diff --git a/apps/files_sharing/lib/External/Cache.php b/apps/files_sharing/lib/External/Cache.php
index 027f682d81841..4e7a6e5195d03 100644
--- a/apps/files_sharing/lib/External/Cache.php
+++ b/apps/files_sharing/lib/External/Cache.php
@@ -48,4 +48,13 @@ public function getFolderContentsById($fileId) {
 		}
 		return $results;
 	}
+
+	#[Override]
+	public function iterateFolderContentsById(int $fileId, bool $includeMetadata = false, bool $sortByName = false): iterable {
+		$displayId = $this->cloudId->getDisplayId();
+		foreach (parent::iterateFolderContentsById($fileI, $includeMetadata, $sortByName) as $entry) {
+			$entry['displayname_owner'] = $displayId;
+			yield $entry;
+		}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/apps/files_trashbin/lib/Helper.php b/apps/files_trashbin/lib/Helper.php
index 746832e9280cd..8f8d8c80ba493 100644
--- a/apps/files_trashbin/lib/Helper.php
+++ b/apps/files_trashbin/lib/Helper.php
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ public static function getTrashFiles($dir, $user, $sortAttribute = '', $sortDesc
 		$internalPath = $mount->getInternalPath($absoluteDir);
 
 		$extraData = Trashbin::getExtraData($user);
-		$dirContent = $storage->getCache()->getFolderContents($mount->getInternalPath($view->getAbsolutePath($dir)));
+		$dirId = $storage->getCache()->getId($mount->getInternalPath($view->getAbsolutePath($dir)));
+		$dirContent = $storage->getCache()->iterateFolderContentsById($dirId);
 		foreach ($dirContent as $entry) {
 			$entryName = $entry->getName();
 			$name = $entryName;
diff --git a/lib/private/Files/Cache/Cache.php b/lib/private/Files/Cache/Cache.php
index 6213b88fc17df..bd9d93adfc711 100644
--- a/lib/private/Files/Cache/Cache.php
+++ b/lib/private/Files/Cache/Cache.php
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 use OCP\FilesMetadata\IFilesMetadataManager;
 use OCP\IDBConnection;
 use OCP\Util;
+use Override;
 use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
 
 /**
@@ -238,6 +239,33 @@ public function getFolderContentsById($fileId) {
 		return [];
 	}
 
+	#[Override]
+	public function iterateFolderContentsById(int $fileId, bool $includeMetadata = false, bool $sortByName = false): iterable {
+		if ($fileId < 1) {
+			return [];
+		}
+
+		$query = $this->getQueryBuilder()
+			->selectFileCache()
+			->whereParent($fileId)
+			->whereStorageId($this->getNumericStorageId());
+		if ($includeMetadata === true) {
+			$metadataQuery = $query->selectMetadata();
+		}
+		if ($sortByName) {
+			$query->orderBy('name', 'ASC');
+		}
+
+		$result = $query->executeQuery();
+		foreach ($result->iterateAssociative() as $row) {
+			if ($includeMetadata === true) {
+				$row['metadata'] = $metadataQuery->extractMetadata($row)->asArray();
+			}
+			yield self::cacheEntryFromData($row, $this->mimetypeLoader);
+		}
+		$result->closeCursor();
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * insert or update meta data for a file or folder
 	 *
diff --git a/lib/private/Files/Cache/FailedCache.php b/lib/private/Files/Cache/FailedCache.php
index 44c1016ca8ea6..3a679180cc0e2 100644
--- a/lib/private/Files/Cache/FailedCache.php
+++ b/lib/private/Files/Cache/FailedCache.php
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ public function getFolderContentsById($fileId) {
 		return [];
 	}
 
+	#[Override]
+	public function iterateFolderContentsById(int $fileId, bool $includeMetadata = false, bool $sortByName = false): iterable {
+		return [];
+	}
+
 	public function put($file, array $data) {
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/private/Files/Cache/Watcher.php b/lib/private/Files/Cache/Watcher.php
index 891fe762eb896..5bfb444544042 100644
--- a/lib/private/Files/Cache/Watcher.php
+++ b/lib/private/Files/Cache/Watcher.php
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ public function needsUpdate($path, $cachedData) {
 	 * @param string $path
 	 */
 	public function cleanFolder($path) {
-		$cachedContent = $this->cache->getFolderContents($path);
+		$cachedContent = $this->cache->iterateFolderContentsById($this->cache->getId($path));
 		foreach ($cachedContent as $entry) {
 			if (!$this->storage->file_exists($entry['path'])) {
 				$this->cache->remove($entry['path']);
diff --git a/lib/private/Files/Cache/Wrapper/CacheWrapper.php b/lib/private/Files/Cache/Wrapper/CacheWrapper.php
index bf23f1cc30ab0..7cb333ca3586b 100644
--- a/lib/private/Files/Cache/Wrapper/CacheWrapper.php
+++ b/lib/private/Files/Cache/Wrapper/CacheWrapper.php
@@ -110,6 +110,13 @@ public function getFolderContentsById($fileId) {
 		return array_map([$this, 'formatCacheEntry'], $results);
 	}
 
+	#[Override]
+	public function iterateFolderContentsById(int $fileId, bool $includeMetadata = false, bool $sortByName = false): iterable {
+		foreach ($this->getCache()->iterateFolderContentsById($fileId, $includeMetadata, $sortByName) as $entry) {
+			yield $this->formatCacheEntry($entry);
+		}
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * insert or update meta data for a file or folder
 	 *
diff --git a/lib/private/Files/ObjectStore/ObjectStoreStorage.php b/lib/private/Files/ObjectStore/ObjectStoreStorage.php
index ce5fc5b1063ba..7858d59142eac 100644
--- a/lib/private/Files/ObjectStore/ObjectStoreStorage.php
+++ b/lib/private/Files/ObjectStore/ObjectStoreStorage.php
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ public function rmdir(string $path): bool {
 	}
 
 	private function rmObjects(ICacheEntry $entry): bool {
-		$children = $this->getCache()->getFolderContentsById($entry->getId());
+		$children = $this->getCache()->iterateFolderContentsById($entry->getId());
 		foreach ($children as $child) {
 			if ($child->getMimeType() === ICacheEntry::DIRECTORY_MIMETYPE) {
 				if (!$this->rmObjects($child)) {
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ public function opendir(string $path) {
 
 		try {
 			$files = [];
-			$folderContents = $this->getCache()->getFolderContents($path);
+			$folderContents = $this->getCache()->iterateFolderContentsById($this->getCache()->getId($path), false, true);
 			foreach ($folderContents as $file) {
 				$files[] = $file['name'];
 			}
diff --git a/lib/private/Files/View.php b/lib/private/Files/View.php
index c0325d9aa2887..b8ad1618ad50e 100644
--- a/lib/private/Files/View.php
+++ b/lib/private/Files/View.php
@@ -1507,7 +1507,7 @@ public function getDirectoryContent($directory, $mimetype_filter = '', ?\OCP\Fil
 		}
 
 		$folderId = $data->getId();
-		$contents = $cache->getFolderContentsById($folderId); //TODO: mimetype_filter
+		$contents = $cache->iterateFolderContentsById($folderId, false, true); // TODO Mimetype filter
 
 		$sharingDisabled = \OCP\Util::isSharingDisabledForUser();
 		$permissionsMask = ~\OCP\Constants::PERMISSION_SHARE;
diff --git a/lib/private/Lockdown/Filesystem/NullCache.php b/lib/private/Lockdown/Filesystem/NullCache.php
index 5a27c5d5c6e9e..e617cf51ca955 100644
--- a/lib/private/Lockdown/Filesystem/NullCache.php
+++ b/lib/private/Lockdown/Filesystem/NullCache.php
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ public function getFolderContentsById($fileId) {
 		return [];
 	}
 
+	#[Override]
+	public function iterateFolderContentsById(int $fileId, bool $includeMetadata = false, bool $sortByName = false): iterable {
+		return [];
+	}
+
 	public function put($file, array $data) {
 		throw new \OC\ForbiddenException('This request is not allowed to access the filesystem');
 	}
diff --git a/lib/public/Files/Cache/ICache.php b/lib/public/Files/Cache/ICache.php
index cd610b155454b..4fdf266d61cbe 100644
--- a/lib/public/Files/Cache/ICache.php
+++ b/lib/public/Files/Cache/ICache.php
@@ -82,6 +82,16 @@ public function getFolderContents($folder);
 	 */
 	public function getFolderContentsById($fileId);
 
+	/**
+	 * Get an iterator on files stored in folder
+	 *
+	 * Only returns files one level deep, no recursion
+	 *
+	 * @return iterable<ICacheEntry>
+	 * @since 34.0.0
+	 */
+	public function iterateFolderContentsById(int $fileId, bool $includeMetadata = false, bool $sortByName = false): iterable;
+
 	/**
 	 * store meta data for a file or folder
 	 * This will automatically call either insert or update depending on if the file exists