Microsoft OneDrive will soon let you take out your frustrations on those hated files
Delete large folders with ease on OneDrive
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There may soon be a way to cleanse yourMicrosoftOneDriveand SharePoint accounts of pesky large folders, freeing up much-needed storage space and decluttering your mind for good.
The company is working on a new update for itscloud storageservice that will allow users to delete large folders on Microsoft OneDrive and SharePoint Document Libraries on web.
The move will cover folders holding up to 10,000 items, meaning it could be the solution your overcrowded account needs to make some room for new items.
Microsoft OneDrive purge
The official entry on theMicrosoft 365 roadmapnotes that the feature is still in development for now, but should have a general release in March 2022. It is listed as being available to all Web users of OneDrive and SharePoint around the world.
With hybrid working now a common experience for most businesses, cloud-based services such as OneDrive have become pivotal to making sure organizations stay connected, wherever they may be located.
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Microsoft recently revealed an update for OneDrive that will embed the cloud storage service more deeply into its productivity ecosystem byworking more closelywith itsonline collaborationappMicrosoft Teams.
The idea is to use this heightened level of interoperability to make it as inconvenient as possible to break away from the Microsoft ecosystem, even if a company or individual has adopted just a small selection of services.
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The company also recently made it easier for remote workers to ensure that important tasks don’t slip through the cracks with another OneDrive update that provides a dedicated feed to highlight recent activity associated with their files.
However, concerns were raised in a separate area of Windows recently when Microsoft was forced to admit that itsdata wiping tooldidn’t always completely clean everything it needed to.
Although data collected byTechRadar ProsuggestsGoogleDrive is currently themost popular cloud storage serviceby some margin, Microsoft will hope OneDrive improvements like these will help capture a larger portion of the business market.
Mike Moore is Deputy Editor at TechRadar Pro. He has worked as a B2B and B2C tech journalist for nearly a decade, including at one of the UK’s leading national newspapers and fellow Future title ITProPortal, and when he’s not keeping track of all the latest enterprise and workplace trends, can most likely be found watching, following or taking part in some kind of sport.
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