Recycle bin filling up with thousands of random .ini & .txt files

I've found a fix to this.

• Turn off you wifi, then quit the OneDrive app.
• Navigate to the application folder and control click the OneDrive app.
• Click Show Package Contents
• Open the Resources Folder
• Click ResetOneDriveAppStandalone.command
• Open OneDrive and sign back into your account.

That should reset OneDrive and fix the issue.

jimfromleeds wrote:

I know nothing about computers but I turned off the wifi and dragged the OneDrive app on my iMac from the launchpad into the recycle bin, said yes to delete and bingo! no more random files appearing...genius

Yep. Microsoft OneDrive is the problem and deleting it will solve the issue. For others that want to continue to use OneDrive, they need to perform the other steps to reset OneDrive in order for the random files to stop appearing in the trash.

stickyfingers85 wrote:

No, it was setup from scratch with files transferred from an older Mac using iCloud. It's def a MS issue though as per post above

Sound s like you have the solution:

"I was then able to quit OD, and after turning wi-fi back on the files no longer appeared."

for your third party app—if in doubt search the developers website or contact their: Support/Help/FAQ/Known issues/compatibility/updates…

Contact a third-party vendor - Apple Support

Contact a third-party vendor - Apple Support

Contact - Microsoft Support

OneDrive help & learning

Ask the Microsoft Community

https://answers.microsoft.com/

About the OneDrive compatibility warning on Mac

About the OneDrive compatibility warning on Mac - Apple Support

stickyfingers85 wrote:

In the past 24 hours something is causing the recycle bin on my 2024 MacBook Air to fill up with random .ini and .txt files. I only noticed as I went to empty the recycle bin and it said there were 24k+ to delete.

When I empty the bin the files start to populate again, but when I turn off wi-fi the files stop. Turn wi-fi back on and the files start coming back.

46948e6aaa223f42.ini 14-39-16-821.ini

downloads3.txt 14-38-34-909.txt

Above is the format that the files are in. I'm running 14.4.1 and checked Activity Monitor but can't see anything that stands out.

Any ideas?

I'd be more interested in seeing a small sample of the file names for some pattern— both the .ini & .txt as examples

If in Trash>Control click Put back where is it wanting to put back to? This may be a clue.

Command i opens the information pane for some insight of the complete path...

—You can open the .txt files— whats in there?

—ini file is just a settings file and the text-based document and can be opened up in any text editor

I don't have a solution, but I want to add that the exact same thing is happening to me. I tried reinstalling Office from scratch but One Drive still generates the files when started.

If I create a new user on my Mac and launch the same install there, OneDrive seems to be okay (I didn't wait for it to download everything, but it never greyed out), so maybe it's conflicting with something, though I don't know what. Launching OneDrive in Safe Mode doesn't resolve the issue.

Not sure where to go now with troubleshooting, but I'm happy to hear I'm not alone.

I have this problem too. Same deal with OneDrive. Was able to shut off WiFi and ini/text files stopped being written to Trash. Found a OneDrive file in my keychain and did delete it. Started up WiFi again and OneDrive then it all started up again. Not sure what to do now, so I’ll keep researching.

From what I see, the problem has to do with OneDrive file synchronization. Basically, if you turn off the internet and turn off the synchronization of OneDrive, it will stop creating the files I continue to investigate.

I am having the exact same problem, this happened as of this morning. When connected to network it constantly fills my trash up with random files. I am worried this is taking up disk space on my brand new pro? Any help would greatly be appreciated.

Me too, this morning (May 6, 2024). The previous two days OneDrive opened a window with its' content when I started the computer.

The only solution I found was costly; I used my CleanMyMac app to uninstall OneDrive. I am not an affiliate with them, I have only used them for years.

I am having this issue also and cannot quite OneDrive. Says the app is open, but not seeing it. Went to Force Quit and it is not in the menu. Have turned off wifi but the files keep appearing in my trash!

I know nothing about computers but I turned off the wifi and dragged the OneDrive app on my iMac from the launchpad into the recycle bin, said yes to delete and bingo! no more random files appearing...genius

Was there a Migration from MS Windows to macOS computer involved doing Initial Setup ?