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
    2024-07-08T08:57:45+00:00

    the ONLY way I managed, was to login on my ANDROID and delete the bin from there.

    There's NO WAY to do this online from a PC, nor iPhone.

    Unbelievable, this kind of mess happens on one of the main cloud services everyone uses, not to mention the kind of solution responses here, utter garbage.

    I am now moving all my camera backup to another solution, microsoft is obviously not worth this trust.

    SHAME !!!

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-07-04T21:11:37+00:00

    I can confirm this also works with the Android app - it shows a Delete All and it doesn't just hang like the website's version does.

    And let me add my voice to all the other complaints - you cannot use the OneDrive website to empty your recycling bin if it has more than 50 items in it. The delete button hides itself, and the option in manage hangs forever. You can find similar complaints going back for years. How is this acceptable?

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-08-10T07:14:38+00:00

    Hi Antoine,

    I have an easy work around.

    *using onedrive.live.com*

    Step 1: In the recycle bin, select the first couple of files so they're highlighted. Right click on the selected files and you will see delete. Press Delete.

    Step 2: Immediately after those files delete, press the top left selection to select "All" which highlights all files. Right click on the selected files and you will see now delete. Press Delete.

    Step 3: Some reason this only deletes 50 at a time. Repeat by selecting all files again, right click selected and press delete. If you do not see the option to delete, which you should, repeat steps 1 and 2.

    Hope this helps mate.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-05-28T09:56:14+00:00

    Hi, but this was the original question - "How to select all files in iPhone Onedrive recycle bin to deleting them" And when there is many files (500 for example) clicking them one-by-one is not an option.

    Can you post som advice how to do it, please? Idealy with pictures...

    Thank you very much Jiri

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-07-20T02:19:54+00:00

    yeah, no. there is no option to delete. You can try it from storage management. There is actually an "Empty recycle bin". I clicked on, came back to the same pop up that said "Emptying recycle bin". about 6 hours later that same pop up was still there along with all the files in my recycle bin. It is by design, and it takes up more storage space than anything else. And listen, if it wasn't? Then the "Empty recycle bin would be out there plain as day, you would not have all these questions asking how to empty it. Cloud storage is a joke anyway. Personally, I back everything up & do not need them.

    It just pisses me off they think we're idiots and think they can get away with it. Just a matter of time before people get tired of the BS

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