diff --git a/src/main.d b/src/main.d
index 02f72313..3584a022 100644
--- a/src/main.d
+++ b/src/main.d
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@ int main(string[] args)
 					log.vlog("Offline, cannot delete item!");
 				} catch(SyncException e) {
 					if (e.msg == "The item to delete is not in the local database") {
-						log.vlog("Item cannot be deleted from OneDrive because not found in the local database");
+						log.vlog("Item cannot be deleted from OneDrive because it was not found in the local database");
 					} else {
 						log.logAndNotify("Cannot delete remote item: ", e.msg);
 					}
diff --git a/src/sync.d b/src/sync.d
index c8d781cb..0569edf7 100644
--- a/src/sync.d
+++ b/src/sync.d
@@ -933,7 +933,17 @@ final class SyncEngine
 		}
 		
 		Item item;
-		if (!itemdb.selectByPath(path, defaultDriveId, item)) {
+		// Need to check all driveid's we know about, not just the defaultDriveId
+		bool itemInDB = false;
+		foreach (searchDriveId; driveIDsArray) {
+			if (itemdb.selectByPath(path, searchDriveId, item)) {
+				// item was found in the DB
+				itemInDB = true;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		// Was the item found in the DB
+		if (!itemInDB) {
 			// this is odd .. this directory is not in the local database - just go delete it
 			log.vlog("The requested directory to delete was not found in the local database - pushing delete request direct to OneDrive");
 			uploadDeleteItem(item, path);
@@ -5331,9 +5341,19 @@ final class SyncEngine
 	void deleteByPath(const(string) path)
 	{
 		Item item;
-		if (!itemdb.selectByPath(path, defaultDriveId, item)) {
+		// Need to check all driveid's we know about, not just the defaultDriveId
+		bool itemInDB = false;
+		foreach (searchDriveId; driveIDsArray) {
+			if (itemdb.selectByPath(path, searchDriveId, item)) {
+				// item was found in the DB
+				itemInDB = true;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		if (!itemInDB) {
 			throw new SyncException("The item to delete is not in the local database");
 		}
+		
 		if (item.parentId == null) {
 			// the item is a remote folder, need to do the operation on the parent
 			enforce(itemdb.selectByPathWithoutRemote(path, defaultDriveId, item));