Temporarily pause your file-sync services for a specified duration. Set a timer, walk away, and everything resumes automatically.
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Temporarily pause your file-sync services for a specified duration. Set a timer, walk away, and everything resumes automatically.
Download for Windows View CLI UsageChoose any combination of clients in the Settings screen. SyncFreeze pauses each by stopping its process and restarts it when the timer expires. Dropbox is enabled by default.
OneDrive.exeGoogleDriveFS.exeDropbox.exeiCloudDrive.exeBox.exeMEGAsync.exeidwutil_64.exepCloud.exesync-taskbar.exePause and resume several sync clients at once — Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive, and more.
Check off exactly which services SyncFreeze controls. Your selection applies to both the tray and the CLI.
Pause for 1 minute, an hour, or any custom duration. Decimals supported — even 30 seconds.
Lives quietly in your tray. Right-click for quick actions; double-click for a live status window with countdown.
Full CLI support. Script it, schedule it, or run it from your terminal. Perfect for power users.
The tray icon gains a blue glow while paused, so you always know your sync state at a glance.
Balloon notifications when pausing and resuming. Toggle them off if you prefer silence.
Need sync off for a while? Pause indefinitely and resume manually whenever you're ready.
Close SyncFreeze while paused and it restarts your selected services automatically.
Choose a duration from the tray menu or run SyncFreeze -t 5 from the command line.
Your selected services are stopped. The tray icon glows blue and a countdown begins.
When the timer expires, everything restarts automatically. Or resume early with SyncFreeze -r.
Settings are stored in %APPDATA%\SyncFreeze\config.json. Executable paths are captured automatically when a service is stopped, so it can be restarted reliably.
{
"notifications_enabled": true,
"enabled_services": ["dropbox", "onedrive"],
"service_paths": {
"dropbox": "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Dropbox\\Client\\Dropbox.exe",
"onedrive": "C:\\Users\\you\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\OneDrive\\OneDrive.exe"
}
}