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?!

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-09-29T09:04:45+00:00

    Yeah, I know. That is how I did it, 50 at a time. I noticed that the button to delete appears and disappears once you exceed 50. Took time, but I got it done. Thank you for the response.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-09-29T08:20:07+00:00

    "> select Empty recycle bin in the top navigation."

    That may have been there in April 2024, it is not now.

    The only way I've found is 50 at a time maximum.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-09-25T21:20:12+00:00

    This iPhone solution no longer works. I have lots of stuff up there due to development I was doing and writing out files and kept deleting as I found bugs. Now there are thousands of files stuck up there for what, 30 days? Silly.

    There should be an option, like in the OS to just empty recycle bin. They can pop a warning if they want to confirm. Standard stuff here, come on.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-09-22T04:15:15+00:00

    Thank you for this, this worked for me. Can't believe Microsoft would remove something this basic.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-09-21T02:58:09+00:00

    I agree, but that's the point -- It's deliberately bad deletion/space management UI so that more people pay for extra space.

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