Microsoft Onedrive: Unhide folders/files which were Hidden from Shared

Anonymous
2024-04-03T08:26:16+00:00

Good Morning.

A user in our office went onto OneDrive Online and accidentally clicked on the Hide from Shared button on one of the folders which was shared with him.

It gave a message that read:

"Remove Folder

If you remove this folder, you'll still have access to it, but it won't appear here."

He then clicked on the remove button.

So, the folder is currently "hidden".

Please advise on how to unhide it, so it shows up in the "shared with me" view again.

Additional information:

  1. I saw a YouTube video where a lady fixed it by clicking on a filter button and clicking to show the hidden folders. But there is no filter button available on my screen.

Currently Using Edge as browser.

  1. If you search in the "Search Everything" Bar for the folder it shows up, but we want it displayed correctly again.

Thanks.

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  1. Craig Long 18,635 Reputation points
    2024-08-16T23:09:53+00:00

    I don't have a "More" button either.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-08-16T20:07:18+00:00

    Ah, good point. I am working under the OneDrive license supplied by my workplace, so I suppose it is a Business OneDrive. This (extremely basic) feature isn't exactly something that should be exclusive for the Business license though, and the fact that it is is annoyingly shortsighted on Microsoft's end.

    I'm sorry this didn't end up being a perfect solution for everyone, but hopefully any wanderers who accidentally hid the files shared by their coworkers can breathe a sigh of relief.

    EDIT: Also- if it matters at all, which I kind of doubt it does but it doesn't hurt to supply extra information, I am using Firefox.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-08-16T19:27:53+00:00

    Yeah, we don't see that.....

    And that is under a Personal OneDrive or a Business OneDrive? Remember according to Microsoft those are two different things.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-08-16T19:21:21+00:00

    As much as I wanted this to work it does not because there is no "More" option at the top next to PDF filter.

    It's very strange that there is a discrepancy for people's views on the OneDrive website.. This is exactly what I see on mine:

    1. First, I navigate to "shared" tab

    1. Then I can see these options.. and at the bottom of the dropdown there is a "Hidden" option that I can toggle.

    If you can't see the "more" feature, I have absolutely no idea why. This should definitely be rapidly escalated to Microsoft admin because there shouldn't be a discrepancy in view features.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-08-16T18:59:40+00:00

    +1 to what Rody said, I do not see More:

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