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No more option to delete all files from my onedrive recycle bin

Anonymous
2024-04-21T16:13:14+00:00

I can't empty anymore my onedrive recycle bin at once, when i select all the files in the onedrive recycle bin the option "delete" is no more presented, only the option "restore" is.

If I empty it thru the "manage storage" page and the "empty recycle bin" hyperlink, files are still there even hours later.

The only option is select a single file at a time and use the 3 dots menu where the option "delete" is presented. But as this is file by file, this is of course completely unefficient and therefor unacceptable.

I just find out that i can select maximum 50 files to delete them all at once. Starting from 51, the option disappears... Unbelievable?!

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-05-12T14:11:12+00:00

    I have the same issue, with 500 files to delete and I have to do it one at a time?

    WHAT KIND OF ABSOLUTE NONSENSE IS THIS??

    I AM SO SICK OF MICROSOFT AND THEIR ****.

    This is just a ploy to make people think they have less storage than they do. I am unsubscribing from Microsoft, I am SO SICK of their underhanded criminal tactics.

    Put the option there to DELETE ALL FILES NOW **removed**

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-06-11T11:51:28+00:00

    There is no longer an option to Empty Recycle Bin in One Drive. Selecting them or right clicking files does not give you a delete option either. All you get is 'Restore' or 'Details'. So who is the genius at Microsoft that did this and took away the ability to permanently delete files? Now everything in the bin stays there.

    If you click on the storage at the bottom left of the page it takes you to a new page which has an "Empty Recycle Bin" option highlighted in blue. But when you choose that nothing happens, the files don't delete.

    What kind of a stupid joke is this?

    FIX IT NOW Microsoft! This is utter incompetence!

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-05-18T09:18:48+00:00

    None of the options mentioned anywhere will work. I tried them all and came up with my own solution as below -

    1. Install OneDrive on your IPhone.
    2. Login using the same account.
    3. Go to recycle bin.
    4. Select all the files and click on delete button.
    5. And Voila !!!!! All your files are gone.
    6. Now come back and refresh the ondrive in your browser. The files are no more there.

    It seems to be some issue with the User Interface of the one drive website link.

    This will 100% work.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-06-01T08:23:49+00:00

    You have to click in the bottom left on the display of storage used. Then it takes you to a screen with an empty recycle bin option.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-04-22T23:41:51+00:00

    Hi Raymond,

    Thanks for helping.

    My issue is actually with OneDrive.live.com, does it make a difference ? I guess not as this is the URL from my OneDrive app on desktop.

    When i'm on the page Recycle Bin (as you described), there is no button to empty it if I don't select any files, as you can see below

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    And when I select a file, I have only the "restore" action shown

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    Maybe this is due to the nature of the file in this case because I didn't get it so yesterday?

    When I selected all files in my OneDrive recycle bin yesterday, the "delete" button didn't appear and the "restore" one well.
    When I selected a few files, actually maximum 50, the "delete" button did appear.

    That's the workaround I used yesterday to empty my recycle bin but, as said, not very efficient.

    Hope it helps to investigate.

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