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Can't empty recycle bin in onedrive
I recently have started having OneDrive storage space issues. I have spent hours scouring message boards but none of them apply to my problem. The problem is that I have tried emptying the recycl...
UnPfhorgiven I have found the button. When you are in OneDrive, where your recyle bin is, there is a left hand side menu.
Click on Premium One Drive
From that page, click on "manage storage". You will find a "free storage: empty recycle bin" button.
However, as the other person in this thread mentioned, once you click on delete, it just stays stuck on a pop up that says "retrieving items".
According to a 2018 conversation in the Microsoft tech team community, it's by design. If you have more than 102 items to delete, then you cannot delete anything at all.
Great example of flawed designs that don't matter to modify to please customer demand.