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?!

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For home | Windows

Locked Question. This question was migrated from the Microsoft Support Community. You can vote on whether it's helpful, but you can't add comments or replies or follow the question.

0 comments No comments

100 answers

Sort by: Newest
  1. Anonymous
    2025-01-12T14:01:14+00:00

    Android works .Phones are slow in contrast to my PCs

    Microsoft removed it from Windows, more specifically they removed it from OneDrive's web site...needs to be returned

    I sat for over 30 minutes waiting for 150,000 files spanning >60 gigs of small files to be emptied.

    No way should I be required to lift a phone to perform the flush. Also no way should I be required to keep checking my phone to note any progress.

    Is anyone from Microsoft even reading these posts? It's been silent & there are now 80 comments

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments No comments
  2. Anonymous
    2025-01-12T10:55:02+00:00

    Wow, thanks,

    I just used the OneDrive app on android and was able to quickly delete all files and folders at once from the recycle bin. Then, I refreshed the onedrive.com page on my computer browser and magically all those same files and folders disappeared like magic.

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments No comments
  3. Anonymous
    2025-01-05T21:04:10+00:00

    Are there plans to return an "empty recycle bin" back to the OneDrive client for any web version?

    I'm already in Win 11 (or Win 10) & looking at my Recycle Bin, & looking at over 3,500 files to be permanently deleted.

    I've read a few pages out of the 8 pages of posts & comments, so I gave it a whirl on my phone (Android) & it times out. Android's OneDrive client can't delete that many files in a single attempt so it times out.

    ... I am already in Windows.... why in anyone's world would I be expected to pick up my phone, browse to OneDrive, browse to my Recycled Bin again & try to flush it? ...I am already in Windows!!

    Is there anything in the pipeline to return it back to the web page? (I'm not going to read 8 pages of comments that all seem to have a common denominator of "use your phone, not Windows" because TBH that's a garbage approach

    My phone deletes ~800 each attempt. The web version deletes 100 at a time unless I hop thru hoops by constantly scrolling down to force a file refresh, then selecting all, then deleting them...@best that's a luck of the draw.

    I probably have 200,000 files consuming 125 gigs of space to flush @this point because each directory listed contains files that don't get counted as objects by OneDrive. Purging 100 or 800 @a time is insane!

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments No comments
  4. Anonymous
    2024-11-16T08:42:48+00:00

    Just did some research and found out their used to be ways to empty the recycling bin, but they have since removed them to get people frustrated where they would just pay for the plan upgrades. Actually disgusting you people should be ashamed but I know that is something you no longer feel.

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments No comments
  5. Anonymous
    2024-11-14T04:18:22+00:00

    There is no such thing as Empty Recycle Bin from the browser. I can check the header to select 100 items but the displayed function is to deselect and there is no delete. What a stupid design!

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments No comments