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Can't delete files from recycle bin in OneDrive (.com)

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I have thousands of files in my OneDrive recycle bin. Some I can remove, notably the most recent deletions. However the majority of them just give the error

"This item might have been deleted, expired or you might not have permission to access it. Contact the owner of this item for more information"

All the files in there are my own, I basically backed-up lots of drivers and software which annoyingly seem to have thousands of little files. The idea being that should I have to reinstall Windows or buy a new machine, I could just let OneDrive download all the install files rather than hunting around for discs and downloads etc.

Anyway, After the big hoohar with the big reductions in OneDrive space I decided to delete all that but I just can't shift it from my recycle bin.

I wouldn't mind so much if you could sort the recycle bin by deletion date or something, but there is no sorting option that I can see, nor are the file sorted in any sensible order that I can see. Although I can happily lose all the file currently in there, because there is far too many to count, Should I delete something in the future and want to retrieve it, there's now way, a sight from sheer chance, I'll ever find it.

Anyway, If someone could help, that'd be great!


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