on sync Turn on. Fire up Chrome and click on your profile picture then click Syncing to or type chromesettingspeople into the Omnibox and hit enter.

In the preferences window click on the Google Drive tab find a box labeled sync my drive to this computer and uncheck it. Then click Preferences in the context menu. At the top right click Profile.

In the sidebar of the settings page click the Advanced heading. The blue switch will turn white. As a last resort you may uninstall the app altogether but I doubt thats what you want.

Toggle off the blue switch right after the Sync text. If you dont want this to happen and would rather sites and apps didnt run when Chrome was closed open up the Settings tab then click Privacy and security then Site Settings then Background sync and turn off the setting for Allow recently closed sites to finish sending and receiving data. In the Preferences window click Google Drive in the left menu.