Onedrive search function not working (online version)

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Onedrive online App.

When opening my onedrive via webpage, the search function at the top is not working as before. Before I could start typing and the list of hits would diminish until I was left with whatever matched my search query.

There seems to be something wrong with my Onedrive folder, as the folder does not seem to be indexed any longer on the server side.

This also stops my Graph API searchfunction to work.

I can use: https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/drive/root/children to see the content of the onedrive.

But running : https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/drive/root/search(q='.xlsx') returns nothing.

From what I have been able to dig up, this is due to onedrive not indexing any of the files serverside.

Is there any solution to this? Is there a hard reset to return my onedrive to it's default state? Or am I forced to find other solutions?

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Anonymous

Hello ronron_525,

Welcome to the Microsoft community.

What I will explain to you is that the problem is not on your OneDrive folder, but on the OneDrive search service.

The problem you described that you can't search for the location of files in OneDrive (OneDrive search bar not working) is a hot issue that has recently emerged. We've received feedback from users around the world who have encountered this issue. This issue is still being investigated. It exists in OneDrive Web and OneDrive Mobile for certain users. The development team says that this is a temporary issue and will be resolved as soon as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your patience.

The Microsoft community is just a community for technical discussions, so we don't engage in development-related content, but I've found the last channel for users to submit reports and feedback on this issue that was opened by the OneDrive team.

You can take a screenshot of the issue you're encountering and provide feedback about the issue using the OneDrive link (live.com))

So that they can fully understand the full picture of the problem and summarize the various symptoms of the problem they encounter to provide a more comprehensive solution.

▲ We will continue to monitor the issue in this reply thread and share the latest progress of the issue as soon as possible.

Best regards

Ian - MSFT | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

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Anonymous

2025-04-28T19:29:49+00:00

This isn't a recent issue, it's been going on for months.

Very unsatisfactory service.

kpt
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Anonymous

2025-04-25T00:50:23+00:00

Any updates? I reported and did a screen shot 2 weeks ago and have not heard back. It seems after 2 months this problem would be addressed
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Anonymous

2025-04-22T09:58:57+00:00

I have lost some of my files and I need to search for them before the recycle bin gets purged. When is the search planned to be operational again?

When I search for known file names I get 0 results, so not working at all for me.
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2025-04-16T19:04:42+00:00

I agree. Microsoft has repeatedly demonstrated complete incompetence and a lack of integrity. Their support volunteers have consistently failed to provide a single useful response for any of the many issues. The only solution is to move to a more reliable service. Dropbox, iCloud Drive and Google Drive all get the basics right (as you would expect) and are vastly superior.
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