Removing broken Excel files from OneDrive app on iPad that won’t delete

There are a few excel files on home/start one drive app on iPad which cannot be deleted. These are old files and do not exist anymore. But I cannot delete or remove them. In the online one drive everything is good, but in the iPad one drive app I still get these files. How to solve this ?


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Original Title: Broken files can not be removed from one drive app on iPad

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Posted on Jul 13, 2025 3:16 AM

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Posted on Jul 13, 2025 5:52 AM

Have you tried deleting the OneDrive App from your iPad? Deleting the App will only remove the App and associated cached data; it will not impact files in OneDrive storage.

Remove or delete apps from iPad - Apple Support


After deleting the App, restart your iPad prior to re-installing the OneDrive App.


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