Offline Files on Windows 11: How to Enable or Disable

The quickest way to enable Offline files is to use Sync Center

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

updated onOctober 4, 2023

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The Offline files on Windows 11 helps you keep a copy of your files on your network on PC. In this article, you will learn about how to enable or disable Offline files on Windows 11.

What is Offline files? Offline files is a Windows Sync Center feature that allows you to access your network files without an Internet connection. The files from your server will sync with your PC when you connect to the network so when it goes offline or is infected by virus or malware, you will still have the copies stored locally.

How can I enable or disable Offline files on Windows 11?

1. Using Control Panel

Of course, if you want to disable Offline files on Windows 11 instead, repeat the steps and click onDisable offline files.

If theWindows Sync Settings are not working, the highlighted guide will provide the solutions to fix it.

2. Using the Group Policy Editor

3. Using the Registry Editor

4. Use a third-party backup solution

Offline files is actually a solution to back up files from your network. That being said, you can also employ a third-partynetwork backup toolthat can do all that and more.

These apps have a lot more features and can store your backup on any other media, not only locally.

How do I make a folder accessible offline?

To set a folder to be always accessible offline, press theWindows+Ekeys to open File Explorer, and now you will see the Network folder.

Double-click on it, right-click on the folder of your choice, and selectAlways available offline.

You can also view your offline files and folders in Windows Sync Center accessible from Control Panel.

Also, you don’t need to make anything special to sync offline files in Windows 11. Once you get online, they will be synced automatically.

Of course, for all this to work, some files or folders should be synced on the network. Otherwise, the Offline files folder will be empty.

That’s it from our guide on how to enable and disable Offline files on Windows 11 and we hope that now you can access them quickly and safely.

Although it’s less known, you can alsoaccess your Teams files offlineand this guide will help you with that.

You might also be interested in reading our guide on what to do ifGoogle Drive is not working offline.

If you have any other questions or suggestions, we will be looking for them in the comments section below.

Offline Files on Windows 11: How to Enable or Disable#

How can I enable or disable Offline files on Windows 11?#

1. Using Control Panel#

2. Using the Group Policy Editor#

3. Using the Registry Editor#

4. Use a third-party backup solution#

How do I make a folder accessible offline?#