Exclude specific file types or large files from OneDrive syncing

As described in the title I would like to exclude some files from syncing to my (personal) OneDrive to save some space. I have some folders that I wish to sync but in some of them there are quite large video files which I do not want to sync.

I found this documentation from microsoft but I do not have the "Sync" option after I click on the "OneDrive admin center" link.

Also I found this question but the answer no longer works.

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OneDrive added this feature a short while ago. Well somewhat. If you are using the OneDrive insider preview you can do this:

Copy %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\OneDrive\{OneDriveVersion}\adm OneDrive.adml (language file) to C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions\en-US and the OneDrive.admx to C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions.

Then in the Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc) go to Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> All Settings and find Exclude specific kinds of files from being uploaded. Now there you can specify specific file types or file names to ignore.

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