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Migration Tools Overview Structure and content Content only Structure only Move / Copy Upload from this computer Download to this computer Dropbox to SharePoint Resume and incremental runs
Recycling Bin Overview Browse a site's recycle bin Empty recycle bins in bulk Restore and purge history
Archive Overview Configure the tenant On Demand Archive Restore Archived Files Archive Savings Report Blob Viewer
Optimise Storage Tools Overview Delete all items in a list Delete all files and folders in a library Remove empty folders Remove duplicate files Reduce image sizes Delete sites and subsites
SharePoint Tools Overview Tenant Explorer SharePoint Explorer Easy Settings List Explorer
Replace Overview Replace in SharePoint Replace in local files Find password-protected files
Shared Links Overview Report shared links Report unique permissions Remove a person from sharing links Remove shared links Remove unique permissions
Version History Overview Version trimming Version trimming report Reset file version
Reports Overview Inventory report Folder inventory Site and subsite storage Security matrix Teams permissions Pre-migration analysis Compare items Dropbox to Microsoft 365 compare Duplicate file report Empty folder report Image size report Recycle bin report Unused licences Report history
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Recycling Bin

Browse, search, restore and purge SharePoint recycle bins, first and second stage, with a record of everything recovered or deleted.

The Recycling Bin menu in ShareMaster, with a tile for each tool
The Recycling Bin menu: each tile says what the tool does before you open it.
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Browse a site's recycle bin

Restore or purge items

Opens one site's first-stage or second-stage recycle bin as a table you can search, filter and sort. Restore what you pick, move it to the second stage, or delete it permanently. You choose how a restore handles clashes, for example renaming the file so neither copy is lost, and the confirmation spells out what will happen before it runs.

  • Filter by title, original location, kind, who deleted it and a date range
  • Restore, move to second stage, or delete permanently
The ShareMaster advanced recycling bin: a SharePoint site's recycle bin in a table with filters for title, location, kind, deleted by and date
One site's recycle bin, filtered, with items picked for restore.
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Empty recycle bins in bulk

Clear many sites at once

Pick several sites and permanently empty their recycle bins in one pass, optionally cascading to the second-stage bin. It needs SharePoint admin rights and cannot be undone, which is why it has a tile of its own.

Empty recycle bins in bulk: a site ticked and a confirmation saying nothing is emptied yet
Ticking a site only selects it. The settings come next, including a report-only run, and nothing is emptied yet.
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Restore and purge history

Recovered file history

Every restore, purge and bulk empty you run is logged with a downloadable report. The log is kept for 90 days and opens without signing in.

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Described with their own tools

These tiles appear in the Recycling Bin menu too. Each is written up on its home page.

Recycle bin report
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The rest of ShareMaster

Migration Tools

Move content into SharePoint: clone between sites and tenants, run a fast Move or Copy inside one tenant, upload from this computer or download to it, and bring Dropbox across.

8 tools

Archive

Move files nobody opens out of SharePoint into Azure storage you own, and leave a placeholder in the library that still opens.

5 tools

Optimise Storage Tools

Get storage back: clear lists and libraries in bulk, remove empty folders and duplicate files, shrink oversized images, and recycle whole sites. Every tool previews first and recycles by default.

6 tools

SharePoint Tools

Work with SharePoint directly: browse sites, lists and files, change the settings people usually need PowerShell for, and manage list views and versioning.

4 tools

Replace

Find and rewrite text across documents, metadata and list items, in SharePoint or in a folder on this PC, with a preview before anything changes.

3 tools

Shared Links

Find every sharing link and every item with unique permissions across the sites you choose. Export it to Excel, or revoke links and reset permissions in bulk.

5 tools

Version History

Trim version history to win back storage, report what trimming would save before you commit, and reset a file's versions to a chosen point.

3 tools

Reports

Read-only Excel reports for planning a migration, finding where storage has gone and auditing who can see what. Nothing in this menu changes SharePoint, and every report is kept in History.

14 tools

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