Why can I no longer search file contents on Onedrive?

Anonymous

Once upon a time, the Onedrive search feature allowed you to search file contents, as well as file names.

Now it appears that Onedrive only allows you to search file names.

When did this change, and why? Content searches were a very practical feature.

Microsoft will lose users to better services (such as Google Drive) if it continues to make regressive changes like this. Being able to search file contents is a very low bar in 2024.

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Anonymous

2024-11-21T01:31:08+00:00

Onedrive, not local.

ONEDRIVE.
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Craig Long 18,635 Reputation points

2024-11-21T00:41:23+00:00

To search files locally you need to have Search Indexing running on your computer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rFNHiaB85s
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Anonymous

2024-11-20T21:03:46+00:00

Same here. November 20th and still unable to search within files.
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Anonymous

2024-11-18T19:11:13+00:00

I have been experiencing this issue and it is not fixed yet (November 18th!) it has been a key feature for me and the malfunction is causing me problems. I hope it is fixed soon.
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Anonymous

2024-10-24T08:52:06+00:00

Just noticed this issue as well, I hope that it will be fixed soon. As of October 24, the content search is still not working.
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