Feature Request: Permanent Delete on OneDrive

[NovaPixell]

@NovaPixell

Is there an option (like on rclone) to enable permanent delete on OneDrive?

Unfortunately no such option exists currently. Please raise a feature request.

Additionally, due to the current development cycle, this will be looked at for some version in v2.5.x and cannot be considered for inclusion in v2.5.0.

Reference:

• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/driveitem-permanentdelete?view=graph-rest-1.0

Originally posted by @abraunegg in https://github.com/abraunegg/onedrive/discussions/2802#discussioncomment-10645537

[abraunegg]

@NovaPixell

Please can you test PR #2999 that implements your feature request.

First install all the require platform dependencies to build the client on your platforms. Please read https://github.com/abraunegg/onedrive/blob/master/docs/install.md#building-from-source---high-level-requirements and then follow correctly for your platform.

Once this is done, to clone the PR to resolve your issue, you can use a script like the following:

#!/bin/bash

PR=2999

rm -rf ./onedrive-pr${PR}
git clone https://github.com/abraunegg/onedrive.git onedrive-pr${PR}
cd onedrive-pr${PR}
git fetch origin pull/${PR}/head:pr${PR}
git checkout pr${PR}

# Configure and Build
./configure --enable-debug --enable-notifications; make clean; make;
./onedrive --version

This script will create a local folder called onedrive-pr2999 with the PR version.

To run the PR, you need to run the client from the PR build directory:

./onedrive <any other options needed>

To install the PR, you will need to perform sudo make install to install the PR version to your system.

When running the PR, your version should be: onedrive v2.5.3-9-ge8a8dfb or greater.

To activate the new feature, this can ONLY be done from the 'config' file:

permanent_delete = "true"

The Microsoft OneDrive API for this capability is also very narrow:	Account Type	API is Supported
Personal	❌
Business	✔
SharePoint	✔
Microsoft Cloud Germany	✔
Microsoft Cloud for US Government	❌
Azure and Office365 operated by VNET in China	❌

When running against an unsupported Personal Account the following message will be generated:

WARNING: The application is configured to permanently delete files online; however, this action is not supported by Microsoft OneDrive Personal Accounts.

When running against a supported account the following message will be generated:

WARNING: Application has been configured to permanently remove files online rather than send to the recycle bin. Permanently deleted items can't be restored.
WARNING: Online data loss MAY occur in this scenario.

Please can you test and provide your feedback.