Limit the sync app download speed to a fixed rate
This setting lets you configure the maximum speed at which the OneDrive sync app (OneDrive.exe) can download files. This rate is a fixed value in kilobytes per second, and applies only to syncing, not to downloading updates. The lower the rate, the slower files will download. The minimum rate that can be set is 1 KB/s and the maximum rate is 100000 KB/s. Any input lower than 50 KB/s will set the limit to 50 KB/s, even if the UI shows the inputted rate.
If you enable this setting, computers will use the maximum download rate that you specify, and users will not be able to change it.
If you disable or do not configure this setting, users can choose to limit the download rate in OneDrive sync app settings.
Select the maximum amount of bandwidth to take up when downloading files.
Valid values are from 1 to 100000.
| Registry Hive | HKEY_CURRENT_USER |
| Registry Path | SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\OneDrive |
| Value Name | DownloadBandwidthLimit |
| Value Type | REG_DWORD |
| Default Value | 125 |
| Min Value | 1 |
| Max Value | 100000 |
onedrive.admx
- OneDrive
- Allow OneDrive to disable Windows permission inheritance in folders synced read-only
- Allow syncing OneDrive accounts for only specific organizations
- Always use the user's Windows display language when provisioning known folders in OneDrive
- Block file downloads when users are low on disk space
- Block syncing OneDrive accounts for specific organizations
- Cause sync client to ignore normal web proxy detection logic
- Configure team site libraries to sync automatically
- Convert synced team site files to online-only files
- Enable automatic upload bandwidth management for OneDrive
- Exclude specific kinds of files from being uploaded
- Hide the "Deleted files are removed everywhere" reminder
- Limit the sync app upload rate to a percentage of throughput
- Prevent the sync app from generating network traffic until users sign in
- Prevent users from moving their Windows known folders to OneDrive
- Prevent users from redirecting their Windows known folders to their PC
- Prevent users from syncing libraries and folders shared from other organizations
- Prompt users to move Windows known folders to OneDrive
- Prompt users when they delete multiple OneDrive files on their local computer
- Require users to confirm large delete operations
- Set the maximum size of a user's OneDrive that can download automatically
- Set the sync app update ring
- Silently move Windows known folders to OneDrive
- Silently sign in users to the OneDrive sync app with their Windows credentials
- Use OneDrive Files On-Demand
- Warn users who are low on disk space
- OneDrive
- Allow users to choose how to handle Office file sync conflicts
- Always use the user's Windows display language when provisioning known folders in OneDrive
- Coauthor and share in Office desktop apps
- Configure team site libraries to sync automatically
- Continue syncing on metered networks
- Continue syncing when devices have battery saver mode turned on
- Disable the tutorial that appears at the end of OneDrive Setup
- Limit the sync app download speed to a fixed rate
- Limit the sync app upload speed to a fixed rate
- Prevent users from changing the location of their OneDrive folder
- Prevent users from syncing personal OneDrive accounts
- Set the default location for the OneDrive folder