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
    2024-08-16T17:42:10+00:00

    Hi everyone! I have found a solution to this problem. I accidentally hid ALL of my shared folders and started panicking, but to unhide/view them, all you have to do is go to OneDrive online (the web version), click on "More" at the top next to the PDF filter button, and click "Hidden" at the bottom of the dropdown menu. It should display all of the files that you just hid. Hope this helps!

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-08-16T17:55:09+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.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-08-16T18:03:43+00:00

    Chrome nor Edge have this option to click on "menu view"

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

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

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  5. 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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