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. Anonymous
    2024-06-09T08:38:41+00:00

    Does anyone show up to work at OneDrive anymore? Did they ever?

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-05-28T11:37:57+00:00

    I spoke to OneDrive a few days after posting this. They have escalated this issue three times now. I am up to escalation team number 3 or something like that. Team 1 tried everything in their power to fix it and team two tried on their end on the programming side and nothing. They said team 3 was the like developer side and that we have to see because it is something wrong with the programming or coding side of OneDrive. Cross my fingers someone gets this figured out.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-05-28T07:24:12+00:00

    I tried unhiding my folder that got hidden by mistake, but I do not get the option for selecting Show in shared view or unhide from shared. Is it because it shared shared to me by someone and I am not the owner of the folder

    Please guide

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-05-09T09:17:35+00:00

    I was working online on a browser, and accidentally hid a Word file in the Microsoft 365 section. The file strangely can still be found when I switch to OneDrive section, so maybe you could try that. No button to unhide it so I just moved it around and for some reason, it appears in the Microsoft 365 section again? I don't understand this stupid system of OneDrive. If someone ever found out how it works, god bless you.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-04-23T22:51:42+00:00

    Did we ever find the answer to this? I hid a file by accident and no longer can see it. Also, when it was visible I cannot add shortcut to my files.

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