OneDrive: Can't received a shared spam link and can't remove it!

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OneDrive: Can't received a shared spam link and can't remove it!

SammyD 5

I received 3 emails today that said someone wanted to share a document on OneDrive. I did not open the email but preview still showed it. I deleted the email but these files still appeared in my OneDrive live shared items.

These files are named "GET_BOX???".

My only options for these files are to select the checkbox next to it and select "Hide from Shared". When I do this, I have the option to report it as spam, which I check then click remove.

If I refresh the screen, the file comes back!

Is there any way to get rid of the sharing to me?????

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Jeronimo Fuerte 48,530 Independent Advisor

What you’re seeing in OneDrive under Shared are items that someone else has shared with your account; they don’t live in your OneDrive storage, so you can’t truly “delete” them, only hide or report them. On the OneDrive website, go to Shared > Shared with you, right-click each suspicious file, and choose Report a concern. This sends it to Microsoft for review and abuse handling. There’s also an anonymous abuse form if you prefer not to sign in, described here:

https://support.microsoft.com/office/report-a-concern-in-onedrive-a43d451f-f3b0-4b5d-8d4d-a271f654c06f

SammyD 5 Reputation points

2025-12-10T23:10:53.4666667+00:00

Understood, however, when I "Hide from Shared" (and report), the file will go away from my shared folder but if I refresh the screen, it immediately comes back.

I'm concerned that with these files still in my list that some day I may accidentally click on it.
Jeronimo Fuerte 48,530 Reputation points Independent Advisor

2025-12-10T23:14:22.6933333+00:00

This could be a cache issue in your browser. Please try doing this from an InPrivate/incognito tab, and give it some time before refreshing the site, as you might be cancelling the request by refreshing too quickly. Wait a bit, since sometimes it can take a while for the server to update the new information.
SammyD 5 Reputation points

2025-12-10T23:42:23.9366667+00:00

Unfortunately that didn't work. I removed the share in incognito, waited 15 minutes, but it came back. I'll try again and give it overnight to see what happens.
SammyD 5 Reputation points

2025-12-11T03:08:08.0333333+00:00

Jeronimo, FYI - your original post asked if it solved my problem. I selected 'no' because I still needed to work out how to remove the shares. After doing that I received the following email...

"We’ve determined that it was a violation of our terms. Appropriate actions have been taken with the individual responsible for the violation. Thank you for reporting your concern and helping us maintain a healthier Microsoft community."

Hope that didn't cause any problems, that wasn't the intent. I just needed to keep the issue open.

Also, I didn't see any way to send you a private message about this so I posted here.
Jeronimo Fuerte 48,530 Reputation points Independent Advisor

2025-12-11T21:55:01.85+00:00

Don’t worry about this. After trying again from an incognito tab and giving it some time to sync, does it still appear as Shared? If it does, please select Hide again, then mark Report a concern, and instead of refreshing the page, switch to the By you section. After this, go back to the With you section; if it doesn’t appear anymore, refresh the page.
SammyD 5 Reputation points

2025-12-11T22:40:45.7666667+00:00

The file is removed from shared and home :)

Thanks for the help.
Junius L Jones II 0 Reputation points

2025-12-16T12:14:15.8+00:00

You know there is no option to hide or remove from your account, only to report. How is such a basic function missing from this app?
Spencer Wallis 5 Reputation points

2025-12-23T23:43:41.0633333+00:00

I am having the same problem, and get errors when I try to report the items as Fraud/Spam and also when I try to hide them. This is extremely broken and frustrating. Why, in this day and age, can't we block anonymous sharing if they are not a contact/trusted person?
SammyD 5 Reputation points

2025-12-24T00:38:39.5866667+00:00

I thought we had a work-around but I've now received 5 more of these shared files and these cannot be hidden. When I try to hide them i just get an error...
josemia 5 Reputation points

2025-12-24T15:41:05.38+00:00

This is unacceptable, I received an average of twenty shared files a day, once I reported them all I receive is boiler plate email from Microsoft, when are they planning to fix this issue...
Anonymous

2026-05-25T20:48:45.4+00:00

Microsoft makes terrible software.