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
    2025-04-24T23:04:12+00:00

    I think you have your answer but, just in case... "No. The OneDrive team (personal in particular) is horrible despite some of us actually paying for the advertised functionality".

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-07-18T16:36:58+00:00

    I have been having this issue since the beginning of this year and waited until all of the issues with file explorer and onedrive were fixed. I still can't find the unhide button for shared folders, but I may have found a workaround. Another user that had access to folder, but was not the owner of the folder, was able to share it to the user that had hidden the folder and it showed back up in the shared tab. They were then able to "add shortcut to My Files". Finally all fixed.

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-07-18T19:57:56+00:00

    My problem magically went away, self healed, after months if not years of being an issue. One caveat - the shared OneDrive folder in file explorer still has as a shortcut icon but it behaves as a native folder. It no longer opens the online browser folder.

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