Steam – How to cancel Steam’s cloud sync

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Is there a way to cancel a Steam cloud sync upload and start a game before it finishes syncing? I don't want to permanently disable cloud sync.

Situation:

  • Play a Steam game.
  • Exit the game.
  • Decide to resume the game a few minutes later.

Problem:

  • Steam cloud sync is still uploading my save file.
  • Steam refuses to start the game before the save has finished uploading.
  • I wish to play the game.
  • I am sad and angry.

I tried:

  • Disabling cloud sync for the game. This didn't seem to stop an in-progress upload.
  • Exiting Steam. There's a message displayed about the cloud sync, but the "exit anyway" button is disabled.

Context: I'm playing Factorio (notoriously large savefiles) in a connection with slow upload. It takes a good fraction of an hour to finish a sync.

Best Answer

I found those instructions to disable Borderlands 2 (I don't know if Factorio) from synchronizing save data with Steam Cloud here:

  • In your Steam Library, right-click on Borderlands 2 and select "Properties."
  • Click the "Updates" tab.
  • Uncheck "Enable Steam Cloud synchronization for Borderlands 2."
  • Click "Close."

I imagine you already tried that, but it's all I found. If there's no other solution that's a pain in the ass, I assume save time will get even longer as your map keeps expanding, so I guess Steam will fix that for you if you ask, since it's their fault you can't really enjoy such a great game.

Good luck!

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