
If you're signed in with a work or school account (business account), your items are kept for 93 days in OneDrive's Recycle Bin, unless the administrator of your subscription has changed this setting. If your Recycle Bin does not exceed 10% of your total storage, then all deleted files and folders are kept for 30 days after the date they are removed. If your Recycle Bin gets large enough to exceed 10% of your total OneDrive storage, the duration for which they are kept is reduced. In most cases, it stores them for 30 days.

OneDrive stores deleted files and folders in its Recycle Bin for at least three days and a maximum of 30 days.

What is OneDrive's Recycle Bin retention policy for deleted files? Scroll down to the sections relevant to your type of device. Each type of device has dedicated sections with instructions to help you out. NOTE: This tutorial shows how to work with OneDrive's Recycle Bin on a PC with Windows, on a Mac, an Android smartphone or tablet, on an iPhone or iPad. Step -2): Disable OneDrive via Registry Editor Disabling OneDrive in Windows 11 requires modifying the registry. To do this, right-click the OneDrive icon in the taskbar and select Close OneDrive.
