One Drive has Suddenly Changed on iPadOS 18.3!!!

I use MS365/One Drive on my iPad. The other day, I opened One Drive and must have hit “Photos” bc that is where it went. I never use that option. I didn’t know how to get back to my files!!!!! But, I found the answer - go to the top of the screen and choose “Files”. Which I did, but now the “template” is totally changed, the controls are at the top of the screen, and they’re different.

Also, I can no longer drag and drop files/photos from OneDrive to iCloud or vice versa using Split Screen (I used to be able to drag and drop photos or files easily, now I have to go to “Share” and it’s more steps).

And, when I rename a file that template has changed - it’s a small box that is hard to see the file name or type in and there is no “x” to delete the entire name.

It feels like I accidentally went into OneDrive photos and suddenly everything changed, it did not change the day I updated 18.3. I want the old view/functionality back. How can I get that? I am on iPadOS 18.3 and OneDrive 16.3.5 thank you!

iPad Pro, iPadOS 18

Posted on Feb 4, 2025 5:02 AM

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Posted on Feb 10, 2025 5:24 PM

I am in that thread that you quoted from on Microsoft as WLDside. Feel free to follow along.

OneDrive had a visual update to the current version on iPad OS 18.3 - meaning the visuals changed, it’s UI design. Uninstall OneDrive and reinstall it from the App Store. It will briefly revert to the way it used to look before the visual update and when it looks the way it used to, drag-and-drop functionally works the way it used to. The second the OneDrive visuals update (when you close the app and re-open it after a OneDrive reinstall) the drag-and-drop functionality will cease working again.

Something that occurs from when OneDrive looks like it used to and when it looks like the up-to-date version of OneDrive on iPadOS 18.3 breaks drag-and-drop. So whoever is responsible for that visual change is likely breaking functionality and it should fall on the app developer to fix it.

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