This is a big issue. In addition to constantly using bandwidth for no reason, One Drive now harrasses me constantly because it is "full". What is it full of? Sims 4 files I never wanted to upload at all. Almost 3 GB of it!
My options are to 1. Not play the Sims at all, or 2. To disable a windows feature I actually wnat to use because Sims 4 is so badly programmed it breaks windows,
Champion, the problem is that The Sims doesn't ask us where we want to save those files. And the question wasn't about the local space, it was about the cloud space. If you suggest disabling the backup of the Documents folder to Onedrive, that's a terrible idea, which can expose us to data loss.
And the link explains how to stop synchronizing folders that fills up their space. The other option would of course be to buy more space on OneDrive but the stated goal was to not have the games user files there.
It doesn't explain how to stop synchronizing folders inside the Documents folder, it explains how to stop syncrhonizing the entire Documents folder. You can't specifically exclude the subfolders Sims 4 incorrectly uses for temporary (scratch) files, like the "c:\Users\[UserName]\OneDrive\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\saves\scratch" folder, for example.
And my problem isn't even the space. I have more than enough space on Onedrive. The problem is that since The Sims deletes hundreds of temporary files from the Documents folder when you exit the game, it triggers the anti-malware protection of OneDrive, resulting in annoying messages such as this one:
