"You need to authenticate before accessing this item" when deleting Recently Deleted files on iPad OS
I have files on my iPad in the Recently Deleted folder of the Files ap. I cannot permanently delete them. I assume until I do permanently delete them I cannot reclaim their disk space. I guess I am in this situation because:
- I deleted the files within the Files app (weeks ago)
- The credit card associated with my iTunes account expired so I had to login to iCloud to update the expiration date. I assume this caused a modification to my iCloud credentials?
- I tried to permanently delete files in the Recently Deleted folder of the Files app on my iPad. I got the "You need to authenticate before accessing this item"
- I shutdown and restarted my iPad. This did not help
- I signed out of my iCloud account on my iPad and signed back in. This did not help.
- I got notification on my iMac that I needed to login to my iCloud account from that device. This seems to confirm the assumption that changing my iTunes credit card caused a ripple in iCloud ID credentials.
- I am able to delete files from Recently Deleted that were deleted after I signed back into my iCloud account, which reinforces the idea that a change in my iCloud credentials has stranded items in Recently Deleted that were deleted under my previous iCloud identity.
- I tried to swipe left to "Recover" a stranded file and got the same error message as I do when attempting a "Delete".
Is there any suggestion on how to permanently delete files short of wiping the iPad?
iPad Pro, iPadOS 16
